MANILA, Philippines—A rematch could be looming for bantamweight champions Naoya Inoue and Nonito Donaire.
In a video that Top Rank posted on social media, the two met and exchanged pleasantries ahead of Inoue’s press conference with Filipino opponent Michael Dasmarias.
Inoue, the WBA Super and IBF champion, posed for pictures with the WBC titleholder Donaire more than a year after their 2019 fight in Japan that ended in a unanimous decision win for The Monster.
So, this just happened …#InoueDonaire2 coming soon? 🤔@naoyainoue_410 🤝 @filipinoflash pic.twitter.com/WjKq2BCwy6
— Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) June 17, 2021
A person in the background asked Donaire if he’d run it back with Inoue and the Filipino Flash happily said yes a couple of times.
Though Inoue didn…
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