He super bantamweight world champion of the World Boxing Council and the World Boxing Organization, the Japanese Naoya ‘The Monster’ Inouewent on to make world boxing history by knocking out the Pinoy in the tenth round Marlon Tapalesfor seize the WBA and IBF belts, this Tuesday, December 26, in the main event of a card that took place at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.
A powerful right hand from Inoue landed on the head of Tapales, sending him to the canvas, knocked out. The Filipino tried to stand up, putting both gloves on the canvas, but he couldn’t recover, he weakened from the heavy punch and heard the count made by the referee. Celestino Ruiz.
Undoubtedly, this victory for Inoue is huge. He dominated Tapales from start to finish, going to the canvas in the fourth round and in the tenth.
The end of the fight occurred at 1:02 minutes of that tenth round.
With the victory, Inoue became the second fighter, then Terence Crawford, to become the undisputed champion of the two divisions, during the four belt period. Inoue became the Undisputed Champion in the bantam division and held world titles in four different divisions.
With this result, Inoue raised his record to 26-0, with 23 knockouts, while Tapales fell to 37-4, with 19 knockouts.
Source: La Verdad
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