Battle followers have heard the information that Sam Goodman suffered a minimize eye in a sparring session, forcing him to withdraw from his December twenty fourth date with unified super-bantamweight king Naoya Inoue. These followers hoping a late sub can be discovered to avoid wasting the date might be upset, as Inoue himself wrote on social media that the combat will now happen on Friday, January twenty fourth.
Battle followers had been wanting ahead to a slice of boxing motion over Christmas, however now Inoue’s newest combat should wait precisely one month. In reality, most individuals see Goodman, a very good, stable fighter, as an enormous underdog in opposition to “The Monster.” However Goodman, the IBF obligatory, will nonetheless get his shot in Japan.
Nonetheless, boxing will nonetheless happen through the festive season, all in Japan. On December thirtieth, Ryan Garcia is scheduled to face Rukiya Anpo in a 153-pound catch-weight bout in Tokyo. Some, although, doubt that this combat will go forward.
On New Yr’s Eve, Tokyo will play host to the intriguing, expected-to-be, action-packed rematch between Fernando Martinez and Kazuto Ioka, the combat to contest the WBA junior bantamweight title Martinez took from Ioka in a thriller again in July. This one may show to be an actual FOTY contender, with the combat happening proper on the very finish of 2024.
Inoue, 28-0(25), final noticed motion in September when he stopped TJ Doheny. He’ll now field Goodman, 19-0(8), in January. Then, all being effectively, “The Monster” will return to the US, probably Las Vegas, to combat. There’s additionally discuss of that large all-Japanese super-fight between Inoue and Junto Nakatani occurring someday subsequent 12 months. Now, that’s a gargantuan combat all of us wish to see.
Within the meantime, Inoue and Goodman are as upset because the followers that their combat has suffered a postponement. However, as Tyson Fury may put it, “S**t occurs.”
Certainly.
