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Naoya Inoue efficiently defended his undisputed tremendous bantamweight titles in Tokyo, as he routinely handled the problem of late-notice substitute Ye Joon Kim in a fourth spherical knockout win.
Inoue was set to face Sam Goodman each earlier than Christmas and on this card, however the Australian suffered eye accidents on each events, and was compelled to drag out. ‘The Monster’ was final out in September 2024, stopping TJ Doheny to defend his wealth of gold in seven rounds. Kim was difficult for world honours for the primary time.
After a gap spherical of little observe, Inoue started to up the tempo with a crisp jab, and he was largely doing as he happy as early because the second.
There was swelling below the left eye of Kim in spherical three, and the house favorite was toying with the challenger, cranking up the strain to the physique of the South Korean.
A spherical later got here the end, and it was emphatic as ever from Inoue.
Inoue retained his undisputed tremendous bantamweight crown Picture Credit score: Naoki Fukuda
Kim tried to let some pictures go, however was then met with a tough left hand that harm him, and he responded by beckoning Inoue in, displaying machismo when below hearth and clearly troubled.
An enormous proper hand blasted the ‘Troublemaker’ almost by the ropes, and to the canvas, and his race was run as the complete depend was administered.
Inoue’s promoter Bob Arum confirmed that his subsequent bout would happen in Las Vegas within the Spring.
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Sasaki overcomes Sakai
On the undercard, Jin Sasaki defended his WBO Asia Pacific and OPBF welterweight titles with a transparent factors win in an lively show towards the teak-tough Shoki Sakai.
Sasaki (19-1-1, 17 KOs) was adjudged a helpful 118-110, 117-111 and 116-112 victor to maintain maintain of his belts however Sakai (29-15-3, 15 KOs) was very aggressive in defeat.
Sasaki is closing in on a maiden world title shot, ranked within the high 4 of each governing physique.
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Remaining Undercard
Yuni Takada continued his positive latest kind, making it eight wins on the spin, and including the WBO Asia Pacific minimumweight title with a break up determination win towards Goki Kobayashi (8-2, 5 KOs).
Scores of 116-111 and 114-113 secured Takada (16-8-3, 6 KOs) the belt, with a 3rd choose scoring 114-113 in his favour.
In ten rounders, Tsubasa Narai was a break up determination winner in his light-weight assembly with Kai Watanabe. Two scores of 96-94 clinched victory for Narai (15-2, 10 KOs), towards a 3rd rating of the identical for Watanabe (13-2-1, 7 KOs).
At tremendous bantamweight, Toshiki Shimomachi (20-1-3, 12 KOs) received through majority determination towards Misaki Hirano (11-2, 4 KOs) to defend his Japanese title.
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