By Scott Gilfoid: Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue (16-0, 14 KOs) blasted the weight drained Jamie McDonnell (29-3-1, 13 KOs) to pieces last Friday night in stopping him in the 1st round to capture his WBA World bantamweight title at the Ota-City Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
By Scott Gilfoid: Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue (16-0, 14 KOs) made easy work of WBA World bantamweight champion Jamie McDonnell (29-3-1, 13 KOs) in scoring a 1st round technical knockout on Friday night at the OTA-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
By Rishad Marquardt: Tonight, Naoya Inoue of Japan defeated Jamie McDonnell of the United Kingdom at Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo by way of TKO in round one of the fight to claim the WBA regular bantamweight championship belt. Inoue was attempting to become the fastest Japanese fighter to win world championships at three weight divisions in just his 16th professional fight.
By Trevor McIntyre: WBA World bantamweight champion Jamie McDonnell (29-2-1, 13 KOs) successful weighed in at 117 ½ pounds on Thursday for his title defense against former two division world champion Naoya Inoue (15-0, 13 KOs) for their fight this Saturday night at the Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
By Rishad Marquardt – May 24, 2018. Tokyo, Japan. Today was an exciting day for the boxing media in Japan. It was the day of the weigh-in for tomorrow’s bantamweight clash between WBA regular champion Jamie McDonnell of the United Kingdom and Naoya Inoue of Japan. First up, media were informed that the champion was running thirty minutes late. This ended up turning into an hour by which time most of the media had assumed that Jamie was not under the limit and was undergoing a last minute battle to shed however remaining grams were needed.
By Scott Gilfoid: This Friday, Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue (15-0, 13 KOs) will be looking to crush WBA secondary bantamweight belt holder Jamie McDonnell at the Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. Inoue, 25, is moving up in weight from the 115lb weight class to seek his third division title.
By Scott Gilfoid: Jamie McDonnell (29-2-1, 13 KOs) will be putting his WBA World bantamweight title on the line this Friday night on May 25 against former 2 division world champion Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue (15-0, 13 KOs) at the Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
By Scott Gilfoid: WBA World bantamweight champion Jamie McDonnell will be defending his title in two months from now against former 2 division world champion Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue (15-0, 13 KOs) on May 25 at the Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
By Scott Gilfoid: Former 2 division world champion Naoya Inoue (15-0, 13 KOs) has been installed at No.1 by the World Boxing Association in their new ratings at bantamweight without having fought in the division. Inoue, 24, is vacating his WBO super flyweight belt and moving up to what he hopes is bigger and better things in the 118 lb. weight class.
By Scott Gilfoid: The World Boxing Association jumped the gun earlier on Monday, reporting that WBA World bantamweight champion Jamie McDonnell (29-2-1, 13 KOs) had vacated his title. That’s not the case. McDonnell’s promoter Eddie Hearn is saying that the 31-year-old McDonnell has NOT vacated his WBA title. The WBA made a mistake, according to Hearn.