Undisputed tremendous bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue will defend his 4 belts within the early morning hours on Monday in opposition to Luis Nery on the Tokyo Dome in Japan. The occasion might be proven stay on ESPN+ within the U.S. beginning at 4:00 a.m. ET this Monday, Could 6.
Revenge or Danger?
Inoue (26-0, 23 KOs) needed to combat Nery (35-1, 27 KOs) somewhat than transfer as much as featherweight to tackle the large canines at 126.
Some followers consider ‘Monster’ Inoue selected the just lately knocked out Nery to avenge fellow countryman Shinsuke Yamanaka’s two defeats in opposition to him in 2017 and 2018.
If it is a transfer by Inoue for nationwide pleasure, it’s too late. Inoue ought to have fought Nery in 2018, not 2024 BEFORE he’d been knocked out. It’s form of pointless now, with Nery having been destroyed by Brandon Figueroa in 2021. How does Inoue come out forward, beating a fighter who was already knocked out?
Figueroa must be the one which Inoue is concentrating on somewhat than his knockout sufferer. After all, that’s a way more harmful combat for Inoue, and he may lose. It will be extra heroic on Inoue’s half to combat one in all these killers at 126 and 130:
– Luis Alberto Lopez
– Brandon Figueroa
– Raymond Ford
– Rey Vargas
– Nick Ball
– Rafael Espinoza
– Robeisy Ramirez
– Joseph Cordina
– O’Shaquie Foster
– Robson Conceicao
Below the Radar and Underwhelming
The Inoue vs. Nery combat has gone below the radar for many U.S. boxing followers, because it hasn’t been closely promoted within the States, and the occasion time makes it not possible to see until Individuals name off work.
It will be attention-grabbing to be a fly on the wall at High Rank headquarters and take heed to their ideas on the early morning broadcast of Inoue’s combat in opposition to Nery. Because the co-promoters for Naoya Inoue, High Rank can’t get a superb take care of his fights being proven early within the morning.
With the occasion beginning at 4:00 am ET / 1:00 am PT, it’s not going to be seen by many Individuals till afterward in the event that they’re keen to observe it’s already occurred.
Undercard Motion
– Takuma Inoue vs Sho Ishida
– Jason Moloney vs Yoshiki Takei
– Seigo Yuri Aku vs Taku Kuwahara
Naoya’s brother, Takuma Inoue is combating on the undercard. Takuma gained his WBA bantamweight title final 12 months, defeating 41-year-old Liborio Solís by a 12-round choice.
In Takuma’s final combat, he stopped Jerwin Ancajas within the ninth spherical. Ancajas had misplaced two out of his final three fights going into that combat.
