Comments Thread For: McDonnell, Kameda Vow Better Performances in Rematch

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By Jake Donovan - The first fight was so good and oh so close, that Jamie McDonnell and Tomoki Kameda had to do it again. The pair of bantamweights apparently agreed, as their rematch will headline a special Sunday edition of Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on CBS live from Corpus Christi, Texas.

Also on the card, Anthony Dirrell fights for the first time since losing his super middleweight title, as he faces former Top 10 middleweight contender Marco Antonio Rubio.

McDonnell prevailed in a minor upset in their first fight – which also aired live on CBS. The reigning titlist from Britain overcame a third round knockdown to score a razor thin unanimous decision after 12 rounds of non-stop action. The final call was debatable but not controversial, although you’ll get a different viewpoint from Kameda, who suffered the first loss of his career on the afternoon.

“I definitely think I won the first fight,” Kameda (31-1, 19KOs) insists, even four months later. “I landed the much harder punches and built up enough of an early lead, but the judges saw what they saw. It was a close fight and I know I can change the outcome this time.” [Click Here To Read More]

[Clegg]

So Kameda has added Heredia to his team and the fight is in Texas so they might even forget the post-fight test. Kameda looked the slightly better fighter to me last time out so was picking him anyway but knowing he'll have that extra 10% makes me even more sure.