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Uh, Brandon Figueroa and I talked about it in the interview that that would, for him, be kind of a, a big feather in his cap.

Now, Kameda's last fight, which took place in May of last year, so he's coming off of a pretty long layoff, uh, he lost a very close fight challenging Angelo Leo for the IBF title in this weight class.

Now he took that layoff.

Now he's coming back to challenge Brandon Figueroa for the WBC, uh, for the WBA title, uh, in this fight.

They're all exciting.

You could throw them all in a hat.

You got Shushu Carrington with the BC title, Rafael Espinoza with the WBO title, Angelo Leo that we just mentioned-

Mm-hmm

So if Inouye is going to featherweight, which I believe he is, there are four champions right now.

There's Bruce Carrington, there's Rafael Espinoza, there's Brandon Figueroa, and there's Angelo Leo.

Those are all really good options.

Of all of those, who are we thinking Inouye gets in there

Someone unify.

I want to see like...

I want to see Leo, you know, fight either Figueroa or Espinosa, which, again, Angelo Leo has top-rank affiliations as well.

He's a Pro Box TV fighter, but he is affiliated with top-rank, and then you can make that Espinosa fight pretty easily.

who's still fighting at 42-5, still giving good accounts of himself.

He lost that majority decision to Angelo Leo last year.

He's been off for more than a year.

Figueroa beat the snot, knocked out Nick Ball earlier this year.

So, you know, that fight was, uh, was pretty cool, you know? It was, it was my first time getting in there and like I said, he was a co-main event, uh, headlining with my brother, so it was pretty cool.

So he's coming off for this fight, uh, exiting a 17-month layoff, uh, and a majority decision loss against, uh, the IBF title holder, Angelo Leo, which he had Angelo travel, uh, to Japan to fight him.

How much of an advantage do you view it for you going into this fight where he's been out of the ring for quite a while, he's coming off a loss, maybe the confidence i- isn't as great as it may be otherwise.

You, you fought in February, so you're not coming off a crazy layoff.

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I mentioned when he lost the last fight, it was close, it was highly competitive when he lost the fight to, uh, Angelo Leo, but he went the distance with Angelo Leo, and Tomoki Kameda, he has suffered some losses in his career, but he's never been stopped.

Uh, do you think that that would be a big feather in your cap, so to speak, if you could in a world title fight after he went the distance with the IBF champion to come back and become the first guy to stop him? Is that something that you-

So, you know, that fight was, uh, was pretty cool, you know? It was, it was my first time getting in there and, like I said, he was a co-main event, uh, headlining with my brother, so it was pretty cool.

So he's coming off for this fight, uh, exiting a 17-month layoff, uh, and a majority decision loss against, uh, the IBF title holder, Angelo Leo, which he had Angelo travel, uh, to Japan to fight him.

How much of an advantage do you view it for you going into this fight where he's been out of the ring for quite a while, he's coming off a loss.

Maybe the confidence i- isn't as great as it may be otherwise.

It, it just depends on how it affects him, but we're ready.

We're ready for what's to come, and whether he's a, a, a great in shape Tomoki or not in shape Tomoki or whatever the case is, you know, we're, we're ready for what's to come.

I mentioned that when he lost the last fight, it was close, it was highly competitive when he lost the fight to, uh, Angelo Leo, but he went the distance with Angelo Leo, and Tomoki Kameda, he has suffered some losses in his career, but he's never been stopped.

Uh, do you think that that would be a big feather in your cap, so to speak, if you could in a world title fight after he went the distance with the IBF champion to come back and become the first guy to stop him? Is that something that you-

But my trips to Japan, I'll always remember them.

I think that especially the first one, actually, they weren't the two biggest fights, but I went to Angelo Leo versus...

Oh, who did he box? I think it was...

Oh, Tomoki Kameda.

Um, it's kind of a hardcore topic that I have, but I've been wanting to discuss this with you and want to get your thoughts on it.

The thoughts are on the featherweight division, 126, right? So you got WBC champ Shushu, you got IBF Angelo Leo, you got WBA Figueroa, and you got WBO Espinosa.

My question to you, do you think Davino Espinosa is the goods for the fact that...

I know he was negotiating with Figueroa.

They couldn't make the fight happen.

He's fighting whoever knows on this undercard.

And then they're all on Top Rank, Angelo Leo, Shushu, and Davino Espinosa.

Like, what are your thoughts there? I know you have a good relationship with Top Rank, but why, why are they not mixing it up? They al- also talked about Inoue moving up to featherweight in 126, and, you know, they talked about either Shushu or they talked about Davino Espinosa, but there's really no shakeup at that division.

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