We’re formally set for a showdown between undisputed tremendous bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue who will defend his belts in opposition to Luis Nery. The battle was formally introduced at present and will probably be held on Might 6 on the Tokyo Dome. The battle will probably be broadcast dwell on ESPN+ in addition to on Amazon’s Prime Video service.
The cardboard will function 4 championship fights in whole, which incorporates Jason Moloney vs Yoshiki Takei, Saigo Yuri Akui vs Taku Kuwahara, and Takuma Inoue vs Sho Ishida.
Naoya Inoue (26-0, 23 KOs) is arguably the highest pound-for-pound boxer in the complete sport in the mean time, and is coming off a stoppage win over Marlon Tapales final December. Inoue has been on a pink sizzling streak since his profession principally started, and can look to maintain issues rolling with a profitable title protection right here.
Luis Nery (35-1, 27 KOs) has bounced again from his sole defeat to Brandon Figueroa in Might 2021 to win his final 4 straight. Not all of these have been simple, nevertheless, as Nery basically went life and loss of life with Azat Hovhannisyan simply over a 12 months in the past earlier than finally scoring a stoppage victory. Nery since took a step down in competitors final July the place he scored an early stoppage over Froilan Saludar again in Mexico.
Inoue will definitely be the favourite heading into this matchup, however given the types it must be a enjoyable battle for so long as it goes.
