By Jim Dower: Former 3 division world champion Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez (46-1, 38 KOs) weigned in at 119.9 pounds for his World Boxing Council mandated 7-day weigh-in for his rematch against WBC super flyweight champion Srisakat Sor Rungvisai (42-4-1, 38 KOs) on September 9 at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.
By Gerardo Granados: On September 9 at the StubHub Center, Carson, California, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai will be facing Roman Gonzalez, Carlos Cuadras battling Juan Francisco Estrada and Naoya Inoue will be defending against Antonio Nieves. This is a group of the very best and most entertaining brave boxers will fight in the same card.
By Jim Dower: WBO super flyweight champion Naoya Inoue (12-0, 10 KOs) retained his title and unbeaten record with a 6th round TKO win over former WBA champion Kohei Kono (32-10-1, 13 KOs) on Friday night at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan. The 36-year-old Kono, who was coming off of a loss to Luis Concepcion in his last fight, was no match for the 23-year-old Inoue.
Inoue knocked Kono down twice in the 6th round. The fight was halted after the second knockdown of the round. The official time of the stoppage was at 1:01 of the 6th.
The first knockdown of Kono in round six came from a hard left hook from Inoue that send him down hard.
By Eric Baldwin: WBO super flyweight champion Naoya Inoue (11-0, 9 KOs) weighed in successfully on Thursday for his fight against Kouhei Kono (32-9-1, 13 KOs) on Friday night on December 30 Ariaka Colosseum in Tokyo, Japan.
By Jim Dower: Unbeaten World Boxing Organization Super flyweight champion Naoya Inoue (11-0, 9 KOs) kept his unbeaten record intact with a 10th round knockout win over #2 WBO Petchbangborn Kokietgym (38-8-1, 18 KOs) on Saturday night at the Sky Arena in Zama, Kanagawa, Japan. The 23-year-old Inoue hurt Petchbangborn with a series of hard shots in the 10th. Inoue then flurried on the badly hurt Petchbangborn until he dropped to the canvas.
By Gav Duthie: It takes a lot for smaller fighters to get themselves noticed on the world scene but thats exactly what Japan’s Naoya Inoue 9-0 (8) did little over a year ago on 30 December 2014. He captured the WBO Super Flyweight beating top fighter Omar Andres Narvaez to add to the WBC title he had won before in only his 8th fight.
A year on and he has fought only once against a game but out of his depth Warlito Parrenas 24-7-1 (21) a few days ago. There was hope after the Narvaez fight that a super fight could be made with Flyweight champion and pound for pound star Roman Gonzalez but this year has been rather pointless for the Japanese star they call ‘Monster’.
Inoue v Narvaez
Okay, so he might have got the now 40-year-old Narvaez at the right time but the Argentine was still a great fighter.
By Gav Duthie: One of my new years resolutions is to pay more attention to the lower weight classes. It doesn’t take long to realise that a potential bout between Nicaraguan Roman Gonzalez 41-0 (35) and Naoya Inoue 8-0 (7) would be the highest class fight out there for 2015 with the exception of Mayweather-Pacquiao. In my opinion this would be the biggest fight in the lower divisions since the Ricardo Lopez v Rosendo Alvarez rematch in 1998.
Naoya Inoue (WBO Super Flyweight Champion)
For anyone who is yet to see this 21 year old sensation alias ‘Monster’ take five minutes to youtube his two round destruction of Omar Narvaez 4 days ago.
By Jim Dower: Sporting a huge size advantage over WBO super flyweight champion Omar Narvaez (43-2-2, 23 KOs), #8 WBO Naoya Inoue (8-0, 7 KOs) of Japan destroyed the 39-year-old Narvaez by a 2nd round knockout on Tuesday night at the Metropolitan Gym, in Tokyo, Japan.