Naoya Inoue vs TJ Doheny

of 122 lbs with a sensational record of 27 wins no losses he has 24 wins coming by way of knockout and tonight making his 23rd consecutive World title appearance here is the renowned Superstar of the sport the boxing sensation and pound-for-pound great ladies and Gentlemen please welcome the four Division World Champion boxing pride of Japan the current hard-hitting undefeated reigning and defending Undisputed super bantamweight champion of the world introducing naoya the [Applause] moner and his opponent across the ring tonight's Challenger fighting out of the blue Corner wearing white trunks with green and gold a trim hailing from Port leash Ireland and currently residing in per Western austal Australia he weighed in at already 55.1 kg 121 and 1/2 lb with a record of 26 wins four losses he has 20 big wins coming by way of knockout tonight making his fourth world title appearance ladies and Gentlemen please welcome tonight's battle ready Challenger ranked the WBO number two Contender here is the former ibf super bantamweight champion of the world introducing TJ the our do gentlemen we've been over the rules in the dressing room I expect a good clean fight protect yourself do time listen to my commands good luck touch love oh there three consecutive Knockouts all in Japan this is the country where he won his first world title against roke isawa that was 5 years ago but tonight he's in against the monster Bernardo OA alongside the international Boxing Hall of Famer Tim Bradley with tonight's Main Event oh henn's coming into this fight off of a 4mon turnaround he had three fights in 2023 this is his second fight 2024 I expect him to be sharp tonight and as of right now both guys are having this a fill out process right now judging range distance trying to understand what each fighter knows the 37-year-old doany is really good at fainting making opponents bite and then punishing them with the left hook but I'm sure that inway is ready for that veteran trick from the Irishman who now lives in Australia doen is going to be looking for that backhand that's that's his punch bread and butter he's going to be looking for that backand to sweep around that guard of inway inway right now is respecting the power and the knowledge of doen and Tim after what we saw in the opening round of the NAA inway Luis ner fight as you see now doen gets taken back by a short counter left hook he's got to be hardened by the fact that there's holes in the monster Arsenal yes there there is and it's timing timing timing you got to punch at the right time with inway inaway usually drops the opposite hand so you see right there he threw the right hand to the body but look at the lead end when he throws the right hand to body it's down that's an opportunity for doany to throw that right hook catch him and hurt him Doan is experience he's South ball he's crafty but he doesn't have the hand speed that ner had and that may be a big difference here in this fight because inway is balanced he's got quick powerful hands and he not only just hurts you he devastates his opponents yeah Doan's looking to time anyway that's what he's doing anyway right now he going down to the body that bread BAS that's where he's going down to he's going to hurt the with that shot the has been down from body shots in previous fights that's how he lost his belt against Danny Ran So devastating body puncher in the game like now anyway you can ill afford to get hit downstairs that he can beat anyway and that was an extremely cautious round first round from Noya inway he took his time very responsible defensively as well and that can be because of that ner fight I was gonna ask exactly because of that ner fight Lessons Learned right and yes you know he's not gun shy because we saw how he finished ner in that fight but it's hey sometimes I come out cold how do I deal with early round situations and we're seeing a different approach from inway here against doany and you see the bum rush there from doany doany didn't like where he was positioned he was along the ropes he felt that inway was going to attack and so he rushed forward got to be careful doing that because inway will set him up with a back foot counter with the upper cut a check left hook or right hand on his way in and one of the great things that inway does is you have to pick your poison he's very good with his punch variety he's power got power in both hands he doesn't need to load up to deliver that power so he's got do he thinking I got to protect that body and that's going to open up head shot for the Japanese Champion missed on that sniping right I like what Doan is doing he's you know he's take this yeah know you know the fing kind of breaks the rhythm of your opposition so if he has plans I mean you you you want him to show his cards and he's trying to get in a way to show his cards and throw something out at range so he can counter it in way stay very composed you know he's looking at the shots that don't though henn's giving him there's that faint we talked about that foot faint but he's not creating offense for himself right now and I think that was the key for NAA inui you got a crafty fighter who's experience who you know his only shot at beating you is going to be to deliver that left hand because he's got power in that left so you have to stay within yourself and that was a long left from do and that's a shot that DOI wants to land right there he he just off the mark on anyway he's going to try and get in a way because in a way although he's very intelligent he moves out in straight lines he straight back at the straight line keeping his head on the center line and if his hands are below his below his chin he can get caught on that chin or on the tempo and go down and those are like the up swinging shots that have caused haway trouble in his career be it the shot that dropped him by Lu bitai Talis had some success with that as well onito Don nice body work there from NAA anyway a three punch flurry nothing too dangerous or hard yet but he's a establishing his offense against the South B veteran need to wear down a bit slow down maybe one degree and then he'll start turning it up eventually that's a smart game plan cuz you don't want to run into problems you don't want to run any troubles do you don't want to give him an opportunity to be able to land that big shot over the top and using his feet trying to set up a power shot and catch inway coming in change his rhythm up a bit that's smart that's very smart he was flat footed at first now he's changed his rhythm up and you see what it's doing it's it's causing hesitation for inway inway yes he's walking him down but he's at the right distance so he doesn't get hit with anything but he's close enough to be able to to land something there is that right hand to the body I mean doany is doing a lot of posing with that left hand but he's not doing anything with it and that allows inway to go to the body like he did there good defensive responsibility from NAA in way as DOI finally lets his hands go because DOI knows Tim once he lets that left go the overhand right could be coming nice work go H boxing boxing well outside right now he's moving to his left towards the power hand no Hy that's