Casimero-Inoue bantamweight clash looms

January 23, 2020 admin Boxing, Sports

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 07:42:34 +0000

BY NICK GIONGCO

John Riel Casimero shows off his newly-acquired WBO bantamweight belt. (Nick Giongco)

John Riel Casimero (right) with Sean Gibbons. (Nick Giongco)

A unification showdown at bantamweight is in the offing as Top Rank is set to announce an April 25 faceoff between Japanese Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue and Filipino John Riel Casimero possibly in Las Vegas.

Sean Gibbons, the right-hand man of Manny Pacquiao and president of MP Promotions, told the Bulletin on Thursday that the mouth-watering clash seems to be a done deal.

“(But) we’re waiting for Top Rank and Honda,” said Gibbons, referring to Japan’s premier promoter Akihiko Honda of Teiken Promotions, the Tokyo-based outfit that represents the heavy-handed Inoue.

Inoue (19-0 with 16 KOs) is the holder of the World Boxing Association (WBA) and International Boxing Federation titles while Casimero (29-4 with 20 KOs) is the World Boxing Organization crown.

Casimero became a three-division world champion after annihilating the tall and rangy Zolani Tete of South Africa last November in Birmi
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