Naoya Inoue placed on one other memorable efficiency at Koto Ku’s Ariake Area and proved he’s nonetheless top-of-the-line pound-for-pound fighters on this planet right this moment by scoring a technical knockout over TJ Doheny on Tuesday to retain his World Boxing Affiliation (WBA) tremendous bantamweight belt, along with the IBF, WBO and WBC variations.
The Japanese had one other nice evening at residence and dominated a lot of the combat because of his skill to chop off the ring and hook up with each the Irishman’s physique and face to cruise to victory, which got here within the seventh spherical.
Though the challenger was courageous and got here out able to go toe-to-toe with the champion, his possibilities had been diminishing minute by minute on account of his bodily fatigue and the punishment he was taking.
The sixth spherical was key for Inoue, who actually damage Doheny close to the tip and despatched him visibly broken to his nook. When he got here out for the seventh spherical, he appeared limp and when he took a mixture to the midsection he was paralysed and needed to retire as his legs had been unresponsive on account of an harm attributable to the punches.
Inoue stays on the high of the game and earned his twenty eighth win and twenty fifth knockout victory, whereas Doheny’s file stands at 26 wins, 5 losses and 20 knockouts.
