On October 13, the former World World Champion John Riel Casimero will enter the match against rival Saul Sanchez in Japan. As a rule, 2 boxers must enter the weight test in the morning of October 12. This is the match that takes place in the weight of Super Bantamweight (55.3kg).
Saul Sanchez easily passed the weight test, when the clock showed that he reached a weight of 55.2kg. But Casimero could not overcome. Initially, the Filipino boxer weighs 56.3kg, 1kg larger than the competition standard. He was given more time to cut the weight, but only down to 55.9kg when the weight closed.
The over weight before the competition makes Casimero will have to receive a penalty from the organizers. Most likely, he had to cut a part of the bonus back to the organizers, as well as the individual opponent Saul Sanchez. Details of the penalty in the competition between the two boxers. However, the match will still take place, not canceled.
This is not the first time Casimero presses the weight failure before the competition. At the end of 2021, he was arranged to play with Paul Butler, where the winner will play Naoya Inoue later. But right before the weight test, Casimero would like to withdraw, on the grounds that the recurrent stomach pain caused him to be hospitalized urgently.
The match between Casimero and Butler was backed in April 2022. But this time, Casimero was disqualified. According to the information and checking the British Boxing Committee (where Casimero's event took place), he violated the regulations on weight pressing, so the match was immediately canceled. This is also a drop of water that makes Casimero lose the wbo belt.