Naoya Inoue Not Likely To Appear on Next Superfly Card

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Japan's Naoya Inoue (14-0, 12 KOs), who is already regarded as one of the best pound for pound fighters in the world, has requested not to be involved in the upcoming Superfly 2 card, which is being targeted for the first quarter on 2018 - because he wants to make another defense in Japan before returning to the United States.

The project for the second card would be a mandatory fight between Estrada and Rungvisai for the WBC title - but the champion from Thailand has already made a request to the WBC to do a voluntary defense back home.

However, Inoue in particular would not be ready to return to America by the first quarter of the year. His promoter, Teiken Promotions, would like to place him on a New Year's Eve card in Japan.

"There are fights at the table, everyone wants to go [on that event], Khalid Yafai is there, Inoue wants to wait a little longer before returning to America.... he wants to return [back to America] in fall. We will see what Chocolatito wants to do and we will try to find the best combinations," promoter Tom Loefler said to ESPN Deportes.

"Superfly was my favorite event this year, we saw great fights... Chocolatito-Rungvisai, Quadras-Estrada, the Japanese Inoue against Nieves, it was a great show. We are talking to HBO to make Superfly 2, the fight between Estrada and Rungvisai, it will be a great event, there is a lot of talent in the division, we will try to make it happen. Everyone in Los Angeles was talking about [Superfly], everyone was happy."

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That sucks, and suggest that HBO might not be so keen on building toward having Naoya Inoue on their air as much which sucks more.

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That sucks, and suggest that HBO might not be so keen on building toward having Naoya Inoue on their air as much which sucks more.

HBO are on board. You cant do SuperFly without Inoue.. it's his choice to defend in Japan. Loeffler was about to go places with SuperFly.

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...what's the source for this?...at least 1 GLARING error...probably 2 very obvious ones