Japan’s undisputed super-bantamweight world champion Naoya Inoue efficiently defended his titles after stopping Eire’s TJ Doheny within the seventh spherical on Tuesday in Tokyo.
The unbeaten Inoue was declared the winner when Doheny was left hobbling and unable to proceed following a barrage to the physique from the person nicknamed “Monster.”
The 31-year-old Inoue took his file to 28-0 with 25 wins by knockout.
He was making his second protection since turning into the undisputed super-bantamweight world champion final December.
He’s simply the second man to turn into undisputed world champion at two totally different weights for the reason that four-belt period started in 2004. American Terence Crawford was the primary.
Inoue was preventing for the primary time since he beat Mexico’s Luis Nery in entrance of 55,000 followers on the Tokyo Dome in Could.
That struggle noticed Inoue knocked down for the primary time in his profession however he by no means regarded in critical hazard in opposition to the 37-year-old Doheny.
Inoue needed to be affected person in opposition to his cautious opponent however he started to land some massive physique blows because the struggle progressed.
The bout got here to an abrupt halt when Doheny immediately started limping about 20 seconds into the seventh spherical, having appeared to injure his hip.
He was unable to stroll and needed to be helped from the ring by his staff.
Doheny, who held the IBF super-bantamweight world title from 2018 to 2019, noticed his file drop to 26-5, with 20 KOs.
On the undercard, Japan’s Yoshiki Takei retained his WBO world bantamweight title with a unanimous choice win over countryman Daigo Higa.
Takei was making his first protection after taking the title from Australia’s Jason Moloney in Could.
