Naoya Inoue retained the Undisputed Super Bantamweight Title with a 12-round unanimous decision over Junto Nakatani in front of over 55,000 fans at the Tokyo Dome.
The long awaited mega fight was void of sustainable action over the first half of the fight. In that time Inoue was able to build a small leas as he was a bit more active especially with his counter right hand.
In round seven, Nakatani began to bleed from his nose. The two took turns winning rounds as the fight developed into more of a boxing match than the high action slugfest that many expected. Nakatani had some good moments in the later rounds, but was sowed by a headbutt in round 10 that caused a bad cut over his left eye. Inoue showed his championship mettle down the stretch as he was able to box well down the stretch and win by scores of 116-112 twice and 115-113.
Inoue now is 33-0, while Nakatani falls to 32-1.
Takuma Inoue Decisions Ioka
Takuma Inoue defended the WBC Bantamweight title with a 12-round unanimous decision over four-division world champion Kazuto Ioka.
At the end of round two, Inoue landed a counter right hand that set off four flush shots that was capped off by an uppercut that put Ioka down. Early in round three, another uppercut on the chin put Ioka down again.
Inoue of Yokohama, JAP won by scores of 118-108, 119-107 and 120-106 and is now 22-2. Ioka of Tokyo is 32-5-1.
