Naoya Inoue stored his ending streak intact, although most likely not within the method he hoped.
The Japanese boxing star efficiently defended his undisputed tremendous bantamweight standing Saturday at Ariake Area in Tokyo, scoring a seventh-round stoppage of challenger TJ Doheny (26-5, 20 KOs) after Doheny pulled up with an damage early within the body.
It’s unclear precisely what occurred to Doheny, although it appeared that his again stiffened up, which prompted the stoppage.
Watch the anticlimactic end beneath.
With the win, Inoue (28-0, 25 KOs) retained his WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring belts at 122 kilos.
“Monster” was simply beginning to get going within the sixth spherical after quarter-hour of motion that he largely commanded. Doheny’s motion slowed Inoue’s traditional aggressiveness and the veteran’s difficult southpaw type led to moments of success, however total it was Inoue persistently coming ahead and touchdown the tougher photographs.
It was in Spherical 6 that Inoue’s physique work appeared to repay as Doheny’s defenses started to crumble. A trademark Inoue ending flourish appeared to be simply across the nook, however the finish got here in unsatisfying trend simply seconds into the subsequent spherical attributable to Doheny’s damage. The official time of the stoppage was 0:16 of Spherical 7.
Inoue has now gained 9 straight title fights by way of stoppage.