one thing he's just like Manny Paco Manny Paco moved this way as well he will move to his left and he will springboard that backand so he will step 45 at 45° angle make that right hand Miss and come back with his left hand he get tangled there as now way stumbled backward good range from NAA inway oh nice nice little faint right there from danini got himself in position with those faints oh that's a good defensive block from inway but you could see the ring IQ from J doany that inway is going to have to navigate and have to match nice long left from doany but that right hand is in a perfect defensive position and that allows the body work for dohaney with that left good stuff right here from Doan again keeping his distance very well has the fire power to keep NOA in the way honest clicking that jab out there just to give him something to look at disguising his NE next attack now you see inway right here he's going to have to make an adjustment if he's going to want to land some of his offense every now and then you see him getting his feet Tangled Up and I would tell him get on that jab man get on that jab anyway right now doany got on that jab he's got half inch height Advantage half inch Advantage there's a nice right there to the body from in he lands an overhand right a balance but you got to take that risk yeah that's just it you don't you never know if he's going to explode with something once that foot C do that land a crane shot like uh Karate Kid did that iconic scene on one foot no's capable of doing just that I didn't think this fight was going to go that long Bernardo I'm like you know I thought this fight maybe go maybe a few rounds is it because anyway is respecting Doan more yes he's respecting what he's seeing in front of him well now in a little Orthodox moment for doany Doan is is has a lot of trickery to his style and it's making in way uncomfortable he's not willing to let those hands go nice is there a cut now on the forehead of Doan or is just me seeing things lot of redness at look like redness on nice left there from doen but again it all it almost feels like one shot nice looping left right there oh another one now things are heating up here in the fourth round inway sets up an overhand right as well but nothing Landing perfectly clean for inway as of yet it almost feels like in a way is it's just looking to line up one big shot and it can be over what do you always say he's downloading information and Doan is is a veteran he uses the footwork to his Advantage he's stepping on no y's foot there look at the controls soft controls outside right there nothing he's not touching anything but he's keeping Again The Monster at Bay with his movement little probes changing up his rhythm that was a low blow from inway but on the belt line per se yeah inway setting up a looping right hand for straight right hand that's what he's trying to set up yeah he's trying to make though he drop that left and come over the top by going to the body like he's doing right [Music] there really technical approach by both both men tonight and and now Tim he's closed the Gap he's in his grill yeah but again he's not but he's not Going's not going but he's not going there see he's still hesitant [Applause] go to that body near the corner of danan he asking him to go to the [Music] body good combination right there nice change up levels going to the body and then coming upstairs was combination that's you know I I I I just I'm impressed with the way is has approached this fight and how he has in way kind of operating to his flow and his beating his Pace I'm very impressed with that and look look how he was able to get in position right there just a little trickery right there with his hand movements back and forth back and forth and then he slid in behind with combinations now anyway now has changed his his strategy and he's saying okay I want you to come to me now come Timmy nice left there from doany how will Ino react to doany coming on the front foot which is not Doan strength either he likes the counter yeah but he's being smart at the right distance the inway is trying to lure him in he needs more offense inway is not creating his offense right now occasionally he created with the jab and a right hand down to the body but he's having a difficult time creating his offense against dhini and again it's all because of all of this stuff that Doan is doing and he has punching power too that he has to worry about now the thing is DOI has punching power early on in the fight Nowa inway shown that his power carries through the fight so we'll see how this plays out as the fight progresses that left to the body once again from doany now a straight jab and a quick combination but good defense from doany only the first and that's what you've got to do as though honey goes to the body with the right inway you have to pick your poison Tim there it is 2-1 combination that lead hand of anyway goes down when he throws that right hand or when he steps back ooh that's a big left hook right there now in way starting to getting his rhythm now he's starting to getting his rhythm he's felt the power knows he can takes it take it now he's pressing on the gas a little bit more and he knows that he has his man a little be bewildered excuse me 37 years old you dig to the body as he goes low there and referee Ben Kovac calls inway on it but that's what you got to do is break down your opponent nice straight left there from TJ doany to close out at the face man we saw when he won the world TI he got chopped up by ROK isawa and you and his two punch good two- punch combinations that he's throwing anyway unable to get punches and bunches going so far although there a nice right to the body sets up an overhand right I'm impressed by inway defense today yes well he's paying he's paying a lot of respect to the defense you know you know that that's what he probably went back to the gym to work on and he's blocking a lot of those punches with his gloves is NOA inway as we see there there's a straight right downstairs from Nowa inway Goen answers in turn inway starting to have a little fun now getting in his rhythm and just to changeing pace and Rhythm bouncing in and out on his toes yeah there's a pep to his step now like he found something Tim and there's that straight right that lands on doany he sure did found something is that body and now the hands of doany are a lot lower than they were earlier in the fight which would eventually open up the head shots nice body work from doany overhand right from NAA and a straight right across the face man I'm getting a sense I mean I like what danini is doing but it almost feels like in a way is like kind of carrying him he wants this fight to go into the later rounds I don't know I'm just getting his sense he might be carrying him maybe I mean do is doing something coming back from do but there seems to be less Steam on those shots from doany now and this is where he's making them instant punching back right here having them trapped in the corner just working those combinations to the head and body man it hard to [Applause] see oh my goodness I mean it's going to be a technical knockout victory for naoya inway here in the seventh round and I don't know how much