[Boxing] Casimero vs Akaho - December 3

[bittraffic]

So Casimero is already weight up to super bantamweight since there's no way for him to fight at bantamweight,

And that move up by Casimero might give the possibility for him to meet the expected undisputed bantamweight champion, Naoya Inoue who is likely to move up too on Super Bantamweight/Junior featherweight once he wins against Paul Butler in December.

This fight shouldn't be a problem for Casimero even though he is inactive for 16 months.

I hope though that this time, Casimero's camp should now be able to avoid those recent problems why he was being stripped out of his WBO title.

I have to google to learn what happened:

Casimero was barred by the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) from fighting after he broke the boxing body's rule of using saunas before a fight to cut down on weight.

So this is a violation I guess but this is probably common practice for boxers who just want to achieve the weight fast. If it were imposed on all, every champ may just be stripped of thier belts. Anyway, seem Inoue and Casimero are meant to meet above after all.

[Natalim]

Finally, something to watch out for, Casimero has to start winning again in order for him to become a champion, and hopefully, he will consider this as a good start and he should still impress us with a good win. IMO, Casimero is still in his prime but he was just unfortunate to be unable to manage his weight well, so he lost the opportunity there's another one that has opened for him.

I'm not familiar with this opponent, but who cares, it's not a championship fight, so it's alright.

[carlisle1]

Finally, something to watch out for, Casimero has to start winning again in order for him to become a champion, and hopefully, he will consider this as a good start and he should still impress us with a good win. IMO, Casimero is still in his prime but he was just unfortunate to be unable to manage his weight well, so he lost the opportunity there's another one that has opened for him.

I'm not familiar with this opponent, but who cares, it's not a championship fight, so it's alright.

A god start for Casimero to bring his name on hype again, finally he moves on from losing that belt
and now he moves up instead of trying to keep that same weight.

Like you, I don't have any idea about his opponent but one thing for me is sure, Casimero will try to impress his
fans and will do everything to win this one and start his journey in chasing a title fight.

It's another opportunity that he needs to grab and if he manages to win this one, it will open the door to have
more money fight to come.

[bisdak40]

Casimero was barred by the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) from fighting after he broke the boxing body's rule of using saunas before a fight to cut down on weight.

So this is a violation I guess but this is probably common practice for boxers who just want to achieve the weight fast. If it were imposed on all, every champ may just be stripped of thier belts. Anyway, seem Inoue and Casimero are meant to meet above after all.

That maybe WBO's revenge to Casimero in the Dubai incident. Yeah, all boxing champs could be stripped of their belt if they strictly impose these rules but the thing with Casimero is that he showed this sauna thing in his youtube vlog, more people have seen so that might be the trigger for BBBofC to investigate, and disqualify him to fight for the belt.

Adding a poll to this fight to see who is more popular between the two but I guess Quadro Alas will be the runaway winner on this poll as many users here are his fans. 

[robelneo]

Two things will motivate Casimero to knock out Akaho, the first one is he wants to be impressive in his comeback after the weight issue and the second is Akaho just knocked out a Filipino in his last fight, two things that will surely motivate Casimero as Akaho is bragging about the Filipinos that he has beaten, this is a very important fight for Casimero, he is left out in the limelight after he was stripped of the title, with this fight he can give a big statement in the boxing community that he is back.

[yazher]

Looks like a nice fight and this time Casimero should do his best to maintain his healthy body before the fight. They wanted to make it happen in Korea I wonder how many boxing fans are there why not just in Japan?

Anyway, both are pretty good boxers and knockout artists. this fight shouldn't be the same as their last fights and most likely this one will gonna end up in Knockout as well cause both fighters are known to like to clash with their opponents in the middle of the ring.

[rhomelmabini]

No idea who will be at the advantage/disadvantage here since both fighters has their own unique and nice stats. I think Casimero is trying to avenge his fellow Filipino boxer (Edrin Dapudong) here who just lost recently with Akaho last month. I think the reach and height will not be a hindrance to Casimero considering his last fight with Rigondeaux who was taller and has long reach compare to Akaho.

maybe not to revenge, but it is already the right time to fight in this new weight division. remember, casimero had problems with weight issues. so hopefully, this weight division is appropriate for him and won't need sauna just to lose weight.  but fine, if he wants to revenge his fellow fillipino boxer, why not? additional motivation for him, aside from the fact that he really needs to redeem himself  and gain a new belt. after all, he's relatively young in this sports and he has still years ahead of him to prove himself inside the boxing ring.

Revenge wasn't the right word I guess but avenge. Yes, it really list him as inactive boxer considering it was already a year now before that last fight of him with Rigondeaux. That part of avenging might be on Quadro Alas's mind I think because it was just month ago and now Akaho is thinking he could get two Filipino boxer in just 4 months of time.

[YOSHIE]

Finally it's been officially announced that Johnriel Casimero's comeback fight vs Akaho will be this coming December 3 at the Paradise City in Incheon South Korea as what Akaho's promoter announced.

