The official weights are in for tomorrow’s tremendous bantamweight conflict that may happen on the Ariake Enviornment in Tokyo, Japan. Unified 122 pound champion Naoya Inoue tipped-in at 122 kilos even, this the heaviest of his profession if it means something. Australian-based Irishman TJ Doheny was a fraction lighter at 121.5 kilos.
A sell-out crowd of followers will likely be readily available tomorrow, anticipating to see their hero, “The Monster” do a job on Doheny, who’s an enormous underdog. Inoue, good at 27-0(24) and for a lot of the regining, legendary pound-for-pound king, did after all hit the canvas in his final struggle, in Could, when Luis Nery induced a short sensation early courtesy of his left hook. Doheny, 26-4(20) and by no means stopped, is a southpaw like Nery, and the knockdown Inoue suffered has given Doheny some extra confidence.
However Inoue critics will not be proud of tomorrow’s struggle, with them saying the 31 12 months previous furture Corridor of Famer might and ought to be combating somebody extra elite, extra deserving, extra harmful. However who’s there that’s on the market to check Inoue? Loads of followers wish to see Inoue make the transfer as much as the featherweight division, which he says he could properly do in time.
However for now comes the centered and decided Doheny. Can the previous IBF champ at 122 kilos trigger a good greater – huger – sensation, and really defeat Inoue? It will rank proper up there with the most important, most surprising upsets in boxing historical past, that’s for certain.
As a substitute, search for Inoue to determine his man out as he all the time does, earlier than closing the present inside 5 rounds. Inoue will turn into the primary man to cease Doheny.
On the below card tomorrow, Yoshiko Takei will defend his WBO bantamweight title towards Daigo Higa. Each males made weight in the present day, every coming in a fraction under the 118 pound restrict. And Ismael Barroso will defend his WBA interim belt at 140 kilos towards Andy Hiraoka. Each males tipped-in on the 140 pound restrict precisely.
We might see some good KO motion in a couple of hours time in Tokyo.
