{"id":118073,"date":"2024-05-06T09:10:40","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T15:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/?p=118073"},"modified":"2024-05-06T09:21:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T15:21:09","slug":"inoue-kos-nery-in-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/inoue-kos-nery-in-six\/","title":{"rendered":"Inoue KO\u2019s Nery in six"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inoue KO\u2019s Nery in six<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Roll over Beethoven and Godzilla, because \u201cThe Monster\u201d rules The Land Of The Rising Sun!<\/p>\n

Unified super bantamweight champion, Naoya Inoue, retained his world titles by knocking out Luis Nery in the sixth round at the Tokyo Dome.<\/p>\n

In the first round, the Mexican knocked down Inoue with a powerful left to the chin, but he got to finish the round. It was the first time Inoue has ever been canvassed in his illustrious career.<\/p>\n

Inoue came out in the second round more prudently cautious, \u00a0knowing feeling and appreciating the Mexican’s Armstrong pruning power.<\/p>\n

Then in a counterattack to a surge from Nery, Inoue connected with power flurry and sent him to the canvas.<\/p>\n

Nery was looking to land his power punches, but the Champion showed great defiance in defense and excellent waist movement, precisely counterpunching with effective, lightning fast combos and salvos.<\/p>\n

In the fifth round, the Inoue sent Nery to the canvas again with a cracking left hook. Nery took his time in getting up, evading for the remains twenty seconds of a fateful round as the end was nigh.<\/p>\n

In the sixth Nery \u00a0launched an attack, but<\/p>\n

Inoue blitzed him with a three punch combination, punctuated by a rocket right hand. No need for Referee Mike Griffin to count. Courageous Nery was down and out.<\/p>\n

With this triumph Inoue won the prestigious WBC Diamond belt, a jewel that is awarded to great and historic elite champions, worthy recipients are Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather, Bernard Hopkins, Leo Santa Cruz and Maravilla Mart\u00ednez.<\/p>\n

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