{"id":113555,"date":"2024-03-06T10:01:34","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T16:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/6-de-mayo-naoya-inoue-vs-luis-nery\/"},"modified":"2024-03-06T10:03:14","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T16:03:14","slug":"may-6-naoya-inoue-vs-luis-nery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/may-6-naoya-inoue-vs-luis-nery\/","title":{"rendered":"May 6: Naoya Inoue vs. Luis Nery\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

May 6: Naoya Inoue vs. Luis Nery<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Japan\u2019s pound-for-pound hero is set to headline the biggest boxing event his country has ever seen. Undisputed super bantamweight world champion\u00a0Naoya \u201cThe Monster\u201d Inoue<\/strong>\u00a0will defend all the belts against Mexican puncher\u00a0Luis \u201cPantera\u201d Nery<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>on Monday, May 6 at the Tokyo Dome.<\/p>\n

Inoue, a four-weight world champion and two-weight undisputed king, will headline at the iconic venue for the first time.<\/p>\n

Inoue-Nery and three additional world title showdowns will stream live and exclusively in the U.S. on ESPN+ at 4 a.m. ET\/1 a.m. PT. \u00a0Australia\u2019s WBO bantamweight world champion,\u00a0Jason \u201cMayhem\u201d Moloney<\/strong>\u00a0will defend his belt against rising knockout artist and former kickboxing world champion\u00a0Yoshiki Takei<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The world title quadruple-header also features WBA bantamweight world champion\u00a0Takuma Inoue<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(19-1, 5 KOs), younger brother of Naoya, who defends his title against former world title challenger\u00a0Sho Ishida<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(34-3, 17 KOs). And, in a flyweight world title tilt, newly minted WBA world champion\u00a0Seigo Yuri Akui<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(19-2-1, 11 KOs) battles\u00a0Taku Kuwahara<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(13-1, 8 KOs) in a rematch of their 2021 Japanese title bout, which Akui won by 10th<\/sup>-round TKO.<\/p>\n

The Tokyo Dome, which opened in March 1988, has a brief-but-storied boxing history. Four days after the venue\u2019s grand opening, Mike Tyson defended the undisputed heavyweight championship with a second-round TKO over Tony Tubbs in front of 51,000 spectators. The last professional boxing event at \u201cThe Big Egg\u201d took place in February 1990. In one of sport\u2019s greatest upsets, James \u201cBuster\u201d Douglas knocked out Tyson in the 10th<\/sup>\u00a0round to capture the undisputed crown.<\/p>\n

Inoue (26-0, 23 KOs) won his first world title in April 2014 and has been flawless ever since. He sports an astounding 21-0 record in world title fights, including 19 knockouts. He became undisputed champion in two weight classes in 378 days, knocking out Paul Butler in December 2022 to become the bantamweight ruler and stopping Marlon Tapales last December to unify the junior featherweight division. Five months before the Tapales triumph, Inoue stopped the previously undefeated two-belt American champion, Stephen Fulton, in his junior featherweight debut. He was named 2023 Fighter of the Year by\u00a0ESPN.com\u00a0and Ring Magazine and makes his 2024 debut intent on solidifying his stranglehold over the division.<\/p>\n

Nery (35-1, 27 KOs) is a former two weight world champion who won the WBC title at both bantamweight and junior featherweight. Nery lost his bantamweight title after missing weight for his 2018 rematch against Shinsuke Yamanaka, the man he dethroned for the belt the previous year. He won a decision over Aaron Alameda in 2020 to become a two-weight world champion. Nery\u2019s unbeaten run ended the following year with a seventh-round stoppage loss to Brandon Figueroa in a title unification tilt. He has won four straight fights since the Figueroa setback, including a sensational 11th-round knockout over Azat Hovhannisyan last February in one of the year\u2019s best fights.<\/p>\n

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