This week was initially alleged to convey us Naoya Inoue vs. Sam Goodman, however Goodman’s coaching damage brought about that match to be postponed till January 24. That leaves little of word for boxing followers this week, which is not any shock given that it’s the vacation season. However the cabinet isn’t fully naked.
Pour your self a glass of eggnog, spiked or in any other case, and take your choose of those fights:
Choose It: Carlos Canizales vs. Panya “Petchmanee CP Freshmart” Pradabsri
When to Watch: Thursday, December 26 at 6 a.m. Jap Time (11 a.m. GMT)
Why to Watch: This combat is for the vacant WBC junior flyweight world title that used to belong to Kenshiro Teraji. Canizales is a former secondary titleholder who’s by no means gained the massive one, whereas Freshmart is a former 105-pound titleholder trying to win a belt in a second weight class.
Canizales (27-2-1, 19 KOs) is a 31-year-old from Caracas, Venezuela. He turned professional in 2014, fought to a draw with Ryoichi Taguchi in 2016 and gained the WBA’s “common” title belt at 108 in 2018. Canizales’ reign coincided with three different fighters being the first titleholder: Taguchi, Hekkie Budler and Hiroto Kyoguchi.
Canizales suffered his first professional loss in 2021, stopped in six rounds whereas forward on the scorecards in opposition to the 13-3-2 Esteban Bermudez. However he bounced again with 4 victories and landed a combat with Teraji this January. Teraji vs. Canizales was a really enjoyable combat to observe, and Teraji retained with a really shut majority determination. Canizales then returned in July on the higher finish of a majority determination, defeating the 12-2-1 Ivan Garcia Balderas.
Freshmart (43-2, 27 KOs) is a 33-year-old combating out of Bangkok, Thailand, which suggests he’ll be combating in entrance of his residence crowd at Rajadamnern Stadium. He gained the WBC strawweight world title in 2020 with an enormous unanimous determination win over a longtime titleholder, the 54-0 Chayaphon Moonsri (also called Wanheng Menayothin).
Freshmart made 4 profitable defenses, together with a wider rematch win over Menayothin in 2022, however he was dethroned in October 2023 in a call loss to Yudai Shigeoka. Freshmart has gained three straight since in opposition to subpar opposition.
The opposite titleholders at junior flyweight are Masamichi Yabuki (IBF), Erick Rosa (WBA) and Shochiki Iwata (WBO).
Thursday, December 26: Angelo Pena vs. Gisu Lee (TrillerTV.com)
The printed begins at 9 a.m. Jap Time (2 p.m. GMT).
Pena (10-0, 6 KOs) is a junior light-weight from the Dominican Republic and now residing in Berne, Switzerland, and this card is being held at that metropolis’s Kursaal Area. The 30-year-old gained a large determination in September over the 13-2-5 Hiroki Hanabusa.
Lee (12-4, 5 KOs) is a 29-year-old from South Korea and now residing in Toronto, Canada. He’s been out and in of the game, debuting and combating a number of instances in 2015, in no way in 2016, then again once more from 2017-2019, then off for 4 years till a return in July 2023. Lee has gained 4 in a row since, together with an October first-round TKO of the 6-2-1 Alfredo Jimenez Espino.
Lee has fought in heavier weight divisions than Pena, so it is going to be fascinating to see whether or not dimension is an element.
The printed begins at 6 p.m. Jap Time (11 p.m. GMT).
This flyweight title elimination bout is the principle occasion on the Polideportivo Alexis Arguello in Managua, Nicaragua. The winner can be in line to problem IBF titleholder Angel Ayala (18-0, 8 KOs), who gained the vacant belt in August by knocking out Dave Apolinario.
That may be a rematch for Alvarado (41-4, 35 KOs), a 35-year-old from Managua. We’ll get to that in a second.
Alvarado turned professional in 2010, suffered a pair of defeats in secondary title fights in opposition to Kazuto Ioka in 2013 and Juan Carlos Reveco in 2014, however he lastly discovered glory in 2018. That’s when he stopped Randy Petalcorin in seven rounds to win the vacant IBF title at 108. Alvarado made a pair of profitable defenses earlier than transferring as much as 112.
Since arriving at flyweight, Alvarado misplaced in opposition to then-titleholder Sunny Edwards in November 2022 and dropped a razor-thin determination to Ayala in October 2023. Alvarado has notched a pair of victories since in opposition to gimme opposition.
Reyes (16-0-1, 15 KOs) is a 26-year-old from Galvez, Argentina. The one blemish on his document got here the one different time he fought out of his residence nation, held to a attract Mexico in opposition to the 15-2 Cristian Gonzalez Hernandez in October 2023.
This yr, Reyes has gained three fights in early nights, defeating the 13-1 Eduardo Ajito in six rounds, the 5-1-2 Sixto Dionel Perez in 4 rounds, and the 9-0-2 Jackson Zapata in 4 rounds.
Sunday, December 29: Ridwan Oyekola vs Tosin Osaigbovo (TrillerTV.com)
The printed begins at midday Jap Time (5 p.m. GMT).
This present takes place on the Campos Memorial Mini Stadium in Lagos, Nigeria.
Oyekola (12-2-2, 7 KOs) is a 27-year-old from Ibadan who misplaced a large determination to unbeaten featherweight Keisuke Matsumoto in August 2023 after which returned in October 2023 with a first-round TKO of the 24-9-1 Emmanuel Quartey.
For this combat, which is listed at light-weight, Oyekola will face Osaigbovo (10-0, 8 KOs). Osaigbovo is a 22-year-old who has been feeding off restricted opposition, together with a second-round TKO in August of the debuting Afeez Eniola.
