Model, receptionist and now fighter – Japan’s Ayumi Goto hopes for nerves of steel in front of 8,000 Hong Kong fans
The 29-year-old is a bright prospect in the super bantamweight division and will be fighting in front of her biggest crowd at next month’s Clash of Champions 3
Japan’s unbeaten super bantamweight Ayumi Goto laughed when asked whether she could beat Hong Kong’s Rex Tso Sing-yu to the punch and become world champion before the “Wonder Kid” next year.
The tall, power punching fighter has taken the division by storm as she moves closer to a possible world title fight in Hong Kong in March 2018.
Goto will fight on the undercard of Clash of Champions 3 featuring the much-anticipated bout between Tso and former WBA world champion Kohei Kono on October 7 and she can’t wait to return to the scene where she recorded her fifth knockout success by overpowering Thai teenager Sumanthar Baenkham in May.
If Tso defeats Kono, it will mean the 30-year-old Hong Kong superstar will move towards a world title fight against possibly “The Monster” Naoya Inoue for the Japanese’s WBO super flyweight crown.
And that means Goto will also have a chance to challenge for the world title because she will most likely be fighting on the undercard – so glory could come quicker for her.
