Marlon Tapales spars with Mark Magasayo in preparation for undisputed showdown with Inoue

Two-division world champion Marlon Tapales is getting all the help he can get from his fellow Filipinos ahead of the biggest and toughest fight of his boxing career.

Tapales, the current WBA and IBF world super bantamweight titleholder, is headed towards a mega showdown with Japanese pound-for-pound superstar and unified super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue targeted for December in Japan.

He is currently in the US for training camp and has recently sparred with former featherweight champion Mark Magsayo at the famed Wild Card Boxing in Los Angeles, California.

"It is good to see two world champions sparring. They both have power and skill, and we are thankful to Mark [Magsayo] and coach Marvin [Somodio] for giving us the opportunity to spar," Tapales' head coach Ernel Fontanilla said.

Magsayo (24-2, 16KOs), meanwhile, is coming back-to-back defeats since winning a world title in January last year and is looking to move up to 130 pounds in his next fight.

—JMB, GMA Integrated News