Japan’s Naoya Inoue (L) and Eire’s TJ Doheny pose after the official weigh-in forward of their boxing super-bantamweight title battle, at a lodge in Yokohama on September 2, 2024. (Photograph by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)
Japan’s undisputed and unbeaten world tremendous bantamweight champion Naoya “Monster” Inoue mentioned “the strain doesn’t change” as he prepares to tackle Eire’s TJ Doheny at Tokyo’s Ariake Enviornment on Tuesday.
Inoue, who has a 27-0 win-loss document (24 KOs), is entering into the ring for the primary time since he stopped Mexico’s Luis Nery in entrance of 55,000 followers on the Tokyo Dome in Could.
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His opponent is Irishman Doheny (26-4, 20 KOs), who held the IBF super-bantamweight world title from 2018 to 2019.
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Inoue will battle in entrance of a smaller crowd within the Japanese capital however his angle stays the identical with all 4 of his title belts on the road.
“The strain doesn’t change, it doesn’t matter that the final battle was at Tokyo Dome,” he instructed reporters after making weight for the battle on Monday.
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“The enjoyment I take from combating is the principle factor. It doesn’t matter the place the battle takes place, once I step into the ring I’ve expectations of myself.
“I’m wanting ahead to it,” he added.
The 31-year-old Inoue gave one other demonstration of his ferocious energy towards Nery in his first title protection since changing into the undisputed super-bantamweight world champion final December.
However he needed to recuperate from being knocked down for the primary time in his profession when floored by the Mexican within the opening spherical.
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Inoue acquired up and knocked his opponent down within the following spherical, earlier than sending him to the canvas once more within the fifth and ending him off with a proper hook within the sixth.
Inoue is simply the second man to turn out to be undisputed world champion at two totally different weights for the reason that four-belt period started in 2004. American Terence Crawford was the primary.
He would be the overwhelming favourite towards the 37-year-old Doheny, who beat Bryl Bayagos of the Philippines on the Inoue undercard on the Tokyo Dome in his final battle.
Inoue mentioned he anticipated Doheny to enter the battle considerably heavier than his weigh-in mark of 55.1kg (121.5lb).
“However in boxing, it’s not nearly who is larger bodily,” Inoue mentioned.
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