Filipino champion Marlon Tapales thinks he can pull off an upset of 'Japanese Monster' Naoya Inoue, who just wrested the WBC and WBO super bantamweight belts from Stephen Fulton.
MANILA, Philippines – Marlon Tapales saw Naoya Inoue put up a monster-like performance in an eighth-round demolition of Stephen Fulton in Tokyo.
Tapales and Inoue have verbally agreed to the unification that would likely happen in December, again in Japan. In the post-fight press conference in Japan on Wednesday, Inoue, alongside Ohashi, reiterated his desire to unify the 122-pound titles within the year. “We’re confident ,” Manangquil told Rappler upon his arrival with Tapales in Manila from Tokyo on Wednesday night.
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