Inoue remains the super bantamweight king despite kissing the canvas for the first time

Japanese people Naoya Inoueundisputed world super bantamweight champion, kisses the canvas for the first time in his career but ends up knocking out the Mexican Luis Nery andIn the sixth round this Monday at the Tokyo Dome.

The 50,000 Japanese spectators were stunned when Nery stoned the unbeaten ‘Monster’, his nickname, in the first round with a huge left hook.

But Inoue, who briefly appeared dazed when he found himself on the ground, got up and regained control of the match.

Then, taunting his Mexican opponent, he knocked him out in the next round, then again in the fifth round with a left hook, before flooring him in the sixth with a straight right that forced the referee to end the bout.

Former WBC bantamweight and super bantamweight champion, Nery He was booed by the local audience, who did not forget his positive victory against the Japanese Shinsuke Yamanaka in 2017, and then his loss at the weigh-in during a rematch where he also won the following year. At 29 years old, he suffered his second defeat (35 victories).

Inoué achieved his 27th professional victory, the 24th before the limit.

The 31-year-old Japanese continues with the Mexican Saúl Canelo, boxers with four world belts (WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO).

Inoue He is fighting at super bantamweight for the third time, after defeating the American Stephen Fulton and Filipinos Marlon Tapales last year, with two titles each.

His younger brother, Takuma Inoueretained his WBA bantamweight crown by defeating another Japanese on points, Sho Ishidaon a night where the Japanese are also Yoshiki Takei He won the WBO world belt in the category by defeating the title holder, the Australian, on points. Jason Moloney.

It was the first boxing event held at the Tokyo Dome since the American James “Buster” Douglas knocked out the undefeated heavyweight champion, his countryman Mike Tysonin February 1990, in what remains one of the biggest surprises in sports history.