By: Sean Crose
“No Restrict Boxing regrets to announce that Sam Goodman has been compelled to withdraw from his scheduled bout in opposition to Naoya Inoue on January 24 as a result of a recurrence of his eye damage.” So the promoters of 25 yr previous tremendous bantamweight contender Goodman posted on social media Saturday. “We want Sam a full and speedy restoration and can present updates on the occasion sooner or later.” With these phrases, the general public was introduced with the truth that Goodman has as soon as once more needed to step away from a combat with undisputed tremendous bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue.
The 2 males had been supposed to satisfy on Christmas Eve, however an eye fixed damage prevented the 19-0 Goodman for being prepared on combat evening. The bout with the 28-0 Inoue was then rescheduled for the twenty fourth of this month. Now, nonetheless, the combat has been pushed again as soon as extra. Suffice to say, Goodman is distraught by this most up-to-date flip of occasions. “I used to be having my final spar earlier than we flew out to Tokyo and, by freak accident, simply acquired reduce leading to 4 stitches,” Goodman posted on social media, including that he needed the combat to go on.
“However taking over a man like this,” he continued, “my workforce, ah, my workforce had been simply saying I wouldn’t have the identical workforce in my nook letting me go right into a combat like this compromised.” Comprehensible, certain, however irritating nonetheless. “I’m completely devastated to be doing this,” Goodman stated, “however it’s what it’s.” Goodman additionally publicly apologized to workforce Inoue and their followers. “Sorry additionally to everybody in Japan who was additionally excited for this combat,” he stated. “To Inoue and his workforce, I do know they might’ve been making ready arduous for this combat and I don’t need my alternative to go anyplace.”
Per Fox Sports activities Australia: “Inoue will now face South Korea’s Kim Ye-joon.” Ranked eleventh within the WBO’s listing of contenders, Ye-joon now finds himself with the chance of a lifetime. Inoue, nonetheless, is among the prime, if not the one prime, fighters on this planet of boxing as we speak. Beating him might be a really robust purpose to perform. “It’s his first expertise of getting to face a special fighter after a postponement,” Fox Sport’s Australia quotes Hideyuki Ohashi, president of Ohashi Health club, as saying, “however each Inoue and myself are taking this in a optimistic manner.”
