Sam Goodman's devastation at picking up a cut in sparring which he feared might spell the end of his world title dream in Japan will be replaced by delight that he's been given a new date for the Tokyo blockbuster with Naoya Inoue in January.
Goodman's eagerly-awaited Christmas Eve date in Tokyo to challenge for superstar Inoue's undisputed world super-bantamweight crown had to be shelved after the Australian suffered a cut above his left eye during his final spar on Saturday before being due to fly out to Japan.
