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Top Rank to return to Macau, February 22nd


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Details still a bit scarce but Zou Shiming, Ryota Murata and Egor Mehkontsev are all but confirmed to be on the show which is rumoured to also feature world title double header with Estrada/Viloria II and Vazquez/Shafikov.

 

Several Filipino's are said to be in talks to appear on the card as well.

 

Would be great if Bob put up the money to have a Japanese 122 fighter on the show (Hozumi Hasegawa, Shingo Wake or Yasutaka Ishimoto) in the hope of getting Rigondeaux over to Macau in the second half of 2014.

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Re: Top Rank to return to Macau, February 22nd

 

Certainly going to become a fixture I think, unless Singapore can offer more dough.* The fact that you have Zou, Ik Yang, Rex Tso and Kuok Kun Ng all from Macau or nearby means that Uncle Bob has sellers over there (especially Tso), Zou whether we like him or not is an interesting experiment and if Zhong proves to be credible then China will have another draw.

 

I don't think it'll become the be all and end all but it's very interesting and the more fights Bob sends over there the more potential exposure fighters can get in the west. His links to ALA and Teiken allow him access to guys like Ishimoto, Melindo, the Penalosa brothers and even the likes of Nietes and Sabillo.

 

In fact if we stay on the theme of the those Filipino's, Arum hardly needs to stack these cards with Chinese based fighters, the Filipino's turn out in droves if their a good Pinoy or two on the show.

 

Potentially it's brilliant but I dare saw Arum needs to use them to make challengers as much as anything else.

 

 

*There is a rumour that Japan is about to open a mega casino, if they do then they could offer the mega dough to make big fights happen.

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