By Joe Koizumi
WBA, IBF 122-pound champion Marlon Tapales (37-3, 19 KOs) arrived in Japan today (Tuesday) to participate in an ultimate unification bout with WBC, WBO counterpart “Monster” Naoya Inoue (25-0, 22 KOs) at Ariake Arena, Tokyo next Tuesday.
Having dethroned Murodjon Akhmadaliev to wrest the WBA and IBF belts this April, Tapales will welcome a big payday and an opportunity to acquire all the four belts with his high motivation. Marlon reportedly trained two months in Las Vegas and then moved to his native Philippines to work a month more there, having engaged in more than one hundred sparring sessions in total.
Tapales said, “I’m in very good shape, and wish to win over Inoue clearly. I know Inoue is an excellent boxer with high IQ, but I’ll do everything possible to be victorious.” Time will tell.
At least is a worthy spankings
Will be a good fight, Tapales and his team are coming in to win.
You would think every boxer comes to win, if not they are not a real competitor.
Unfortunately, for Marlon there is no chance of winning
They have both two hands, training will be no question for both, chin and stomach will matter
When Inoue start laying hands on him, he going to think Inoue have 10 hands.
I cannot see him winning this one, but I do think that Tapales just might give Inoue his best fight since the first with Donaire.
Tápales is good boxer and he is tough
But Inoue is in another level
Inoue tko 10 or wide unanimous decicion
Like Ja Rule say’s in some of his songs…”its muurddaahh”! I don’t think Tapales beats Fulton, and we saw what Inoue did.
Well style makes fights
But even so I don’t chances of tapales beat Inoue
From 105 pounds to 122 pounds I don’t see nobody able to beat Inoue
not going to be easy
Tapales not winning but somehow giving inoue a good fight for the sake of HIS HATERS
You think somebody hates tapales or Inoue????
I don’t think so
I’d rather put my money on Otto Wallin and/or Peter Parker.
How about a parlay?