Undefeated WBA and IBF bantamweight champion Japan’s “Monster” Naoya Inoue (22-0, 19 KOs) will face World Boxing Council champion Nonito “Filipino Flash” Donaire (42-6, 28 KOs) in Tokyo, Japan, on June 7 at the Saitama Super Arena in Japan.
The thrilling re-match is confirmed by Ohashi Promotions in conjunction with Amazon Prime Video who will exclusively stream this unification rematch.
Inoue, 28, said: “I would like to win more convincingly than in our first meeting. I am sure that we will offer a great fight like the first one we had.”
Donaire, 39, commented: “Everyone has gotten stronger than last time, and you will see even more excitement in this match. The first fight made me revive and come back. I’m sure I can defeat Naoya.”
Both champions, complying with the protocols established by the WBC, are registered in the Clean Boxing Program (CBP), showing their total willingness to cooperate with all the requirements of VADA (Voluntary Anti-Doping Association).
It should be noted that the priority of the WBC is to work on education and awareness to help everyone involved in the sport learn the terrible dangers and lasting consequences of using thus abusing performance-enhancing substances (PED), which inevitably create appalling problems in the health of athletes.
The program is ambitious, and its main objective, apart from testing, is to educate athletes about the danger and disadvantages that doping causes, as well as the penalties of testing positive for prohibited substances, in or out of competition.
We recognize the disposition, willingness and openess that both warriors and their work teams have shown, as this, demonstrating to us their commitment to the well-being and respect of our beloved sport.
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