Naoya Inoue also known as ‘The Monster’ from Japan saved boxing from a rather poor weekend when he showed his metal in Las Vegas.
The Friday and Saturday saw let down performances from big names in the sport such as Ryan Garcia, Devin Haney and Canelo Alvarez. Even Teofimo Lopez was a bit more under par than usual as well.
Not Inoue last night though. A focus classic hitman in the boxing ring who got decked to get up with murderous punching intent to flatten his opponent in round 8.
Shakur Stevenson on the X platform said of Inoue and the fight:
“Bad stoppage.. Great fight tho!!”
Many were saying the referee stopped it a little too soon in favor of Inoue.
Inoue didn’t look like he was stopping those combinations, either, at the same time.
He was only going to unload even more combinations at the end of the day.
The Nakatani fight for Inoue doesn’t seem likely until next year in terms of an all Japanese super fight but Inoue will be busy fighting again shortly it is understood.