Not sure if you've seen this yet but Hugo Ruiz is facing Hasegawa next month on the 16th, that could be interesting. Probable Ruiz KO victory, but you never know.
Here's a few more to whet your appetite, I was scrouging around boxrec the other night looking for matches for Kirk's and this is what we have to look forward to up until November. McJoe Arroyo vs. Jerwin Ancajas Takuma Inoue vs. Froilan Saludar Naoya Inoue vs. Karoon Jarupianlerd Eduard Troyanovsky vs. Keita Obara Emmanuel Robles vs. Steve Claggett Daniel Jacobs vs. Sergio Mora II Robert Easter Jr vs. Richard Commey John Riel Casimero vs. Charlie Edwards Lee Haskins vs. Stuart Hall Gennady Golovkin vs. Kell Brook Jesus Soto Karass vs. Yoshihiro Kamegai II Carlos Cuadras vs. Roman Gonzalez Thomas Lamanna vs. Dusty Hernandez Harrison Hugo Ruiz vs. Hozumi Hasegawa Shinsuke Yamanaka vs. Anselmo Moreno Dominique Dolton vs. Justin DeLoach Ishe Smith vs. Frank Galarza Firat Arslan vs. Nuri Seferi Krzysztof Glowacki vs. Oleksandr Usyk Diego De La Hoya vs. Luis Orlando Del Valle Joseph Diaz vs. Andrew Cancio Gabriel Rosado vs. Willie Monroe Jr Saul Alvarez vs. Liam Smith Marco Huck vs. Ovill McKenzie Anthony Crolla vs. Jorge Linares Donnie Nietes vs. Edgar Sosa Bryant Perrella vs. Yordenis Ugas Michael Perez vs. Petr Petrov Juergen Braehmer vs. Nathan Cleverly Enrico Koelling vs. Ryno Liebenberg Joseph Parker vs. Alexander Dimitrenko Jermall Charlo vs. Julian Williams Satoshi Hosono vs. Jonathon Victor Barros Ricky Burns vs. Kiryl Relikh Juan Manuel Lopez vs. Wilfredo Vasquez Jr. Liam Walsh vs. Andrey Klimov Noel Gevor vs. Mirko Larghetti Dennis Ceylan vs. Ryan Walsh Luke Campbell vs. Derry Mathews Tony Bellew vs. BJ Flores Ryan Burnett vs. Ryan Farrag Kevin Lerena vs. Micki Nielsen Hekkie Budler vs. Siyabonga Siyo Matty Askin vs. Tommy McCarthy Chris Eubank Jr. vs. Tommy Langford Liam Williams vs. Ahmet Patterson Bradley Skeete vs. Shayne Singleton Jason Sosa vs. Gervonta Davis
B-Scene, Fat Dan, Steve Kim, F-Hype, GBP, Top Rank, BoxNation, 13thr, Sky boxing, Irish boxing, Asian Boxing, Graham Houston, Matchroom, Bernstein, Kellerman, Farhood, McGrain, Ryan Bivins, Petr Shgurov, Alex Iwamatsu... Between them I usually get most of what I need.
Going to be an amazing month. Anyone else catch that Kono is 3 and a half inches taller than Concepcion? Also, Concepcion is a career long flyweight who is now at super fly. Kono has never fought below super flyweight, and has fought as high as bantamweight. Seems Kono is going to be the bigger guy in there. An important fact considering Kono's entire game is imposing himself physically?
Yes, I caught all of that, and that's the reason why I'm going with Kono, shhhhhhhh, I don't want anyone else in Kirk's league to notice.:yep
Attn: this will actually be airing on slight tape delay at 8:30am EST (no live coverage) so be forewarned. Anybody peeping the result on Boxrec or Twitter and spoiling the RBR thread gets a 1 year ban.
Weigh In WBA115 & 108 Kono:52.1kg Concepcion :52.0kg Taguchi:48.1kg Miyazaki:48.1kg #boxing #boxeo https://t.co/oZAeJvWivj - from Alex Iwamatsu on Twitter.
Can Concepcion hurt Kono here? Will his power even be a factor?? Know next to nothing about these guys. Give me a scouting report IB. :think