Naoye Inoue stays the undisputed tremendous bantamweight champion, however he needed to battle via adversity to retain his titles.
On Sunday, Inoue defended his undisputed standing towards Ramon Cardenas, who practically pulled off a large upset. Within the second spherical, Cardenas floored Inoue with a wonderfully timed left hook, sending “The Monster” to the canvas for less than the second time in his skilled profession.
Inoue beat the rely, and the spherical ended moments after the restart, permitting the champion to recompose himself within the nook. From there, Inoue got here roaring again, taking on the battle along with his jab and physique work. Cardenas fought on valiantly, delaying the top for so long as he might, however within the seventh spherical, Inoue dropped him within the nook, after which within the eighth spherical, Inoue’s barrage of offense lastly pressured the referee to name the battle.
Inoue is broadly thought of one of many prime pound-for-pound boxers on this planet, and the win improved his skilled document to 30-0 with 27 stoppages.
