Round 6: IT’S OVER! Inoue sends Nery crashing to the canvas. What a brutal finish! Inoue delivers a devastating blow, knocking Nery out cold with a lethal right uppercut followed by a straight right. Now, that’s what you call a knockout! The monster, Inoue, does it again with another spectacular display of power!
Round 5: Inoue fires off two right hands, then goes right back to peppering Nery with that jab. He’s toying with him, really, outboxing him like it’s a walk in the park. Inoue doesn’t waste a moment, landing a straight right hand, and down goes Nery again, courtesy of a punishing left hook. Nery gets back up, but is hurt, especially after another left hook from Inoue.
Round 4: Inoue started taunting Nery after landing shots, daring the Mexican to throw back. Inoue connects, and what does Nery do? Laughs it off. Inoue’s not impressed, though; he keeps hammering away, landing shots and exchanging laughs with Nery. Then comes a solid right from Inoue, followed by some body shots. And let’s not forget that left hook to the ribs.
Round 3: The pace slowed down this round, but the intensity was still there. A clean right to the chin rocked Nery. Then another one. Nery’s still swinging with that left counter like he’s got a prayer, but the champ is clearly in control now.
Round 2: Inoue looking to regain control. A crisp one-two combo from the Japanese fighter followed by a solid jab showed he meant business. The champ was clearly more cautious after that shaky moment earlier. Inoue then dug two rights into the body before a sharp left hook sent Nery tumbling to the canvas! Nery back up again. WE HAVE A WAR!
Round 1: Naoya Inoue had barely got his gloves up when he launched a wild right, the kind meant to put an early end to the fight. A clear statement of intent. Both fighters threw heavy punches, but nothing connected properly. Then, out of nowhere, a huge left hand from Nery crashed down, and Inoue hit the canvas like a sack of potatoes. He was in serious trouble, scrambling back, dazed, and stumbling. Somehow, he managed to recover and survive the round!
Yoshiki Takei UPSETS Jason Moloney (116-111, 116-111, 117-110)
Yoshiki Takei dominated the first round, controlling distance with his southpaw jab while Jason Moloney flailed like a fish out of water. Takei racked up three warnings for low blows, but the Aussie still couldn’t capitalize on the opportunities.
In round two, Takei got penalized a point for another low blow, yet he still tore through Moloney’s feeble defense. Chucking that left straight to the body did the trick, leaving Moloney struggling against Takei’s power and southpaw stance. A headshot stunned the so-called champ in round three, and a body shot left him gasping for breath.
After five rounds, even with a point deduction, Takei had the fight under lock and key. He played Moloney like a fiddle, managing distance perfectly and landing hard shots whenever Moloney tried to close in. The Aussie needed divine intervention to turn this mess around.
Moloney finally showed some signs of life in the sixth, bringing the fight inside and making Takei uncomfortable. But a right hook at the bell sent him stumbling back to his corner. His performance was like a chicken with its head cut off – all movement, no brains.
In the eighth, Moloney finally landed a clean right hand on Takei’s jaw and managed to pressure the Japanese contender. But the Aussie was still behind on points and needed a miracle to win.
With the final round approaching, it was clear Moloney needed a knockout. He’d shown a bit of courage but got outgunned from start to finish. Takei boxed like a pro.
Moloney saved his best round for last, hammering away for three minutes like a bloke desperate to avoid embarrassment. But it was too little, too late. Takei was knackered but still in control.
And the New… Final scores: 117-110, 116-111, and 116-111 for Takei. Moloney never stood a chance.
Takuma Inoue defeats Sho Ishida (116-111, 118-109, 118-109)
Takuma Inoue had to pick himself up after being knocked down in the first round, but that seemed to snap him into action. The current bantamweight world champion performed brilliantly after that early setback, dominating the scorecards and securing another convincing win.
From round two onward, Takuma cranked up the pace while Ishida lagged behind, failing to land anything significant. Ishida had flashes of competence here and there, but by the time he realized he needed a different plan, Inoue had already banked several rounds.
Even though Ishida’s jab remained effective in the fifth round, Inoue’s heavier punches ensured the judges stayed firmly in his favor. The second half of the fight turned into a showcase of Inoue exploiting every gap in Ishida’s defense. Sho seemed content to let Takuma set the pace, looking more like a punching bag than a fighter craving victory.
By the final round, Ishida desperately needed a knockout but couldn’t even muster the energy for that. The judges didn’t have to think too hard, handing Inoue a clear victory.
Seigo Yuri Akui defeats Taku Kuwahara (117-111, 117-111, 118-110)
In the opening round, Kuwahara entered with confidence, but by the second, Akui had already identified his target and locked on with precision. His left jab cracked like sniper fire, transforming into devastating hooks and supplemented by a well-aimed straight right. Kuwahara quickly shifted from confident to tentative, offering little resistance with basic two-punch combinations, while Akui punished him with ruthless lefts and brutal rights.
Round 3 saw Akui advance like a relentless war machine, jabbing with unyielding precision and delivering compact, effective combinations to Kuwahara’s head and body. His vicious rights left Kuwahara reeling, and by Round 6, Akui was honing in on his opponent with renewed focus, his straight right striking like a guided missile.
Despite Kuwahara’s feeble attempts to counterattack, Akui maintained total battlefield control, cutting off any escape routes and unleashing devastating looping hooks and crushing rights. Round 10 saw Akui land a monstrous right that left Kuwahara staggering like a disoriented recruit. With Akui’s relentless pressure and strategic dominance, he secured the victory by scores of 117-111, 117-111, and 118-110.