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By Mark Eisner: WBA regular bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue stopped IBF 118-pound champion Emmanuel Rodriguez (17-1, 12 KOs) in the 2nd round in their semifinal fight.  → read full story

By Tim Royner: Tonight, the World Boxing Super Series tournament will have two superb semifinal matches between WBA ‘regular’ bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue (17-0, 15 KOs) and IBF champ Emmanuel Rodriguez (19-0, 12 KOs) in a unification match in the 118-pound division, and a contest between IBF light welterweight champion Ivan Baranchyk (19-0, 12 KOs) […]

By Barry Holbrook: Josh Taylor weighed in at 140 pounds, Ivan Baranchyk weighed 139 for their semifinal fight, and Naoya Inoue weighed 117.75, and Emmanuel Rodriguez weighed 117.75 lbs for their semifinal fight in the World Boxing Super Series bantamweight tournament on Friday.  → read full story

IT’S ON! Taylor-Baranchyk & Inoue-Rodriguez all make weight in Glasgow Josh Taylor & Ivan Baranchyk and Naoya Inoue & Emmanuel Rodriguez are ready for their hotly anticipated WBSS Semi-Finals and World Title bouts tomorrow at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland.  → read full story

William Cruz, the trainer of IBF champ Emmanuel Rodriguez, explains why he pushed Naoya Inoue’s trainer at the media workout for Saturday’s WBSS bantamweight semi-final at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow.  → read full story

By Trevor McIntyre: Top Rank will be signing WBA World bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue after the World Boxing Super Series 118-pound tournament finishes up.  → read full story

Puerto Rico’s Emmanuel ‘El Sensacional’ Rodriguez (19-0, 12 KOs) is totally confident of defending his IBF title when he faces Japan’s pound-for-pound star ‘Monster’ Naoya Inoue (17-0, 15 KOs) in the WBSS bantamweight semi-final on Saturday at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland.  → read full story

By Jim Dower: WBA bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue (17-0, 15 KOs) will be meeting up with unbeaten IBF 118 lb champion Emmanuel Rodriguez (17-0, 12 KOs) on May 18 in the semifinal of the World Boxing Super Series [WBSS] tournament on the same card as the WBSS light welterweight semifinal fight between Josh Taylor and […]

The IBF world bantamweight champion, Emmanuel “Manny” Rodríguez (19-0, 12 KOs) and his team left for Havana, Cuba to continue training for his unification fight against WBA world champion Naoya Inoue (17-0, 15 KOs).  → read full story

By Dan Ambrose: IBF bantamweight champion Emmanuel Rodriguez (19-0, 12 KOs) cleared the way for a unification fight against WBA 118 lb champion Naoya Inoue last Saturday night with a 12 round split decision win over game challenger Jason Moloney (17-1, 14 KO’s) in the World Boxing Super Series bantamweight tournament at the CFE Arena […]