
Emmanuel Rodriguez To Hit Tokyo To Challenge Inoue Or Moloney After Nishida Defense In Osaka
Bantamweight world champion Emmanuel Rodriguez retired out of the blue through a social media post last October.
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Bantamweight world champion Emmanuel Rodriguez retired out of the blue through a social media post last October.

With Naoya Inoue’s victory over Stephen Fulton last July, Paul Butler's silver lining shines just a little brighter. Having lost only to the very best of the best, Butler finds his confidence brimming ahead of his May 11 fight with Norbelto Jimenez.

Ryosuke Nishida will wind up with a true home game for his first career title fight. BoxingScene.com has learned that Nishida’s challenge of IBF bantamweight titlist Emmanuel Rodriguez is targeted to take place on May 4 in Nishida’s hometown of Osaka, Japan. A venue was not yet confirmed for the ordered mandatory title fight, which was won by Kameda Promotions in a January 30 purse bid hearing.

Koki Kameda continues to make his presence felt as a promoter. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that Kameda Promotions won the promotional rights to the Emmanuel Rodriguez-Ryosuke Nishida IBF bantamweight title fight. Kameda—a former three-division champ and now head of the promotional company bearing his name—bid $300,010 to outpace Fresh Productions Boxing ($250,000) during Tuesday’s purse bid hearing conducted via Zoom from IBF headquarters in Springfield, New Jersey.

Last weekend in Las Vegas, Jason Moloney retained his WBO bantamweight title with a very tough twelve round majority decision win over Saul Sanchez.

Emmanuel Rodriguez will learn more by month’s end about his next ring appearance. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the IBF has scheduled a January 30 purse bid hearing to determine promotional rights for Rodriguez’s mandatory title defense versus Japan’s Ryosuke Nishida. The two sides were previously instructed to negotiate terms for their ordered title fight but were unable to reach a deal, which triggered the action taken by the Springfield, New Jersey-headquartered sanctioning body.

Emmanuel “Manny” Rodríguez will embrace the new year with his luggage in his hands to leave for Mexico with a view to establish his training camp, on the way to his first defense of the bantamweight title (118 pounds) of the International Boxing Federation (IBF).

Emmanuel Rodriguez can’t seem to decide whether he is done with the sport or ready to resume his second bantamweight title reign. His latest callout suggests the latter, though all of it is perfectly in line with your typical boxing retirement.

Emmanuel Rodriguez has chosen to go out on his terms. The two-time and reigning IBF bantamweight titlist surprisingly announced his retirement on Tuesday. Puerto Rico’s Rodriguez caught many in the industry off guard, including most of his own team who seemed genuinely shocked when he took to social media to reveal the hard decision to walk away from the sport.

There is no case in 2023 for Anthony Joshua being the best heavyweight in the world. In retrospect, there may never have been. But Joshua is still a star and stars matter in boxing. There are few bigger ones than Joshua even after his consecutive