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By Kenneth Friedman: Nonito Donaire scouted out Naoya Inoue’s fight against IBF bantamweight champion Emmanuel Rodriguez last Saturday night in the semi-final of the World Boxing Super Series 118-pound tournament at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland.  → read full story

By Barry Holbrook: WBA ‘regular’ bantamweight champion Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue (18-0, 16 KOs) put himself in position to fight Nonito Donaire next with his second round knockout victory over IBF 118-pound champion Emmanuel Rodriguez (19-1, 12 KOs), and Josh Taylor (15-0, 12 KOs) earned his way to the final of the WBSS 140-pound tournament to […]

‘Monster’ Naoya Inoue stops IBF champ Emmanuel Rodriguez to set up Nonito Donaire showdown and Josh Taylor dropped Ivan Baranchyk twice on his way to winning the IBF world title and booking his place in the WBSS final.  → read full story

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