Naoya Inoue vs. Luis Nery | ESPN+ - May 6, 2024

[Evander]

Because if you travel through boxing history say 50 years at least either side of now, it will be people kinda like me talking about it.

[margaret thatcher]

tomorrow

[Sendo Takeshi]

I'm so hyped. Still can't believe they are actually fighting in the Tokyo Dome.
If you know the backstory, you know how important this fight is for japan.

If Nery actually wins, the whole Dome will go fxcking ballistic.

[Gran Hermano]

I'm so hyped. Still can't believe they are actually fighting in the Tokyo Dome.
If you know the backstory, you know how important this fight is for japan.

If Nery actually wins, the whole Dome will go fxcking ballistic.

I doubt it. Never seen a set of more polite Boxing fans as the Japanese. I get the jist of what you are saying after everything that happened. He’s one lucky boy getting this fight but I guess the Japanese are feeding him to one man who will guarantee they will see Nery defeated. It’s as if he’s been extradited back to Japan to face his punishment

[Sendo Takeshi]

True.
I do think giving a guy like that a shot at the undisputed titles and a payday "as a punishment" kinda strange, though

[Sweet Dick Willie]

What is the backstory? What is this Nery vs Japan thing??

Excited for this fight although it's another one that's not possible to watch in my country in any legal way... I hate searching for them dodgy streams...

[Sendo Takeshi]

What is the backstory? What is this Nery vs Japan thing??

Hancho made a great video about that:

Excited for this fight although it's another one that's not possible to watch in my country in any legal way... I hate searching for them dodgy streams...

I know that feeling. Missed so many fights just because it's a pain in the ass to find a stream.
If they don't want our money, so be it.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Date: Monday May 6, 2024
Location: Tokyo Dome - Tokyo, Japan
TV/Stream: ESPN+

Start Times
ESPN+: 7 pm JST (local) | 4 am ET | 1 am PT (Main Card)
Sky Sports: 9 pm BST

Promoted by: Top Rank Inc.

Main Card

Undisputed WBC, WBA, WBO & IBF Super Bantamweight Championship
Naoya Inoue vs. Luis Nery

WBO Bantamweight Championship
Jason Moloney vs. Yoshiki Takei

WBA Bantamweight Championship
Takuma Inoue vs. Sho Ishida

WBA Flyweight Championship
Seigo Yuri Akui vs. Taku Kuwahara

Preliminary Card

8 Round Super Bantamweight Bout
TJ Doheny vs. Bryl Bayogos

[KiwiRider]

That's a good card. Now to figure out how to watch it.

[BROZO]

Having Watched fboth in their prime. I would have paid top $$ for a PPV Wilfredo Gomez vs Inoue. What a dream match up.

[margaret thatcher]

prob cant watch live, but if anyone finds a spoiler free version of this on youtube/daily motion, etc afterward, feel free to message me

[Evander]

Got the alarm set for 6.00am.
Gonna black coffee it through to the main event, heard the ringwalks will be 7-7.30am ish pacific.

[skanksta]

Good 1st for Taku, bad 2nd..

19-19

[MightyWarrior]

Is there a feed without Crystina Ponche commentating

[skanksta]

More even 3rd, Akui probs takes it

29-28 Akui

[skanksta]

Another close round, what you like ?

Akui coming forward hurting, Kuwahara picking off nicely from the backfoot. Akui on body language and menace for me.

39-37 Akui

[skanksta]

Good 5th for Kura - 48-47 to somebody I think Akui

[skanksta]

3-3 then a good 7th for Akui who is cut..

4-3 Akui

[skanksta]

Akui pulling away now - beating him up.

5-3

[skanksta]

Akui 7-3 and it's "will he stop him?"

[skanksta]

Kuwahara just about survives, but he lost the whole 2nd half quite badly.

117-111 AKUI.

[skanksta]

117-111 x2 and 118-110 UD AKUI

[gregregegg]

nery is now a 12-1 underdog... Is that the biggest underdog ever for such a good oponent.

nery is 29 years old, fighting at arguably his best weight, and is boxrec p4p number 28.... yet the bookies have him looking like a 46 year old up 3 weights gatekeeper...

Add in nery being a decent puncher and those are some wild odds.

[Sendo Takeshi]

Odds like those should never be a thing with the highest ranked fighters. Not even if one is supposed to be one of the best ever.
Upsets are a thing and they happen all the time. Something that alot seem to forget.

I always expect an upset to happen in the fighting game. That's why I'm kinda nervous for Inoue, because I definitely don't want Nery to win.

[skanksta]

38-38 thru 4.

Inoue knocked down from a jab in the first, won handily since..