I think this boxing is a professional opponent's boxing, age is not a benchmark for both of them, the record is also not too far away 31-4 with 21 KOs and 39-2-2 with 26 KOs for Akaho, talk a little about Casimero I saw him last fight 2021 against Guillermo, although as I know Casimero is mentally tough and the average opponent in the ring can be defeated by Casimero, but for boxing this time I'm sure Akaho will do his best to win boxing next december, my hunch says so.

[Daltonik]

It seems to me that this will be a fight of approximately equal boxers, although Ryo Akaho is not as well known as John Riel Casimero, but still he is an experienced boxer who has held 43 fights and his last fight took place on September 3, 2022 against Edrin Dapudong, which he won by knockout, in any case, the fight should be interesting and not predictable.

[coinerer]

in my opinion and from my boxing experience i think Akaho have more possibility to with then Casimero. Akaho is much strong player then Casimero and he have good fighting technique. If Akaho can't win then it can be drow. But is didn’t seeing any possibility for Casimero that can be won. i haven’t much experience in boxing but from my little experience I can make this prediction

[Yaunfitda]

It’s good to see Casimero back after so many dramas happened before with his supposed matches, and finally he decided to have a match again.

Yes, he has been in hell in the last 6 months of this year, he was riding on a big momentum on the bantamweight, unfortunately, his weight issues did it for him.

His team should already learned their lesson, they should monitor the weight of Casimero of else this fight will not push through again. Casimero also need to focus so we can see him fighting again. Is this match already settled? Can’t wait to see him back again after a few months of being inactive. I’m not familiar with Akaho but I’m sure he’s a good boxer as well because he is being matched with Casimero.

Right, a big lesson for his team and they should hire a professional dietitian to watch the food he eat so that he can maintain within the fighting weight of 122 lbs. Otherwise, it Casimero's weight balloon again, we might see another problem. But in any case, yes the fight is definitely a go for him and this fight is already settled. And we can only hope that it will be the same Casimero that campaign in 118 lbs, he had the power and the heart to go toe to toe against anyone.

[AmoreJaz]

It’s good to see Casimero back after so many dramas happened before with his supposed matches, and finally he decided to have a match again.

Yes, he has been in hell in the last 6 months of this year, he was riding on a big momentum on the bantamweight, unfortunately, his weight issues did it for him.

His team should already learned their lesson, they should monitor the weight of Casimero of else this fight will not push through again. Casimero also need to focus so we can see him fighting again. Is this match already settled? Can’t wait to see him back again after a few months of being inactive. I’m not familiar with Akaho but I’m sure he’s a good boxer as well because he is being matched with Casimero.

Right, a big lesson for his team and they should hire a professional dietitian to watch the food he eat so that he can maintain within the fighting weight of 122 lbs. Otherwise, it Casimero's weight balloon again, we might see another problem. But in any case, yes the fight is definitely a go for him and this fight is already settled. And we can only hope that it will be the same Casimero that campaign in 118 lbs, he had the power and the heart to go toe to toe against anyone.

from the poll here, casimero is leading. i can understand that many people still believe his boxing skills. however, the work is still on him. so going up to this weight division should not be a big deal for him as he had issues at 118lbs. his camp should not make any more excuses in this weight division. if casimero is comfortable with this weight, he should show a much better performance. akaho may not be the same as rigo, as rigo was like running away from the opponent.

[Jawhead999]

And that move up by Casimero might give the possibility for him to meet the expected undisputed bantamweight champion, Naoya Inoue who is likely to move up too on Super Bantamweight/Junior featherweight once he wins against Paul Butler in December.

This fight shouldn't be a problem for Casimero even though he is inactive for 16 months.

I hope though that this time, Casimero's camp should now be able to avoid those recent problems why he was being stripped out of his WBO title.

Yeah, there's no any fighters can compete against Inoue on the Bantamweight, so there's will be no hype for his fighting if he stay on his current weight. If Casimero can get at least one belt on this weight, his fight with Inoue in the future will be inevitable since he need to defend his belt.

I think there's no way for Casimero to hide against Inoue, he will need to face it sooner or later. Casimero isn't old too, so he will fight when he's still in prime condition.

[smartaction]

in my opinion and from my boxing experience i think Akaho have more possibility to with then Casimero. Akaho is much strong player then Casimero and he have good fighting technique. If Akaho can't win then it can be drow. But is didn’t seeing any possibility for Casimero that can be won. i haven’t much experience in boxing but from my little experience I can make this prediction

Akaho can be a strong player but I don't think he can with Casimero, because Casimero is much stronger than Akaho and I also see that Casimero has more votes in this thread. How can you make a guarantee that Akaho will win here?  there the game hasn't started yet . I am assuming that you are not very knowledgeable about the sport of boxing and players

[Oasisman]

looking at their boxing record, it seems that Akaho is at advantage, he is taller than Casimero and has a farther reach than him, he is older than Casimero though, I wonder if his age will affect him throughout the match. anyway, it's my first time hearing about Akaho and has no clue how he fights. it will be interesting how Casimero will handle himself against him.

