Naoya Inoue gave the fans at Tokyo Dome a scare when he was knocked down in the first round of his super bantamweight title fight against Luis Nery. It was not long, however, before the champion put everyone at ease by taking control of a fight that underpinned his standing as the unquestioned king of the division.
Inoue (27-0) dominated the fight after the first round and sent Nery to the canvas in the second and fifth before landing a right hook that sent him sprawling backward into the ropes and down to remain the undisputed super bantamweight champion with a sixth-round TKO.
“The moment that you win is the best feeling ever,” he said.