The Monster came to Las Vegas. He conquered. Naoya “Monster” Inoue, the pound-for-pound talent from Japan, defended his WBA/IBF/Ring Magazine bantamweight world titles Saturday with a seventh-round knockout over Australian contender Jason “Mayhem” Moloney.
IBF/WBA bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue (20-0, 17 KOs) defeated Jason Moloney (21-2, 18 KOs) by a seventh-round knockout in a Top Rank event on ESPN+ on Saturday night in the Bubble at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Monster Weigh-In Results: Naoya Inoue-Jason Moloney & Ewa Brodnicka-Mikaela Mayer World Title Doubleheader from The Bubble
Inoue – Moloney and the co-feature Brodnicka – Mayer will headline an evening of boxing live and exclusively on ESPN+ beginning at 7:30 p.m.
Inoue vs Moloney and Ewa Brodnicka-Mikaela Mayer world title doubleheader to stream LIVE Saturday on ESPN+ starting at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m.
It’s fitting that the fighter who is known by the nickname, “The Monster” will make his ring return on Halloween night.
Action-packed lineup, led by Lomachenko-Lopez (October 17), includes Inoue-Moloney (October 31), Beterbiev-Adam Deines (October 23), Navarrete-Ruben Villa (October 9) and Jose Zepeda-Ivan Baranchyk (October 3)
Four belts, one champion.
Two days after bantamweight contender Jason Moloney watched his identical twin brother, Andrew, lose his super flyweight world title, he evened the Las Vegas score.
(ESPN & ESPN Deportes, 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT)
• Jason Moloney 117.7 lbs vs. Leonardo Baez 118.3 lbs
(Bantamweight — 10 Rounds)
• Abraham Nova 131.9 lbs vs.
Rodriguez & Dorticos advance to semi-finals after thrilling back-and-forth battles
Emmanuel Rodriguez retained the IBF Bantamweight World title with a twelve round split decision over previously undefeated Jason Moloney and Yunier Dorticos scored a unanimous decision over Mateusz Masternak in his Ali Trophy Quarter-Final Saturday at the CFE Arena in Orlando.
A ‘Monster’ is loose in Orlando: Inoue ringside to watch Rodriguez vs Moloney
WBA World Champion Naoya Inoue breaks down his KO strategy against Payano and predicts Rodriguez to beat Moloney.