The year started well for Jason Moloney. He defended his WBO bantamweight crown in Quebec, Canada with an early Fight of the Year contender against Saul Sanchez, but he lost the title in his next defense, in Japan, at a packed Tokyo Dome.
In this week’s mailbag, we tackle your thoughts on two potential fights (Canelo Alvarez vs. Chris Eubank Jr. and Naoya Inoue vs. Murodjon Akhmadaliev) and on two fighters you feel should retire (Regis Prograis and Campbell Hatton)
Naoya Inoue’s co-promoter says that Murodjon Akhmadaliev would be cutting off his nose to spite his face if he forces his mandatory shot at the undisputed junior featherweight champion now instead of waiting a little longer.
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Watching Junto Nakatani lift his record to 29-0 with a 22nd knockout to close a two-day festival of title fights in Tokyo last week left Top Rank President Todd DuBoef feeling quite confident over a matter certain to thrill the boxing public.
Former two-belt champion Murodjon Akhmadaliev’s legal team is positioning for a battle as an October 29 IBF purse-bid process looms over the next fight for Japan’s undisputed super-bantamweight and four-division champion, Naoya Inoue.
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Open bidding for the next bout of “The Monster?” The IBF on Tuesday ordered an October 29 purse bid for undisputed super-bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue’s mandatory defense against Australia’s Sam Goodman, with the sanctioning body reporting “an ag...
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