[Boxing] Inoue vs Casimero Bantamweight Unification Fight

[freedomgo]

This will be a disappointment for the fans if the match is postponed.

As a fan, I would not be disappointed as the reason why it will be postpone is valid, this is for health safety so you can compromise people's health just to make this fight happen, postponement is okay, we can still see this fight, it's not cancelled.

People have been waiting for this fight for a long time and they will not want it to be postponed. The match is to be played on April 25 in Las Vegas and I do not want any bad news because of the coronavirus for this match. Lets keep the fingers crossed.

Of course this fight is big and people are really waiting for this especially those from Philippines and Japan as these are the nations these two fighters carrying respectively, but like I said, there is a global emergency that requires this kind of action.

[Botnake]

@freedomgo, the fight is still over a month from now, we hope that the pandemic will be over soon so we can witness this fight.

Based on what I read, this fight is selling good to the fans, with this pandemic, its sales are pretty much affected and I don't think at this time they are buying for this, of course no, they are buying for the basic needs.

I also don't know if they have a target sales for this fight as its really affected significantly, less sales would make the promoter loss on their investment on this fight, so when this situation will be neutralize it's possible it will be postpone to give more time on the ticket sales and maybe PPV if there is.

[harizen]

..the fight is still over a month from now, we hope that the pandemic will be over soon so we can witness this fight.

Take note that the term "Pandemic" is the highest level of spread. It's impossible to control or got it eliminated in a duration of a month even in the area where only a few reported cases were confirmed. So rather than expecting to witness this fight on the scheduled date, just accept that this fight might cancel.

Based on what I read, this fight is selling good to the fans, with this pandemic, its sales are pretty much affected and I don't think at this time they are buying for this, of course no, they are buying for the basic needs.

Well, as most of the cases you can't see an average minimum wage earner watching the boxing live as the ticket is costly but the reason why the sales should be affected is that people are worried about the risks of getting infected in a crowded area. Most people that have been an enthusiast of watching live boxing do have money to pay for tickets but for safety, they will refrain joining a crowded area for a meantime.

[smyslov]

@freedomgo, the fight is still over a month from now, we hope that the pandemic will be over soon so we can witness this fight.

Based on what I read, this fight is selling good to the fans, with this pandemic, its sales are pretty much affected and I don't think at this time they are buying for this, of course no, they are buying for the basic needs.

I also don't know if they have a target sales for this fight as its really affected significantly, less sales would make the promoter loss on their investment on this fight, so when this situation will be neutralize it's possible it will be postpone to give more time on the ticket sales and maybe PPV if there is.

Ticket sales will be affected but PPV sales will be higher than expected people will want to see the fight in their homes than watching it live, but I doubt if this fight will push through, I don't see this fight going to happen while the world is canceling all the big sporting events, they will definitely announce this soon and by the way surprise that in the poll Casimero is getting a lot of support.

[Finestream]

@freedomgo, the fight is still over a month from now, we hope that the pandemic will be over soon so we can witness this fight.

Based on what I read, this fight is selling good to the fans, with this pandemic, its sales are pretty much affected and I don't think at this time they are buying for this, of course no, they are buying for the basic needs.

I also don't know if they have a target sales for this fight as its really affected significantly, less sales would make the promoter loss on their investment on this fight, so when this situation will be neutralize it's possible it will be postpone to give more time on the ticket sales and maybe PPV if there is.

Ticket sales will be affected but PPV sales will be higher than expected people will want to see the fight in their homes than watching it live, but I doubt if this fight will push through, I don't see this fight going to happen while the world is canceling all the big sporting events, they will definitely announce this soon and by the way surprise that in the poll Casimero is getting a lot of support.

Don't be surprise, maybe majority of the voters are Filipino, of course they'll support their countryman.
There will be no PPV if there is no audience in the arena, how much they'll make for PPV, I think it's just a small amount way below compared to their expected sales.

[bisdak40]

It's now official, Top Rank already announced that it is cancelling all of it's scheduled fight this March and April to a later date.

