Casimero says fight with Inoue finally pushing through | Inquirer Sports

Casimero says fight with Inoue finally pushing through

By: - Reporter / @MarkGiongcoINQ
/ 04:01 AM September 01, 2021

John Riel Casimero is coming off a split decision victory against Cuban Guillermo Rigondeaux. —AFP

John Riel Casimero finally got his wish.

Casimero, the World Boxing Organization bantamweight titleholder, said he is scheduled for a long-awaited unification fight against Naoya Inoue later this year.

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“Our next fight is going to be a good one. Naoya Inoue, December 11,” said a beaming Casimero on Monday in Filipino during a12-second video on his YouTube channel.

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The Filipino power puncher has been clamoring for a clash with Inoue ever since their bout scheduled back in April 2020 was scrapped due to the pandemic.

Both camps have failed to come to terms for a bout since the postponement with Casimero even claiming that Inoue is avoiding him.

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The two went on to fight other names instead with Casimero (31-4, 21 KOs) successfully retaining his crown by disposing of Duke Micah in three rounds in September last year and then coming away with a split decision win over Guillermo Rigondeaux earlier this month.

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Inoue (21-0, 18 KOs), on the other hand, scored a pair of knockouts against Jason Moloney last October and Filipino Michael Dasmariñas in June to retain his World Boxing Association (Super) and International Boxing Federation belts.

Except for the date of the fight, however, Casimero did not give additional details about the December card. INQ

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