Earlier this year Tomoki Kameda (28-0, 18) became a very significant figure in Japanese and world boxing. When he claimed the WBO Bantamweight title with a victory over Paulus Moses he became Japan's first ever WBO champion and in the process became the third of the Kameda brothers to claim a world title, thus setting a world record.
Tomoki will look to defend his title for the first time this coming Tuesday when he takes on unbeaten Namibian challenger Immanuel Naidjala (17-0-1, 11).
On paper this looks like a great fight with men who's combined record reads 45-0-1 (29) in reality however I expect this to be little more than a boxing lesson by Tomoki over the short and crude, but tough, Naidjala.
From what footage of Naidjala is available he looks like the sort of fighter who can be beaten with just a jab and some movement. He's the epitome of crude and although he looks incredibly strong he does look like the sort of fighter who will be able to catch Kameda when the Japanese fighter is boxing off his jab.
I think this fight sees Kameda boxing early on and moving, making Naidjala chase him and swing at air. After 5 or 6 rounds of this however Tomoki will likely feel more confident in holding his feet and going to the midsection of the challenger. Although this is playing to Naidjala's strengths it's hard to envision Naidjala having the power, skill or speed to really hurt Tomoki who will grind down the challenger in the last half of the fight.
Prediction-Tomoki TKO11
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