WBO bantamweight champion John Riel Casimero has had to pull out of tomorrow’s fight with Paul Butler after being too ill to make it to the weigh-in. Butler now faces Joseph Agbeko for the WBO interim title tomorrow after both men weighed in at the bantamweight limit.
Casimero has been ordered to “show cause” by submitting a medical certiļ¬cation and medical record pertaining to his admittance at the American Hospital Dubai in Dubai, UAE. Failure to comply will result in Casimero being stripped of the title and the Butler-Agbeko winner being elevated to full status as the WBO bantamweight champion.
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IBF flyweight champion Sunny Edwards and challenger Jayson Mama both weighed 111.5 for their world title fight which has been elevated to the main event Saturday night at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai.
I’m presuming they had Agbeko prepared as backup in case anyone fell out. Can you imagine if he wins? The Mares fights were ten years ago. Wouldn’t have ever guessed back then that, a decade later, Agbeko might have a chance to win a world title.
Thanks for the confirmation, I was 90% convinced this had to be a different Agbeko!
It’s the same guy. 41 years young.
I thinnk Agbeko has strung together a number of wins since his heyday all against low level competition in Africa.
I think Rigo beat him in a snoozer meanwhile the stench of Rigo JRC is still lingering.
Im thinking JRC was way overweight but that’s just speculation. Seems odd that he couldn’t make it to the weigb in but no indication of illness prior to the day before the fight? Anyway im rooting for Agbeko.
Looked up the Agbeko-Mares fights on boxrec and came across this: “Agbeko’s purse was $150,000 for this fight. Unfortunately, his promoter was Don King at the time, and therefore his share of the purse was only $5,300.[1] After this fight Agbeko broke away from Don King Productions, which can explain the layoff thereafter.”
DK is the scum of the Earth. Is he ever held accountable for shyt like this? Hopefully Agbeko will have a decent payday for what is probably his last hurrah here…
WTF! They just say it so matter-of-factly, like – Yep, he was a DK fighter so Don took all of his money.
Imagine eating a couple hundred punches from Mares only to receive 3%-4% of your purse, with that walking phallus Don King pocketing the rest. Wouldn’t mind seeing Agbeko pull the upset here….
Agbeko is still fighting? I’ve not heard from him since Abner Mares fought at 118, and he’s getting an interim title bid? Okay.
i thought that Agbeko had retired long ago. Boxing is really becoming a circus.
Agbeko will beat butler
butler would never fight Agbeko thats why he pulled out of it, if he went through with it he would of lost