WBO bantamweight world champion John Riel Casimero has chosen Miami for his training camp to prepare for the high stakes unification against WBA, IBF world champion Naoya Inoue, who everyone knows simply as the 'Monster' and who is already the big favorite to win the fight.
Their showdown is scheduled to take place on April 25 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
"It's going to be a very good fight and I invite all the fans, they should not to miss it," Casimero said to George Ebro. "This fight is a dream come true for me. It's the biggest fight of my life, I've waited a long time for it and I think I'm going to win it.''
Inoue has seized fan attention for his tremendous power at 118 pounds, while still having skills to move and with enough hand speed that he often takes his opponents by surprise.
But if anything he proved his most recent performance, against Nonito Donaire, that the Monster is still a man of flesh and blood, who can be hurt and taken the full distance.
In Miami, Casimero has had the help of two boxing experts: Cuban coach Pedro Roque and Mexican strength & conditioning trainer Memo Heredia.
"Nonito is a great veteran, a great warrior who unmasked Inoue a little," Heredia explained. "That's something Casimero is studying deeply and a strategy is being worked on based on the mistakes Inoue had in that fight. Me and professor Roque are helping him succeed on the night of the fight."
Casimero, like Inoue, has very dangerous punching - as he demonstrated in his knockout win over Zolani Tete to win the WBO strap.
He views Miami as the perfect location to prepare himself for the fight of life.
"Miami reminds me a lot of the Philippines... for its heat, for its humidity," Casimero said. "On the other hand, Pedro Roque is a very smart trainer, who is helping me to increase the power of my punch. We've also worked on improving my defense. I feel so good in Miami that I don't want to go to Vegas.''
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