Inoue vs. Nery, Lomachenko vs. Kambosos on tap

FIGHT WEEK

Naoya Inoue will face Luis Nery within the early morning hours Monday, U.S. time. 4 days later, in Australia, Vasiliy Lomachenko is about to tackle George Kambosos Jr.

NAOYA INOUE (26-0, 23 KOs)VS. LUIS NERY (35-1, 27 KOs)

Date: Monday, Might 6
Time: 4 a.m. ET / 1 a.m. PT (primary occasion later in present)
The place: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo
TV/Stream: ESPN+
Division: Junior featherweight (122 kilos)
At stake: Inoue’s IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO titles
Boxing Junkie Pound-for-pound: Inoue No. 2
Odds: Inoue 11-1 favourite (common of a number of retailers)
Significance (as much as 5 stars): *****
Additionally on the cardboard: Jason Moloney vs. Yoshiki Takei, bantamweights (for Moloney’s WBO title); Takuma Inoue vs. Sho Ishida, bantamweights (for Inoue’s WBA title); Seigo Yuri Akui vs. Taku Kuwahara, flyweights (for Akui’s WBA title)
Background: 4-division titleholder Naoya Inoue, arguably the very best fighter on the planet pound-for-pound (he’s No. 2 on Boxing Junkie’s record), is driving a streak of seven consecutive knockouts towards top-level opposition. That’s why the near-flawless 31-year-old Japanese star is round an 11-1 favourite over Luis Nery on Tuesday in Tokyo, which means oddsmakers imagine Nery has subsequent to no likelihood to win the combat. “The Monster” is coming off a Tenth-round knockout of Marlon Tapales to gather all 4 main 122-pound titles in December. Nery has gained 4 consecutive fights since he was knocked out by Brandon Figueroa within the seventh spherical to lose the WBC belt in 2021. The 29-year-old Mexican southpaw final fought in July, when he stopped journeyman Froilan Saludar in two rounds. He outpointed Carlos Castro after which stopped David Carmona and Azat Hovhannisyan earlier than the combat with Saludar. Figueroa misplaced his title to Stephen Fulton, who then misplaced them to Inoue.
Prediction: Inoue KO 8

VASILIY LOMACHENKO (17-3, 11 KOs)VS. GEORGE KAMBOSOS JR. (21-2, 10 KOs)

Date: Saturday, Might 11 (in U.S.)
Time: 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT (primary occasion later in present)
The place: RAC Enviornment, Perth
TV/Stream: ESPN+
Division: Light-weight (135 kilos)
At stake: Vacant IBF title
Boxing Junkie Pound-for-pound: Lomachenko No. 13
Odds: Lomachenko  5½-1 favourite (common of a number of retailers)
Significance (as much as 5 stars): *****
Additionally on the cardboard: Nina Hughes vs. Cherneka Johnson, bantamweights (for Hughes’ WBA title); Andrew Moloney vs. Pedro Guevara, junior bantamweights; Imam Khataev vs. Ricards Bolotniks, gentle heavyweights; Joe Goodall vs. Djanago Opelu, heavyweights
Background: Lomachenko, the 36-year-old boxing wizard from Ukraine, hasn’t held a serious world title since he misplaced his 135-pound belts to Teofimo Lopez in 2020 but remains to be thought of probably the greatest boxers on the planet. He bounced again from the loss by stopping Masayoshi Nakatani in June 2021 after which defeating Richard Commey by a one-sided determination that December. He has fought sporadically since Russia invaded his nation in February 2022, coming into the ring solely twice. He simply outpointed Jamaine Ortiz in October of that yr. Then the previous three-division champion bought his likelihood to regain previous glory in a gathering with then-undisputed 135-pound champ Devin Haney in Might of final yr. Lomachenko gave a sometimes sturdy efficiency towards his extremely rated opponent however misplaced a disputed determination, 116-112, 115-113 and 115-113. He’ll get one other crack at a belt towards Kambosos in Australia. Kambosos shocked the boxing world by defeating Lopez to win a cut up determination and three 135-pound belts in 2021. It was downhill after that, as he misplaced back-to-back one-sided selections to Haney. He rebounded to beat Maxi Hughes by a majority determination however he wasn’t convincing final July.
Prediction: Lomachenko UD

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