Rex Tso v ‘The Monster’: Hong Kong’s Wonder Kid gets offer to fight Japanese superstar Naoya Inoue
Hong Kong fighter’s growing reputation has caught the eye of one of the world’s best pound-for-pound boxers, but is it too big a step for Wonder Kid?
Rex Tso Sing-yu’s growing reputation has ignited the super flyweight division with Japanese superstar Naoya “The Monster” Inoue desperate to fight the “Wonder Kid’ – but the Hong Kong phenom is unlikely to take up the offer so soon.
Inoue is considered one of the world’s most exciting pound-for-pound fighters and is a two-weight world champion. The 24-year-old Japanese won his first world title at only his sixth professional bout and will defend his WBO super flyweight title against Mexican-American Ricardo Rodriguez in Tokyo on May 21.
Inoue’s manager, Hideyuki Ohashi, has been knocking on Tso’s door, repeatedly requesting to fight the unbeaten Hong Kong star “anytime” but the mega world title fight is unlikely to happen because it comes too early in Tso’s boxing development.
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Tso’s manager Jay Lau Chi-yuen revealed that unbeaten Inoue (12-0-0, 10 KOs) is willing to fight the 29-year-old “Wonder Kid” (21-0-0, 13 KOs) in Hong Kong, instead of Japan, where he has a huge following.