Naoya Inoue shocked fans at Tokyo Dome when he was knocked down in the first round of his super bantamweight title fight against Luis Nery. However, it didn’t take long for the champion to put everyone at ease by taking control of a fight that supported his position as the undisputed king of the division.
Inoue (27-0) dominated the fight after the first round, sending Nery to the canvas in the second and fifth before landing a right hook that sent him falling backwards onto the ropes and remaining the undisputed super-bantamweight champion with a sixth-round submission. round TKO.
“I’m really happy with my fight tonight,” he said.