Wonder what's the effect of this postponements to boxers who are already in it's peak training-wise. Do they have to start all over again? 

The announcement followed a flurry of postponements throughout the boxing world Monday. The shows Arum’s Top Rank Inc. had scheduled for March and April will be rescheduled “as soon as it’s safe and reasonable to do so,” according to a press release issued Monday.

[Kemarit]

[..snip..]

Good moved by Top Rank.

I'm sure those boxers are going to be frustrated to see the fight being cancelled by the COVID-19 situation. I can only speculate that since there is no official date yet, they needed to keep in top form, maybe lay-low on their daily training regimen so that they won't get burn out or over train when the fight resume in the coming weeks or months.

[stomachgrowls]

With so many events cancelled and suspended like the NBA, PBA in the Philippines, i think this fight might be move to a later date if ever there is no success in combating this COVID-19.

World title fights also in jeopardy due to COVID-19 threat

Measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) are threatening to postpone two world title fights featuring world champions Jerwin Ancajas and John Riel Casimero.

https://sports.mb.com.ph/2020/03/13/boxing-world-title-fights-also-in-jeopardy-due-to-covid-19-threat/

Thanks for this news, at least we know in advance so we will not expect anymore that this fight will happen per schedule.
Actually I don't know that Ancajas also have a title fight coming, someone should make a thread in this section.

That is surely a mistake, Anjacas has no world title fight.

Going back to Casimero vs Inoue, I'm sure organisers are looking ways to stage the fight without putting risk on boxing fans, I don't know how are they going to implement it, but we will see if they can make it happen as schedule so that we as boxing fans can still watch this very interesting and good fight.

They would rather reschedule it or move the date than on considering to have that stage fight without any audience or people around.We know that this is business and doing with that
set up wont really give or generate out income knowing that these are big fights not just an ordinary low ranking one.

Just like on any other sport events, its just right that the association do make such decision rather than forcing it out in the middle of this pandemic problem.
and as said by questat which this is much more better rather than expecting on something which wont happen.

[NavI_027]

They would rather reschedule it or move the date than on considering to have that stage fight without any audience or people around.We know that this is business and doing with that
set up wont really give or generate out income knowing that these are big fights not just an ordinary low ranking one.

Indeed. A huge part of earnings from such kind of sport came from the ticket sales so if there's no audience allowed to watch then for sure the organizers/promoters will have unhappy pockets for sure . That's why I really wonder why President of UFC, Dana White, still continue Lee vs Oliveira without even a single audience . Is it even worth it? Well, it happened so I think so. (Sorry for the off topic, I'm just trying to relate it)

[Kasabus]

I hope they push through the original schedule there are news that a medicine made by japan is actually effective against the virus and china is recovering and no new cases as of today.

Would you share where that news is coming from?
Everyone are interested to know about that for sure, and that means this fight might push through although its just one month more from now.

Hopefully, this continues until april so everyone can make money through pay per view and bet. This is such an epic fight for me as a boxing fan.

Everyone can't make money in betting, lol.. actually most gamblers loses their money, maybe everyone can have fun but not win.

[Japinat]

Our excitement on this fight was temporarily on pause right now as there is no assurance this fight would push through according to its schedule.
The cases of infected people in the US was spreading fast, maybe let's wait until the situation is in control, this would only happen in Vegas as its bad if they'll change venue just to push it soon, vegas casinos has been close for now if I am not mistaken, so no gamblers would love to see this, if you guys have new updates on the fight, please share by posting here.

[mu_enrico]

Our excitement on this fight was temporarily on pause right now

It's interesting to see how you are so excited about a Bantamweight fight mate, lol-jk.

there are news that a medicine made by japan is actually effective against the virus and china is recovering and no new cases as of today

I bet that Japanese medicine is a hoax. China is recovering simply because they were enough people infected, cured, and became immune to the virus so that it couldn't wildly spread anymore.

[electronicash]

there goes the excitement.  

all are going to be postponed, the mma fights are also postponed until covid19 is not contained events like these are going to be postponed. lots already from baseball to NFL. unification would have been a grand event this year. this will give a chance for casimero to train harder. can't say he will win actually. anywar so what else is left for sports? there is a game we can play against each other such as chess.  

