- Inoue defends WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO titles at 122lbs
- Japanese star claim as world’s top pound-for-pound boxer
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Hello and welcome to the undisputed super bantamweight championship fight between Naoya Inoue and TJ Doheny. The unbeaten four-weight Japanese champion known as the Monster is back in action today at the waterfront Ariake Arena today in the Tokyo suburbs in defense of his WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO title belts at 122lbs, the division where he’s managed to unify all four major belts in only two fights after doing the same at 118lbs.
That’s been enough in the assessment of many to make Inoue the world’s No 1 pound-for-pound fighter. Standing in his way is the Irish southpaw Doheny, who five years ago held the IBF strap that Inoue holds today. But the 37-year-old challenger, a familiar face in Japan, is a massive underdog despite coming off three straight TKO victories in Japan entering today’s main event.
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