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Nishi slows Green's go
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MIKE C RYAN
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Yoshinori Nishizawa |
Yoshinori
Nishizawa has thrown a log across the railroad
track that was taking Danny Green to his Supermiddleweight
Settler with Markus Beyer.
You remember 'Nishi.' The
colourful Japanese sent Anthony Mundine flying
on his back in a WBA title fight at Wollongong
last January. Mundine arose and finished Nishi
in the fifth round.
The same Nishizawa has now
garnered another title fight, this time taking
on WBC champion, Markus Beyer in the German's
homeland at Bayreuth on 18 December.
Danny Green |
Markus Beyer |
This forces Green and Beyer's
people to postpone their appointment at WBC
headquarters in Mexico City. On 1 December they
were supposed to post purse bids for the New
Year Supermiddle Settler.
Markus Beyer took an earlier
earn, to make a voluntary defence against Nishizawa.
The Japanese "Man of Will" is #19
supermiddle in the WBC.
He achieved this humble-enough
rung by regaining the WBC's affiliate, the OPBF
regional, with pushovers of two Fijiians since
Mundine.
Nishi had vacated the OPBF
to fight Mundine in the WBA. Now he's OPBF champ
for the third time. By the way, Nishi is 38
years old.
In Las Vegas with the Hussy
Hussein team, Danny Green told The West
Australian newspaper, Saturday edition:
"I must be cool and patient."
If Nishizawa fluked it over
Beyer, he would have to get it on with Green
by 3 March. Beyer if still champ also has till
3 March to sign, or resign.
Danny hopes the big one will
be Green v Beyer. That would be worth millions,
in Perth or Berlin.
Nishi, for all his charm
- he aims to get elected hereafter, to the Senate
in Japan - would only be worth hundreds of thousands
in the other corner to Green, in Perth or in
Tokyo.
# Green's
gymmate, Nedal Hussein has a puncher's chance
against the firm favourite, Oscar Larios, who
defends his WBC super-bantamweight title in
Las Vegas this afternoon (Australian EST).
The much bigger Larios
boils to make 122lb limit. Hussein's renowned
rip will find out any deficiency that exists.
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