As expected: Inoue wants unification vs Oubaali next...

[MDPopescu]

... Naoya Inoue now wants to fight Oubaali for the WBC belt -- in Japan, I guess...

👑👑👑 Naoya Inoue has declared that he wants to avenge his brother Takuma's loss and face Nordine Oubaali in a three-belt WBA, WBC & IBF bantamweight world title unification next.

— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn)

[YoungManRumble]

No tune up fight in between to waste time while trying to achieve greatness.

[MDPopescu]

No tune up fight in between to waste time while trying to achieve greatness.

... what tune up? the guy just beat his brother (Takuma) on the undercard...

[Clegg]

Great fight, hope it happens and not some TR-style marination fight first

[QueensburyRules]

... Naoya Inoue now wants to fight Oubaali for the WBC belt -- in Japan, I guess...

👑👑👑 Naoya Inoue has declared that he wants to avenge his brother Takuma's loss and face Nordine Oubaali in a three-belt WBA, WBC & IBF bantamweight world title unification next.

— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn)

- -Gotta feel sorry for poor Oub...c'est la vie...

[Citizen Koba]

Damn, man. Make this ish happen. War Monstaahh!!!

And yea... actually War Nordine too... been super impressed with the French Moroccan dude. This is a real fkn fight man, I got Nordine top 5 at Bantam easy, and I'd happily say #3 behind Nery, depending on how Nery looks later this month.

[MDPopescu]

- -Gotta feel sorry for poor Oub...c'est la vie...

... Nordine gets paid in Japan...

[MDPopescu]

Damn, man. Make this ish happen. War Monstaahh!!!

And yea... actually War Nordine too... been super impressed with the French Moroccan dude. This is a real fkn fight man, I got Nordine top 5 at Bantam easy, and I'd happily say #3 behind Nery, depending on how Nery looks later this month.

... in fact he's #3, according to BoxRec...

[YoungManRumble]

... what tune up? the guy just beat his brother (Takuma) on the undercard...

Well some people take a softer touch after going through a tough fight. And yes I watched it unfold live and it was a decent fight. It's not like he knocked him out or anything. He lost clearly but not badly, though Oubaali looks like a hard puncher. I had it 115-112 same as the Korean judge.

He really came alive at the end and the 12th round was really exciting I remember.

[Citizen Koba]

... in fact he's #3, according to BoxRec...

Ha well. Guess they get some schit right then...

Let's see know... TBRB got Nordine at #5 but they ain't updated yet. That said it's a busy month at the top of Bantam with Nery(#2) vs Rodriguez(#8) on 23rd and Tete (#3) vs Casimero (#7) on the 30th.

Damn man... that will be every single one of the top 8 bantams who have fought or are fighting each other within the space of 1 month, would that we could see that kinda ish in the monied divisions. If that shizzle happened at Welter some of our US friends would be calling this the greatest month in boxing history.

Guess I should probably wait before ranking Nordine #3 cos there's just too much potential for change in the next few weeks.

Bantamweight (118lbs/53.5kg)
Rank Name Record - W-L-D (KO) Nationality Last Week
TBRB Champion OPEN - - -
1 Naoya Inoue 18-0-0 (16) JPN 1
2 Luis Nery 30-0-0 (24) MEX 2
3 Zolani Tete 28-3-0 (21) RSA 3
4 Nonito Donaire 40-5-0 (26) PHI 4
5 Nordine Oubaali 16-0-0 (12) FRA 5
6 Takuma Inoue 13-0-0 (3) JPN 6
7 John Riel Casimero 28-4-0 (19) PHI 7
8 Emmanuel Rodriguez 19-1-0 (12) PR 8
9 Jason Moloney 19-1-0 (16) AUS 9
10 Michael Dasmarinas 30-2-1 (20) PHI 10