since leaving Matchroom Boxing earlier this year<\/a> and the Tottenham crowd \u2014 well versed at booing \u2014 are expected to treat Benn as a pantomime villain.<\/p>\nWho am I kidding? I\u2019ll take that check and some hefty health insurance on the side.<\/p>\n
3. Superstar Nasukawa returns against a Mexican legend<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll never tire of recalling my trip to Japan in 2023, where I was able to visit Tokyo\u2019s Ariake Arena for a show headlined by Kenshiro Teraji vs. Hekkie Budler.<\/p>\n
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What was most memorable that evening was not the winning performances of Teraji or even Junto Nakatani, but the reception Tenshin Nasukawa received in his second pro boxing outing.<\/p>\n
Japan is typically a very reserved country, but the kickboxing legend got the whole arena up on their feet, losing their minds during the entirety of an eight-round decision win over Luis Enrique Guzman Torres.<\/p>\n
Seven fights later and the 27-year-old southpaw is 7-1 in the boxing game, attempting to bounce back from his solitary career defeat at the hands of Takuma Inoue last November. If he is to do so, he\u2019s going to have to do it against a Mexican legend.<\/p>\n
Juan Francisco Estrada meets Nasukawa in a WBC title eliminator at bantamweight this weekend in what is your classic crossroads fight in Tokyo.<\/p>\n
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Estrada, 35, has fought twice since 2022, but is as crafty, gutsy and experienced as they come, and will be a big test for a man in Nasukawa with plenty of question marks still surrounding his level.<\/p>\n
4. The British heavyweight title is on the line<\/p>\n
If Fury and Benn don\u2019t do it for you, then the British heavyweight title fight between Jeamie TKV and Richard Riakporhe is well worth tuning into Netflix for on its own merit.<\/p>\n
TKV is coming off of a career-best win over Frazer Clarke where he won the belt last November, and is being thrown into a tough opening defense of the Lonsdale strap against a former cruiserweight world title challenger, Riakporhe.<\/p>\n
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It\u2019ll be Riakporhe\u2019s third fight in the heavyweight division, but the 36-year-old is convinced he has the power and style to trouble anyone in the most lucrative of divisions.<\/p>\n
TKV is renowned for his spirited, energy-sapping inside fighting, but Riakporhe has already proven his ability to bang hard as a heavyweight, having stopped both Tommy Welch and Kevin Espindola.<\/p>\n
5. It\u2019s a BIG Monday for the little guys \u2026<\/p>\n
If you want to squeeze a little more juice out of your weekend, we won\u2019t tell anyone.<\/p>\n
But you\u2019ll have to switch your attention back to Tokyo for an IBF world light flyweight title fight.<\/p>\n
The defending champion is Thanongsak Simsri, who at 25 years old has accumulated an astonishing 39-1 record as an 108-pound fighter, taking his only loss back in 2022 to Masamichi Yabuki.<\/p>\n
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Mexican southpaw Sergio Alfonso Mendoza Cordova, 26, is the man attempting to add another loss to Simsri\u2019s impressive record, bringing his similarly active unbeaten 27-0 slate to the table.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a big test for the traveling Mexican, who fights out of his native homeland for the first time in his career, but one that he is expected to excel in after an impressive rise in the light flyweight ranks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Boxing\u2019s spring calendar is beginning to gather pace, and this weekend delivers another slate of fights with plenty…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":598844,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[292032,8075,23811,64,63,802,30027,2022,435,69941,292033,67439,85,40887,8691],"class_list":{"0":"post-598843","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-announcing-retirement","9":"tag-anthony-joshua","10":"tag-arslanbek-makhmudov","11":"tag-au","12":"tag-australia","13":"tag-boxing","14":"tag-conor-benn","15":"tag-london","16":"tag-netflix","17":"tag-regis-prograis","18":"tag-richard-riakporhe","19":"tag-saturday-night","20":"tag-sports","21":"tag-tottenham-hotspur-stadium","22":"tag-tyson-fury"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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