[harizen]

As others also mentioned, the fight is now postponed:

No Casimero vs Inoue in April

As I have also posted here before, we all know that other Top Rank's events also canceled so this bout was expected to be postponed. This shouldn't be a surprise.

[carlfebz2]

As others also mentioned, the fight is now postponed:

No Casimero vs Inoue in April

As I have also posted here before, we all know that other Top Rank's events also canceled so this bout was expected to be postponed. This shouldn't be a surprise.

Thanks for link share up!

It isnt really surprising for this kind of news yet other association,leagues etc. had already made their actions towards postponement of events then
i already anticipated that this one will really be just the same.Why would expect much if those one to push through in the middle of pandemic problem?
It sucks for it to be delayed but for the sake of safety, it would be more worth to decide to make this fight happen in other time and this doesnt only
apply on boxing but in all other sports.

[Viscore]

At least we already know that this fight is not going to happen, no more speculation from now. I search the fight in my sportsbook, it seems like it's not anymore available now, so this means for those who put their bet prior to the news has now receive a refund, can you guys confirmed here?

[MFahad]

Our excitement on this fight was temporarily on pause right now as there is no assurance this fight would push through according to its schedule.
The cases of infected people in the US was spreading fast, maybe let's wait until the situation is in control, this would only happen in Vegas as its bad if they'll change venue just to push it soon, vegas casinos has been close for now if I am not mistaken, so no gamblers would love to see this, if you guys have new updates on the fight, please share by posting here.

Currently there is no new date for this fight and recently no one should be interested in any sports or game. When world is suffering from coronavirus, how can anyone be waiting for a match or playing a match 

[Kemarit]

Our excitement on this fight was temporarily on pause right now as there is no assurance this fight would push through according to its schedule.

Right, actually our excitement has turn into panic not because of the fight but the effect of COVID-19 to all of us.

The cases of infected people in the US was spreading fast, maybe let's wait until the situation is in control, this would only happen in Vegas as its bad if they'll change venue just to push it soon, vegas casinos has been close for now if I am not mistaken, so no gamblers would love to see this, if you guys have new updates on the fight, please share by posting here.

Yes, we should wait till everything has settled down specially in US soil. Lots of players and even average joe's are getting infected by the day. I think as sports fan, we understand the extent of the situation so we can only hope that the pandemic can be control in the next coming weeks so that we can slowly see boxing or any other sports be back to normal again.

[bisdak40]

Our excitement on this fight was temporarily on pause right now as there is no assurance this fight would push through according to its schedule.
The cases of infected people in the US was spreading fast, maybe let's wait until the situation is in control, this would only happen in Vegas as its bad if they'll change venue just to push it soon, vegas casinos has been close for now if I am not mistaken, so no gamblers would love to see this, if you guys have new updates on the fight, please share by posting here.

Currently there is no new date for this fight and recently no one should be interested in any sports or game. When world is suffering from coronavirus, how can anyone be waiting for a match or playing a match 

There is no definite date for this fight yet as they are still observing the progress of this pandemic and i agree with you, how can anyone be interested in a fight if you see people suffering from this disease all over the world. The best thing the promoter of this fight can do for now is to donate some money to those affected by this COVID-19 virus.

[chaser15]

The postponed gives more time for the boxers to prepare. I'm sure they can adjust their respective diet and weight maintenance regime. It's difficult for a boxer to adjust as they already follow what's on their activity list that will end up supposedly next month prior to weigh-in.

The reason I was glad for the postponed because I want Inoue to get back on his shape, the shape when he fights Nonito Donaire. After the fight, Inoue was hospitalized for about a month and still on recovery when he gets out. He received serious damage on that fight proving Donaire is still a dangerous boxer today at his age.

When the time now comes that Inoue and Casimero faced on the ring, no such excuses that's why I want Inoue to become 100% prepared for us to see how Casimero will handle this rough fighter from Japan.