The boxing bin man Rendall Munroe finally gets his chance at a world title shot on Sunday morning in Japan. He will fight for the WBO Super-Bantamweight title against the very dangerous Toshiaki Nishioka. Munroe has only one loss in 22 fights and that was when he moved up to featherweight to fight Andy Morris in 2006. At Super-Bantamweight he's unbeaten and has held the European Super-Bantamweight title since 2007 when he beat Kiko Martinez. He faces Nishioka who has won 36 of 43 fights. A man who has beaten current IBO Featherweight champion, Jhonny Gonzalez, in Mexico in 3 rounds.
The big problem for Rendall Munroe is his lack of power. He has only 9 KO's in his 22 fights. Compare that to 23 KO's in 36 wins for Nishioka, including 8 in his last 9 fights. However, Munroe is always in superb shape and has waited so long for this title shot that i'm sure he'll put his heart and soul into this fight. He also has a couple of hundred supporters travelling to Japan with him to cheer him on. Nishioka is a firm favourite but Munroe showed against Martinez that he can outbox big hitters. He has to prove this again. He has a chance but he has to start quicker than he usually does. I will go against the tide here and pick Munroe to win. It's on Sunday morning at 10 a.m.
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