First professional down and recovery, KO victory over the “bad boy” Neri! Champion Naoya Inoue: “Why he is a monster
WBC World Bantamweight Champion Jyunjin Nakatani was amazed by his "super dimensional technique" in the world super bantamweight title match.
Naoya Inoue (31), the four-time world super bantamweight champion, added another victory to his record with a 27-fight win streak and 24 KOs, defeating Luis Neri (29) in 1:22 of the 6th round.
The big match, held at the Tokyo Dome for the first time in 34 years, also featured the WBC bantamweight champion Jyunjin Nakatani (26), who is recognized as the “Next Monster,” or the second most talented fighter after Inoue.
The crowd was just over 40,000. I could feel the elation on Inoue’s face as he appeared on the aisle.
However, Inoue was hit by a left hook to his left uppercut in the first round and went down for the first time in his career. The large crowd froze. Nakatani saw the strength of the champion in this first round.
In the first round, you are more effective because your body is not warmed up yet,” Nakatani said. I got within range of Neri and he ate me. It was a totally unexpected turn of events, and I thought, “This must have worked,” but Inoue was calm. He didn’t panic and took his time to get up slowly.
The four-time champion shows a strong mental toughness that does not waver in a pinch.
His strength is that he always boxed his own way, no matter what the fight was. He moves his opponents and gets them to fight his way. I was impressed by the way he regrouped in the round immediately after going down.
