Takuma Inoue was named Fighter of the Month by the World Boxing Affiliation (WBA) in its February rankings publication, which comes together with the month’s high honors and likewise awarded Julian Smith as Honorable Point out.
Inoue defended his WBA bantamweight world belt towards Jerwin Ancajas final February 24, in Tokyo, in a dominant struggle that ended with a knockout within the ninth spherical. The Japanese confirmed his standing as 118-pound champion by defeating an opponent of nice caliber simply because of his velocity and technical work.
The 28-year-old Japanese goes via the very best second of his profession and now has six wins since 2021 as he awaits the challenges to come back.
For his half, Smith appeared final February 2 in Orlando, Florida, towards Cuban Orestes Velazquez for the WBA Worldwide tremendous light-weight title. The American was not the favourite however managed to impose his boxing and win by technical knockout within the closing a part of the struggle.
It was a dominant struggle that exhibits the evolution of Smith, who’s 33 years previous. The Illinois native has been overcoming obstacles between robust fights however has now capitalized on all of the onerous work and is a WBA regional champion.
The rankings lists for the month of February are public and might be reviewed within the corresponding part of the group’s official web site.
