TOKYO — It had been greater than 34 years for the reason that Tokyo Dome hosted a boxing occasion. Naoya “Monster” Inoue (27-0, 24 KOs), boxing’s pound-for-pound king, made it definitely worth the wait. Inoue scored a sixth-round TKO over Mexican former two-division world champion Luis Nery (35-2, 27 KOs) in entrance a packed home Monday night to defend his undisputed junior featherweight championship.
This marked the twenty second world title victory for Inoue, who not too long ago celebrated the tenth anniversary of successful his first world title.
“Inoue is among the many best fighters I’ve promoted, and he was sensational as soon as once more. Nery got here to win, however ‘The Monster’ was an excessive amount of,” mentioned Prime Rank Chairman Bob Arum.
Inoue was floored early by a counter left hand within the opening stanza as he closed in on Nery. The 31-year-old returned the favor within the following spherical by sending Nery to the canvas with a counter left hook. Inoue then started breaking Nery down in the course of the ensuing rounds earlier than dropping him once more with a left hook within the fifth. Within the sixth, the pound-four-pound nice landed consecutive proper fingers to finish the combat at 1:22.
Inoue mentioned, “I respect Nery. That’s why I shook fingers with him after the combat. The knockdown motivated me. I’m grateful to have fought towards a fantastic fighter in Nery.
“I don’t keep in mind something my dad {head coach Shingo Inoue} instructed me within the intermission, however that taking place gave me motivation. I used to be so targeted till the top of the combat.
“Thanks a lot to everybody for witnessing my combat. There are over 40,000 folks right here within the Tokyo Dome. I promise that I’ll preserve providing you with fights that get you excited.”
Takei Dethrones Moloney
Japanese former kickboxing world champion Yoshiki Takei earned boxing {hardware} in simply his ninth professional combat, utilizing his size and difficult southpaw model to topple WBO Bantamweight World Champion Jason Moloney (27-3. 19 KOs) by way of unanimous choice.
Takei (9-0, 8 KOs) prevailed by scores of 116-111 2x and 117-110. Moloney had Takei badly harm and out on his ft within the closing spherical, however the Japanese upstart survived the late cost to notch the well-earned choice.
Bantamweight: Takuma Inoue (20-1, 5 KOs) UD 12 Sho Ishida (34-4, 17 KOs). Scores: 118-109 2x and 116-111. Inoue, Naoya’s youthful brother, made the primary profitable protection of his WBA Bantamweight World Title.
Flyweight: Seigo Yuri Akui (20-2-1, 11 KOs) UD 12 Taku Kuwahara (13-2, 8 KOs). Scores: 118-110 and 117-111 2x. Akui retains the WBA Flyweight World Title.
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