It seems like you're not alone here. I don't even know this guys exist in a pro boxing world. He might have the size advantage but the fact that he's 36, that will definitely affect his performance as he might be out of his prime already.
I've done a quick research about this guy and one thing I noticed is that he have like 80% of his opponent are coming from Japan and some other part in Asia. He does not have any record against a notable or elite fighter AFAIK.
IMO, Casimero will dominate this match.
For now, I don't want any other opponent for Casimero but Inoue.

[coinerer]

in my opinion and from my boxing experience i think Akaho have more possibility to with then Casimero. Akaho is much strong player then Casimero and he have good fighting technique. If Akaho can't win then it can be drow. But is didn’t seeing any possibility for Casimero that can be won. i haven’t much experience in boxing but from my little experience I can make this prediction

Akaho can be a strong player but I don't think he can with Casimero, because Casimero is much stronger than Akaho and I also see that Casimero has more votes in this thread. How can you make a guarantee that Akaho will win here?  there the game hasn't started yet . I am assuming that you are not very knowledgeable about the sport of boxing and players

If you think I don't understand boxing or I don't know these two players then you are wrong.  Because everyone has their own favorite players and everyone has different thoughts and predictions.  So I think my prediction is correct and I have a belief that Akaho will win this game.  Maybe you can think in your prediction that maybe Casimero will win but how can you guarantee that?

[Dave1]

in my opinion and from my boxing experience i think Akaho have more possibility to with then Casimero. Akaho is much strong player then Casimero and he have good fighting technique. If Akaho can't win then it can be drow. But is didn’t seeing any possibility for Casimero that can be won. i haven’t much experience in boxing but from my little experience I can make this prediction

Akaho can be a strong player but I don't think he can with Casimero, because Casimero is much stronger than Akaho and I also see that Casimero has more votes in this thread. How can you make a guarantee that Akaho will win here?  there the game hasn't started yet . I am assuming that you are not very knowledgeable about the sport of boxing and players

Just to be fair, Akaho has a fighting chance to win against Casimero. But the thing here, boxing fans know what Casimero can bring into this fight and as we read the comments, there are fans that are not familiar with Akaho and so they have to look at his records.

On the other hand, Casimero has been winning and used to be the champion in 118 lbs until he has issues with his weight and decided to move up now to 122 lbs and so this is first fight and we will know if the old Casimero will show and win by knockout or he can't bring his power to this division.

[aioc]

It's not a cherry-picked fight because the guy comes from a knockout win against a Filipino who is also a good boxer, but I don't see something on Akaho that can make his poise a big threat to Casimero's comeback fight, Casimero needs to get back again he has been out of the ring for a very long time and this will have a bad impact on his fight against Akaho because of ring rust, Akaho is made for Casimero, he loves fighter that likes to mix up and engage, Casimero's last fight is against a runner Guillermo Rigondeaux, Casimero will knock this guy out, to avenge all the Filipinos he beat.

[Japinat]

looking at their boxing record, it seems that Akaho is at advantage, he is taller than Casimero and has a farther reach than him, he is older than Casimero though, I wonder if his age will affect him throughout the match. anyway, it's my first time hearing about Akaho and has no clue how he fights. it will be interesting how Casimero will handle himself against him.

Yes, the Japanese have those advantages really but it's not that much big and knowing Casimero, he'll ate punches just to get what he wanted that is why he is interesting to watch. Actually, this is not his first time fighting boxers that are much taller than him, Zolani Tete and Duke Micah is much taller than Ryo Akaho but Casimero defeated the first two named boxers by a way of TKO and both ended in just 3 rounds.

Also I noticed, this fight is Casimero's debut as it will be contested in 122 pounds, I guess this is way to face Inoue next if the latter moves in the next weight class after the unification, super-bantam in particular.

[virasisog]

It's not a cherry-picked fight because the guy comes from a knockout win against a Filipino who is also a good boxer, but I don't see something on Akaho that can make his poise a big threat to Casimero's comeback fight, Casimero needs to get back again he has been out of the ring for a very long time and this will have a bad impact on his fight against Akaho because of ring rust, Akaho is made for Casimero, he loves fighter that likes to mix up and engage, Casimero's last fight is against a runner Guillermo Rigondeaux, Casimero will knock this guy out, to avenge all the Filipinos he beat.

This wasn't a lucky year for Filipino boxers since most of them experienced defeat this year but I'm rooting for Casimero. He seems too eager to win this match which will be too challenging for Akaho who also wants a challenging match. If Casimero would prepare hard, Akaho's advantage will never be a hindrance for him to winning this match. It will be a good comeback fight for him.