Naoya Inoue’s undisputed super-bantamweight world title showdown in opposition to
TJ Doheny in Tokyo on September 3 will probably be proven stay on Sky Sports activities.
Inoue, on his option to changing into a two-weight undisputed champion, has knocked out eight consecutive top-level opponents.
“Naoya Inoue is a generational talent, and every time he fights, the boxing world stops to watch the master at work,” stated High Rank chair Bob Arum.
“TJ Doheny is a veteran who can never be counted out, as he’s defied the odds many times when fighting in Japan.”
Doheny, 26-4 (20), has a wealthy historical past in Japan and in opposition to Japanese fighters.
He’s 3-0 in opposition to Japanese fighters and 4-0 on Japanese soil, with three victories because the betting underdog.
Doheny dethroned IBF super-bantamweight world champion Ryosuke Iwasa there in August 2018. He defended the belt in opposition to Japanese challenger Ryohei Takahashi through an Eleventh-round TKO the next January earlier than dropping the strap to Danny Roman in a detailed unification struggle that April.
Regardless of his setbacks, Doheny has rebounded with three consecutive wins on Japanese turf. He defeated Kazuki Nakajima through fourth-round stoppage in June 2023, blasted out Japhethlee Llamido of their first spherical final October, and triumphed over Bryl Bayogos in 4 rounds on the Inoue-Nery undercard.
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Watch Inoue’s harmful stoppage win over Marlon Tapales in his final struggle again in December
In Inoue although he will probably be dealing with a contemporary nice. Inoue claimed his first world title greater than 10 years in the past and is 22-0 with 20 knockouts in world championship fights.
Inoue’s undisputed legacy started in December 2022 when he knocked out Paul Butler to unify all of the bantamweight titles.
He then consolidated the super-bantamweight division briefly order, capturing the WBC and WBO world titles by stopping Stephen Fulton in eight rounds in July of final yr earlier than vanquishing WBA and IBF champion Marlon Tapales that December.
The 31-year-old powerhouse returned to headline on the historic Tokyo Dome in Could. Within the first boxing card there since Buster Douglas shocked Mike Tyson in 1990, Inoue survived a first-round knockdown to knock out Mexican two-division champ Luis Nery within the sixth.
The Inoue vs Doheny invoice may also characteristic WBO bantamweight world champion Yoshiki Takei defending his belt in opposition to former flyweight world champion Daigo Higa.
Venezuelan puncher Ismael Barroso may also defend his WBA interim super-lightweight strap in opposition to rising Japanese contender Andy Hiraoka.
Watch Japan’s new star Junto Nakatani in opposition to Vincent Astrolabio stay on Sky Sports activities Motion at 10am on Saturday July 20.
