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PHOTO: MARLON TAPALES CHATS WITH FAMILY BEFORE THE INOUE FIGHT

WBA/IBF super bantamweight world champion Marlon Tapales of the Philippines chats with his family through his cell phone inside the dugout of the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan on Tuesday, December 26, 2023 hours before Tapales will meet WBC/WBO super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue of Japan for their undisputed title fight.

Tapales (37-3-0, 19KOs) aims to be the first Filipino boxer in history to become an undisputed champion while pound for pound great Inoue (25-0-0, 22KOs) aims to be undisputed champion in his second weight class, if successful, he will become only the second boxer in history to do so following fellow pound for pound boxer Terence Crawford..

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