Japanese boxer Naoya Inoue, heavy favorite sa laban kontra Pinoy champ Tapales

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00:00 Overwhelming favorite is the Japanese monster, Naoya Inoue in his unification match

00:06 against fellow world boxing champion Marlon Tapales.

00:11 Despite this, the American matchmaker of Tapales, Sean Gibbons, is not left out.

00:17 Even though the Lanao del Norte native Filipino Kingpin is defeated, Dennis Principe has a detail.

00:27 The 4 division world champion, Uya "The Monster" Inoue is also defeated in his upcoming ring battle

00:33 against the Filipino world title holder Marlon "The Nightmare" Tapales.

00:37 Most of the betting odds, 7 to 1 favorite is the Japanese superstar in their 12 round unification match.

00:46 The American matchmaker, Sean Gibbons, is not left out because he is definitely ahead in his experience.

00:54 Inoue should be the favorite. He's considered pound for pound one of the best fighters in the world.

01:00 He is "The Monster" but he don't realize he's fighting "The Nightmare".

01:06 So "Nightmare" against "Monster", I think "Monster" is going to have nightmares.

01:11 But the books and everything rightfully so have Inoue a big favorite.

01:15 They take into little consideration Marlon's win against Ahmedyov.

01:21 But overall, Marlon has not accomplished what Inoue has.

01:25 We're not worried about the books though. At the end of the day, the books don't win fights.

01:30 Despite this, Gibbons believes that Tapales has an advantage

01:36 that the Philippine champion is just learning from in their Baguio City training camp.

01:41 Tapales is not affected and he is also expecting to be a huge underdog in their match.

01:49 Marlon Tapales is a game plan. And if he executes it, and Inoue is a lot like the Senator Manny Pacquiao.

01:56 He's a wild guy. He's open. He gets hit. Look at Donaire. Donaire showed a lot in that first fight.

02:02 So Marlon is very disciplined, gets behind the jab, looks to counter, let Inoue come to him a little.

02:08 I think he could have a lot of success. But the jab is absolutely the key.

02:13 Inoue will wear his WBA and WBC super bantamweight belts while Tapales will wear his IBF and WBC crowns

02:24 in their unification match that will take place December 26 in Ariake Arena, Tokyo, Japan.

02:31 Dennis Principe for the morning show of the country, Rise and Shine, Philippines.