In September, Naoya Inoue will defend his undisputed tremendous bantamweight championship towards TJ Doheny in Tokyo, Japan reside on ESPN+ on September 3r.d, The scheduled five-fight stream will start at 2:30 a.m. ET.
It’s an unpopular transfer by the 31-year-old ‘Monster’ Inoue (27-0, 24 KOs), as a result of followers will not be excited by seeing him struggle the 37-year-old Eire native Doheny (26-4, 20 KOs), who has misplaced 4 out of his final 9 fights since 2019.
Doheny’s Current Struggles and Comeback
This could be seen as Inoue avenging the lack of these Japanese fighters who suffered defeats by the hands of Doheny: Ryosuke Iwasa, Ryohei Takahashi, and Kazuki Nakajima. There’s no actual true get-back for Inoue by beating a man with a 5-4 report in his final 9 fights.
Doheny is ranked #2 WBO, #6 WBA, #7 IBF, and #9 WBC. He went by way of a tough patch in his profession from 2019 to 2023 when these fighters beat him:
Sam Goodman
Michael Conlan
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Daniel Roman
Why Doheny?
Though Doheny has gained his final three fights since going 2-4, the victories have been towards bottom-range-level scrubs. Doheny’s three comeback fights have all taken place in Japan, so the Japanese followers are acquainted with him and shall be agreeable to see Inoue defend his 4 belts towards him.
Extra importantly, it’s a secure struggle for Inoue as a result of Doheny isn’t a risk to beat him like a few of the different fighters, significantly his WBA necessary and the harmful skills at 126.
Followers need Inoue to both face his #1 ranked WBA contender, Murodjon Akhmadaliev, which he’s proven little interest in combating, or transfer as much as featherweight to face the killers in that weight class that might deal him with defeat after defeat.
Inoue has the scale to struggle featherweight and appears light-weight when rehydrated.
Harmful Sharks Await Inoue At 126
Inoue appears to have misplaced the risk-taking mindset that he had earlier and has been enjoying it secure. U.S followers have famous Inoue has chosen to remain at 122, and so they really feel that he’s flat-out scared to maneuver as much as 126 to face these harmful predatory sharks that might rip him to items:
– Nick Ball
– Bruce Carrington
– Rey Vargas
– Luis Alberto Lopez
– Robeisy Ramirez
– Rafael Espinoza
