(This story originally published on MMA Junkie sister-site BoxingJunkie.com ) We saw that Naoya Inoue isn’t perfect. And then we witnessed his greatness. Luis Nery stunned Inoue and everyone watching by putting Inoue down with a perfect left hook in the opening round of their fight at the Tokyo Dome, the site of Buster Douglas’ historic upset of Mike Tyson. Would we see another shocking result there? Uh, no. Inoue, his otherworldly talents on full display, got up from the knockdown to put his Mexican opponent down three times before referee Michael Griffin stopped the fight at 1:22 of Round 6 (via X ): FULL HIGHLIGHTS Re-watch the Demolition at the Dome pic.twitter.com/ckGGD9rZSX — Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) May 6, 2024 Thus, Inoue (27-0, 24 KOs) retained his undisputed 122-pound championship
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