Naoya Inoue KO’d Juan Carlos Payano after only one minute and ten seconds of the first round, and Kiryl Relikh went through twelve tough rounds against Eduard Troyanovsky to score a unanimous win in Sunday’s Ali Trophy Quarter-Finals at the Yokohama Arena, Yokohama.
Naoya Inoue Scores Yet Another Devastating KO With One-Round Icing Of Juan Carlos Payano: Can Any Bantamweight Take His Power?
Well, he’s not called “The Monster” for nothing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_OoIrP-7Mg
Naoya Inoue & Juan Carlos Payano and Kiryl Relikh & Eduard Troyanovsky all make weight ahead of their Ali Trophy Quarter-Finals on October 7 at the Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan.
Boxing needs a lower-weight superstar to replace the soon to retire Manny Pacquiao (after all, it’s not all about the heavyweights) and it may have found one with Japanese sensation Naoya Inoue.
The quarter-finals for Season II of the World Boxing Super Series were set for the tournament’s Super-Lightweight and Bantamweight brackets at a Draft Gala Friday night at the Rossiya Theatre in Moscow.
Three-weight World Champion, Naoya Inoue, is ready to compete for the Muhammad Ali Trophy in the bantamweight edition.
“It is an honour to be able to participate and compete in such a great tournament,” said the WBA World Regular 118lb Champion.
It’s a potentially huge fight between two of the sport’s little guys and, with luck (and plenty of work from the respective promoters, etc) it could happen: Naoya Inoue, the reigning and unbeaten WBA bantamweight champion, against Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, the reigning WBC super-fight-flyweight champ.
Though the majority of fight fans prefer to see the big guys rumble, the heavyweights, the cruiserweights and the light-heavyweights, currently the smaller weight classes are absolutely buzzing with action and big fights.
Moments ago in Tokyo, Japan, unbeaten “Monster” Naoya Inoue lived up to his frightening nickname by displaying some truly frightening punching power.
Jamie McDonnell says he’ll prove that he’s the best Bantamweight in the world as he faces pound-for-pound star Naoya Inoue in Tokyo, Japan on Friday, live on Sky Sports.