It didn’t take long for Filipino John Riel Casimero to get an opponent, and it’s against former Olympian Duke Micah of Ghana
The fight between Casimero and Micah is slated September 26 at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut under the Premier Boxing Champions Promotions to be televised by Showtime pay-per-view.
Casimero, the reigning WBO bantamweight champion, has been training in the United States since February for a title fight against Japan’s Naoya Inoue, the IBF and WBA champion.
The fight was set April 26, but was reset after the coronavirus outbreak.
However, Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank changed his mind and instead set a fight between his boxer Inoue and Jason Moloney likely to happen this year.
The decision of Arum forced MP Promotions president Sean Gibbons to have Casimero fight Micah, an unbeaten boxer who fought in the 2012 London Olympics.
The 5-foot-7 Micah is undefeated in 24 bouts, with 19 knockouts.
Casimero, on the other hand, has a ring record of 29 wins, including 20 KOs, with four defeats. He won his last five bouts by way of knockouts – the last against South African Zolani Tete, a former two-division world champion.