Undisputed tremendous bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue is formally set to fulfill TJ Doheny atop a September third title tripleheader at Tokyo’s Ariake Area.
It’s value noting that the announcement claims Inoue (27-0, 24 KO) will defend all 4 of his titles, which means the WBA has not acted on its excellent order that Inoue face Murodjon Akhmadaliev.
As talked about earlier than, Doheny (26-4, 20 KO) is a well-recognized face to the Japanese viewers, having fought his final three within the Land of the Rising Solar. He’s additionally 37 years previous and entered that three-fight run on a 2-4 skid, making him much more financially interesting than competitively interesting for “The Monster.”
In different championship motion, WBO bantamweight champion Yoshiki Takei (9-0, 8 KO) will make his inaugural protection towards former flyweight titlist Daigo Higa (21-2-1, 19 KO). Takei is coming off an entertaining resolution win over Jason Moloney that noticed him survive near-disaster within the closing spherical, whereas Higa is 6-1-1 for the reason that JBC pressured him as much as 118 following his weight miss towards Cristofer Rosales, together with a well-aged loss to future champ Ryosuke Nishida and a draw with present contender and potential title challenger Seiya Tsutsumi.
With Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz because of combat Jose Valenzuela on August third, interim WBA tremendous light-weight champion Ismael Barroso (25-4-2, 23 KO) will make his first look since January reverse Andy Hiraoka (23-0, 18 KO). That is an extremely overdue step up for Hiraoka after his 2021 knockout of Jin Sasaki (17-1-1, 16 KO), who additionally sees motion towards Qamil Balla (15-1-1, 8 KO)
