MANILA, Philippines–Even monsters can have nightmares. Or at least, Marlon Tapales can create one for Japanese star Naoya 'The Monster' Inoue. 'Don't sleep, man,' Tapales, nicknamed 'The Nightmare,' told reporters when asked for his message to Inoue on Wednesday, during a simple luncheon to celebrate his return to the country after stunning Uzbekistan's Murodjon Akhmadaliev for the WBA and IBF super bantamweight crowns over a week ago. 'I know he's ‘The Monster,' but he'll have a nightmare,' Tapales added.

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