JOHNRIEL Casimero hopes to complete what Nonito Donaire Jr. failed to finish before.
Casimero gets a crack at rising undefeated world champion Naoya Inoue of Japan in a bantamweight unification match set on April 25 in Las Vegas.
The 12-round fight marks the debut of Inoue in the Entertainment Capital of the world and comes five months after surviving a brutal slugest against the 37-year-old Donaire, who lost by unanimous decision but not before fracturing the right eye socket and nose of the Japanese champion.
The clash with Casimero will also be the first in a series of fights Inoue (19-0, 16 KOs) will have under Top Rank, which signed him to a multi-year co-promotional contract following the huge win over Donaire.
Top Rank's Bob Arum and Japanese promoter Akihiko Honda will formally make the announcent by Monday (Manila time).
Casimero, 30, is coming off a third round stoppage of South African Zolanie Tete to wrest the World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight belt.
He sports a 29-4 record with 20 KOs, and will also be fighting in Las Vegas for the very first time.
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