Naoya Inoue, a two-group unified champion of professional boxing bantamweight, met with a Filipino player in the United States next month and said he was "ready to beat."
WBA = World Boxing Association and IBF = International Boxing Federation bantamweight two-group unified champion Inoue will face challenger IBF No. 1 and Philippine Michael Dasmarinas in Las Vegas, USA on the 19th of next month.
Inoue met online for his first defense since October last year when he first stood in the Las Vegas ring, saying, "I'm grateful to be able to play two games in a row in Las Vegas in the midst of the Corona scourge. I've made good adjustments. I want to win the hearts of local fans and give Japanese fans energy and courage. "
Dasmarinas commented on the impression at the southpaw, "I'm looking forward to it because I'm not bad at southpaw. I think there is a gap that can be defeated enough though it is a player with one punch. You can attack or defend, you can defeat either. I'm ready. It means attacking and defeating, even at the defensive counter. "
Inoue, who is looking to unify the titles of the four major groups in the bantamweight division, said, "It is a great motivation to clear the next game and head for the unification game, and I think we can play a pretty good game."
Inoue is aiming for the fifth defense at the WBA and the third defense at the IBF.