Kiko Martinez to defend against Hozumi Hasegawa in Japan

[Violent Demise]

Martinez has a great chance to win by KO. Hasegawa's achilles heel is, he's willing to stand and trade and is a bit chinny. That's why it's a great fight.

And Martinez is obviously getting a much better deal than Frampton/Quigg's connections could offer him to steal his title. Japan probably has the healthiest boxing scene in the world.

Agreed. It's a 50-50 fight. Hasegawa is the more skilled fighter. And overall the better fighter. But his ability to take a punch has really declined. And Martnez can punch

[bzkfn]

I believe Matinez will stop him. Hasegawa's punch resistance is not what it was and Martinez is a real banger at the weight, coupled with the fact that Hozumi is dropping down in weight for this, I think it's a calculated risk that will pay off for Kiko.

[La Cucaracha]

Big risk to go to Japan but I think Hasegawa is getting KTFO