Naoya Inoue delivered a dominant efficiency in opposition to Junto Nakatani to retain his undisputed super bantamweight title contained in the legendary Tokyo Dome.
Inoue got here out firing on all cylinders, pumping his jab and utilizing that to arrange a collection of brutal photographs to the physique of Nakatani. Whereas Nakatani tried to counter one of many blows, Inoue delivered a brutal proper to the chin that knocked Nakatani off stability.
Inoue continued to regulate the motion, punishing Nakatani’s physique all through the primary a number of rounds, whereas Nakatani hid behind his jab and little else. It wasn’t till the sixth spherical that Nakatani would lastly discover some momentum, connecting with a stable one-two that was by far his better of the battle.
Nakatani’s success bled into the seventh spherical, however by the point we received to the second minute of the stanza, Inoue was again in management.
Nakatani arguably took each the eighth and ninth rounds after getting a quick begin within the former and placing Inoue on his again foot. Throughout one flurry, Nakatani unleashed a collection of lefts earlier than touchdown an uppercut with one other left behind it.
Close to catastrophe struck within the tenth as an unintended conflict of heads brought about a nasty lower over Nakatani’s left eye. Fortunately, the lower wasn’t unhealthy sufficient to justify a stoppage, taking us to the penultimate spherical, the place Inoue would ship maybe his finest spherical of the battle.
Inoue bullied Nakatani, mixing up his strikes to the pinnacle and physique because the challenger confirmed clear indicators of battle.
Inoue got here out aggressively within the opening moments of the twelfth spherical, however after recognizing that Nakatani had little left within the tank, ‘The Monster’ opted to cruise his option to a decisive resolution victory.
Official Consequence: Naoya Inoue def. Junto Nakatani by way of unanimous resolution (116-112, 115-113 & 116-112) to retain his undisputed tremendous bantamweight world championship.
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