Naoya Inoue defends his undisputed tremendous bantamweight championship towards Luis Nery on Might sixth on the Tokyo Dome in Japan. The battle was introduced final month, however Prime Rank is saying it once more for some purpose.
Sadly, many U.S. boxing followers received’t see this occasion dwell because of the early morning time on ESPN+. It begins at 4 a.m. ET/1 a.m. PT. East Coast followers seemingly received’t be up at 4 am to look at the cardboard on ESPN+. The time is inconvenient for U.S followers.
A Much less Than Perfect Match-Up
Maybe Prime Rank figured that U.S. followers wouldn’t be wanting to see the occasion as a result of Inoue selected Nery, a fighter who was knocked out lately. That is the improper man for Monster Inoue to be preventing if he needs to get U.S. followers enthusiastic about his Might sixth occasion.
Put Inoue in with Luis Alberto Lopez, and also you’ve obtained an American viewers that will be greater than prepared to rise up at 4:00 am to look at it.
Prime Rank calls this “the most important boxing occasion” Japan has ever seen. but it surely’s unclear why. Nery was already knocked out by Brandon Figueroa in 2021
. The undercard is a blended bag for Might sixth, with some okay fights, however nothing out of this world for it to be known as the “largest boxing occasion” within the historical past of Japan.
Undercard A Combined Bag
Jason “Mayhem” Moloney vs. Yoshiki Takei
Takuma Inoue vs. Sho IshidaSeigo Yuri Akui vs. Taku Kuwahara
It’s a good scrap, however not the battle that followers needed. Inoue is hoping again transferring up featherweight after the powerful time he had in his final battle towards Marlon Taples.
The Lopez Issue
That was a grueling match for ‘Monster’ Inoue, so it’s not shocking that he’s determined to remain at 122 reasonably than go as much as 126 and be anticipated to face Luis Alberto Lopez, Raymond Ford, Rey Vargas, and Robeisy Ramirez.
“Naoya Inoue is the world’s greatest fighter, a younger man who amazes me at any time when he enters the ring. Luis Nery is a tricky challenger, however I absolutely count on Inoue to get the job executed in entrance of greater than 50,000 followers on the Tokyo Dome,” stated Prime Rank promoter Bob Arum.
“Along with this unbelievable major occasion, we now have a spectacular undercard highlighted by Jason Moloney, a highway warrior coming to Japan decided to indicate he’s the world’s greatest bantamweight.”
