TOKYO — It had been greater than 34 years because the Tokyo Dome hosted a boxing occasion. Naoya “Monster” Inoue (27-0, 24 KOs), boxing’s pound-for-pound king, made it well 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 just lately celebrated the tenth anniversary of profitable 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 through 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 arms to finish the struggle at 1:22.
Inoue mentioned, “I admire Nery. That’s why I shook arms with him after the struggle. The knockdown motivated me. I’m grateful to have fought in opposition to an awesome fighter in Nery.
“I don’t bear in mind something my dad {head coach Shingo Inoue} instructed me within the intermission, however that occuring gave me motivation. I used to be so centered till the tip of the struggle.
“Thanks a lot to everybody for witnessing my struggle. There are over 40,000 folks right here within the Tokyo Dome. I promise that I’ll maintain supplying 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 struggle, utilizing his size and tough southpaw fashion to topple WBO Bantamweight World Champion Jason Moloney (27-3. 19 KOs) by way of unanimous resolution.
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 ultimate spherical, however the Japanese upstart survived the late cost to notch the well-earned resolution.
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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