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Tapales, the World Boxing Association and International Boxing Federation champion, and Inoue, the World Boxing Council and World Boxing Organization titlist, both made weight for their super bantamweight unification bout on Tuesday, December 26, at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo.
Reaping the benefits of a month-long training camp in Baguio City, Tapales checked in at 121.25 pounds, slightly lighter than Inoue, who stepped on the scales at 121.75 during the official weigh-in on Monday at the Yokohama Bay Sheraton Hotel.
Tapales has repeatedly claimed that Inoue’s skills and power, 25-0 with 22 knockouts, do not intimidate him a bit. On Sunday, Tapales, who holds a 37-3 record with 19 knockouts, went further, telling one of the key figures in his entourage “not to be afraid because he’ll be the one fighting.”