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It will have been exactly 52 weeks since the last time Naoya Inoue and Akira Yaegashi appeared on the same card. The night ended with Inoue knocking out long-reigning super flyweight champ Omar Narvaez to wrap up a 2014 campaign that landed BoxingScene.com Fighter of the Year honors, while Yaegashi hit a wall in pursuit of becoming a three-division champion.
This Tuesday evening will mark Inoue's first fight since that show, while Yaegashi is on the comeback trail and once again within reach of a third world title. Both fighters made weight for their separate bouts on a pre-New Year's Eve boxing event in Tokyo, Japan.
Inoue makes the first defense of his super flyweight title as he faces Philippines' Warlito Parrenas in the main event of a show to air on Fuji TV in Japan. Inoue (8-0. 7KOs) tipped the scales at 114.9 lbs., just below the 115 lb. divisional limit. Parrenas came in at 114 lbs. for his second consecutive title fight.
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This Tuesday evening will mark Inoue's first fight since that show, while Yaegashi is on the comeback trail and once again within reach of a third world title. Both fighters made weight for their separate bouts on a pre-New Year's Eve boxing event in Tokyo, Japan.
Inoue makes the first defense of his super flyweight title as he faces Philippines' Warlito Parrenas in the main event of a show to air on Fuji TV in Japan. Inoue (8-0. 7KOs) tipped the scales at 114.9 lbs., just below the 115 lb. divisional limit. Parrenas came in at 114 lbs. for his second consecutive title fight.
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