Poonsawat to fight in Japan

Jonny Stapleton - Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym will put the WBA super bantamweight world title that once sat proudly around the waist of Bernard Dunne on the line against a Japanese opponent on January 11. However camp Poonsawat have reconfirmed they are still interested in a rematch with the Dubliner. The Thai powerhouse will receive €150,000 to make his first defense against OPBF Featherweight champion Satoshi Hosono in early 2010 but camp Poonsawat claimed they would “welcome” the chance to take on Dunne again. The “Little Tank’s” manager Terry Laosuwanwat revealed there was no contact with Brian Peters but did stress they would love to fight in Ireland again..

Peters, however is unlikely to put Dunne in against the talented Thai again and it appears the Irish star may move a weight, a move that has been recently endorsed by the great Freddie Roach.

“I can confirm Poonsawat will fight Satoshi Hosono the OPBF Featherweight champion in Japan on January 11. Of course, we are absolutely sure that Poonsawat will emerge victorious from this fight,” Laosuwanwat explained yesterday.

“We are still open to a rematch with Bernard Dunne. We would really welcome a good offer from Mr. Peters. The Champion would love to go and fight in Ireland again. It could come down to whether the people of Ireland want to see Poonsawat versus Dunne again. At this time we haven’t heard anything from Dunne’s camp re a rematch and we are focused on our next fight.

“After Poonsawat became the WBA Champion we had a lot of offers from around the world. But we decided to go to Japan for the first defence because they gave us the best offer.”