According to Tom Eaton of Boxing News Online, Mr. Hideyuki Ohashi, founder of Ohashi Promotion and promoter of WBC, IBF, and WBO world super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue has, “all but confirmed that Inoue will face (Jesse ‘Bam’) Rodriguez in February next year, and that, despite ‘Bam’ looking for an interim fight, it may be the Japanese icon’s next outing.”