Inoue–Nasukawa title rematch leads a weekend of boxing
Yahoo Sports previews two of its five picks: a WBC bantamweight title bout in Tokyo and Johnny Fisher’s Zuffa Boxing 11 headline fight in London.
Takuma Inoue is scheduled to defend his WBC bantamweight title against Tenshin Nasukawa in Tokyo on Sunday, ten months after their previous meeting. The rematch tops Yahoo Sports’ preview of five boxing events to watch this weekend.
The preview says Inoue beat Kazuto Ioka in May, while Nasukawa defeated Juan Francisco Estrada in April. Nasukawa is seeking his first boxing world title, with the 118-pound belt at stake.
In London on Saturday, Johnny Fisher is scheduled to headline Zuffa Boxing 11 against Belgium’s Michael Pirotton at the Copper Box. Yahoo Sports lists Fisher’s record as 14-1, with 12 knockouts, and Pirotton’s as 12-2, with six knockouts.
The supplied preview text begins discussing a third pick, Richards against Kalajdzic, but cuts off before giving details on that bout or identifying the remaining two events.
