Undisputed tremendous bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue earned a TKO over TJ Doheny after the challenger suffered an damage and couldn’t proceed.
Doheny was already outclassed and on his method to defeat when the Irishman bowed out 16 seconds into the seventh spherical. Inoue strikes to 28-0 with a twenty fifth stoppage as Doheny appeared to have a again damage coupled with sure ache from sickening physique photographs.
CompuBox broke down the combat by saying, “Doheny, a giant underdog, truly landed extra energy punches than Inoue in two of the seven rounds fought. He landed 26 physique punches on Inoue and saved Inoue at bay for a lot of the early portion of the combat.
“Inoue landed 31 physique punches, and sensing Doheny weakening, he threw a fight-high 61 punches within the sixth spherical, touchdown 30 energy punches.
“Doheny appeared to harm his leg [hip or back] on the finish of the sixth spherical, and after absorbing 4 further energy punches within the opening seconds of the seventh spherical, Doheny waived off the combat attributable to damage.”
It wasn’t the end Inoue wished, however he nonetheless impressed a worldwide viewers and was promised a combat in the US by promoter Bob Arum after the combat. Following an occasion in Tokyo round New Yr 2024, Inoue will then head to Las Vegas for a super-event in 2025.
‘The Monster’ additionally promised to indicate extra sooner or later, with a transfer as much as featherweight, which is a risk quickly.
Inoue cements his place because the pound-for-pound quantity three fighter on the planet behind Terence Crawford and Oleksandr Usyk.
Naoya Inoue – Undercard outcomes
Yoshiki Takei efficiently defended his WBO bantamweight title in opposition to former world titleholder Daigo Higa. The pair engaged in a struggle at some point of the content material, not desirous to take a backward step for the total twelve rounds. After a phonebox encounter, Takei took the choice following a strong ultimate spherical after being dropped within the earlier session.
On the conclusion, decide Edward Ligas carded 115-112 for the champion. Moreover, Masakazu Murase and Danrex Tapdasan each noticed it 114-113 for Takei.
Ismael Barroso suffered the fifth defeat of his profession with a ninth-round stoppage in opposition to the unbeaten Andy Hiraoka. Barroso hit the canvas after a barrage with solely seconds remaining within the spherical. After the Venezuelan was too sluggish attending to his toes, referee Chris Younger referred to as a halt at 2:58 of the ninth.
Hiraoka is now 24-0 following a nineteenth stoppage as Barroso falls to 25-5-2.
As welterweight Jin Sasaki recorded his seventeenth knockout from 18 wins by ending his conflict with Qamil Balla inside a minute of the seventh spherical. The 23-year-old is now on a six-fight KO streak after struggling a primary loss and drawing a six-rounder both facet of one more stoppage.
A world title shot isn’t distant for the hard-hitting 147-pounder.
Toshiki Shimomachi gained a unanimous ten-round resolution over Ryuya Tsugawa because the southpaw retained the Japanese bantamweight title. Scores learn 97-92 and 96-93 twice because the 27-year-old moved to 19-1-3. Tsugawa drops to 13-2 after his second skilled loss.
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