Tapales: "I'm going to knock out Inoue"

IBF and WBA world champion in second bantamweight Marlon Tapales (37-3, 19 KOs) shared his mood on the eve of the fight with the owner of the other two belts Naoei Inoue (25-0, 22 KOs), which will take place tomorrow, December 26, in Tokyo

“I am motivated from the bottom of my heart and am preparing for a resounding victory. I'm ready to beat Naoya Inoue, I'm going to knock him out. I consider Naoya to be a great, experienced and smart boxer. But I know that all the hard work I did during training camps in Las Vegas and the Philippines prepared me for this moment.

I am well aware that I am not a favorite according to the bookmakers. But I don’t care, the result will be different from their opinion,” Boxing Social quotes the Filipino as saying.