According to a report on Japanese site Sportsnavi, the venue for the May 26th bout between WBC...

According to a report on Japanese site Sportsnavi, the venue for the May 26th bout between WBC Flyweight Champion Daisuke Naito and Chinese challenger Xiong Zhao Zhong has been moved from Shanghai to Tokyo on less than a week's notice due to vague "problems which cannot be cleared."

This certainly takes some of the shine off the fight - Zhong is the first Chinese boxer to challenge for a world title, and it would have been nice for him to fight in front of his countrymen. Now he's just an outmatched challenger trying to take the belt on the champ's home turf.

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Naito probably remembered the last time he fought elsewhere.

by Johpin on May 23, 2009 6:08 PM EDT reply actions

34 secs…. eek

"Boxing is dirty," said Casamayor. " The day I’m not ready to be a dirty fighter is the day I don’t fight anymore because it will mean that I have no heart for it anymore."

by Zocalo on May 24, 2009 9:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Now that it's not taking place on Chinese soil

It makes it an absolute joke that this fight is happening at all.

I’d be willing to bet that the reason it’s being moved is because the Chinese government is now insisting on taxing the fighters because it’s taking place in China. If that’s the case, then the fighters would basically be fighting for free.

Vogt early, Vogt often.

by Brickhaus on May 24, 2009 1:49 PM EDT reply actions

The word outmatched doesn’t describe the guy’s chances…

"Boxing is dirty," said Casamayor. " The day I’m not ready to be a dirty fighter is the day I don’t fight anymore because it will mean that I have no heart for it anymore."

by Zocalo on May 24, 2009 9:37 PM EDT reply actions