Road to Inoue Vs: Nery: Great Monster Fights

Supreme in 4 divisions, undisputed champion in the bantamweight and super bantamweight division, Naoya Inoue is preparing to face what many consider, the most complicated and exacting rival of his career, namely Mexican Luis “Pantera” Nery.

Naoya Inoue is ready to establish himself as the best pound-for-pound fighter in front of more than 50,000 people, who will be supporting him at the historic Tokyo Dome in Japan on Monday, May 6; However, Mexican Nery arrives with the firm intention of stealing the show.

With the countdown shortening, until we witness this great battle, we remember one of the most complicated fights that Naoya has starred in: Inoue vs Donaire I.

Japanese Naoya “Monster” Inoue, won the final of the World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) Tournament, defeating the tough, wily, cunning Filipino Nonito Donaire, on Thursday, November 7, 2019 at the Saitama Super Arena, in Saitama, Japan.

Donaire offered up an epic on a platter, containing smorgasbord  segments of courage, versatility and experience, which posed some series of problems and dizzying puzzles for the “Monster.” A well placed pinpoint left hook in round two, simultaneously cut Inoue’s right eye, fractured his right orbital bone and broke his nose. Ouch!

However, Inoue’s power was poignantly present in the final stretch, since in the eleventh round he sent the Filipino to the canvas with a crunching left  hook to the liver, to further increase a  girth of difference on the judges’ scorecards. :

116-111, 114-113 and 117-109, all in favor of  “Monster” Inoue.

It was a highly competitive quality fight despite the 11 years difference between Inoue and Donaire (26 years and 37 years at the time), in addition to a worthy and successful performance by the Filipino legend.