Inoue and Nery without problems in anti-doping tests

Undisputed world super bantamweight champion Naoya “The Monster” Inoue will defend all the belts against Mexican puncher Luis “Pantera” Nery on Monday, May 6 at the Tokyo Dome.

Inoue vs. Nery will be broadcast live and exclusively in the United States and on Amazon Prime for Japan.

Inoue (26-0, 23 KOs) won his first world title in April 2014 and has been flawless ever since. He has an astonishing 21-0 record in world title fights, including 19 knockouts. He became undisputed champion in two weight classes in 378 days, knocking out Paul Butler in December 2022 to become the bantamweight ruler and stopping Marlon Tapales last December to unify the super bantamweight division.

Five months before Tapales’ triumph, Inoue stopped previously undefeated two-belt American champion Stephen Fulton in his super bantamweight debut. He was named 2023 Fighter of the Year by ESPN.com and Ring Magazine and makes his debut in 2024 with the intention of solidifying his dominance over the division.

Nery (35-1, 27 KOs) is a former two-division world champion, winning the WBC title at both bantamweight and super bantamweight. Nery lost his bantamweight title after missing weight for his 2018 rematch against Shinsuke Yamanaka, the man he dethroned for the belt the previous year. He won a decision over Aaron Alameda in 2020 to become a two-weight world champion.

Nery’s undefeated streak ended the following year with a seventh-round knockout loss to Brandon Figueroa in a title unification attempt. He has won four straight fights since the Figueroa setback, including a sensational 11th-round knockout of Azat Hovhannisyan in February of last year in one of the best fights of the year.

Inoue and Nery have tested negative in several anti-doping tests they have undergone with VADA, as part of the WBC Clean Boxing Program.

We congratulate Ohashi Promotions, Teiken Promotions, Top Rank and Zanfer Promotions for their exemplary commitment to boxing and administration of drug testing.