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Inoue, nicknamed “The Monster,” made quick work of overmatched Frenchman Yoan Boyeaux in their scheduled 12-round fight for Inoue’s WBO super flyweight championship in Yokohama, Japan, Inoue’s hometown. The heavy-handed Inoue battered Boyeaux into submission in the third round at Bunka Gym.

Referee Raul Caiz Jr. stopped their bout at 1:40 of the third round.

The 24-year-old Inoue (15-0, 13 KOs) successfully defended the WBO 115-pound championship for the seventh time on the three-year anniversary of his title win against Omar Narvaez. Inoue – generally regarded as one boxing’s best fighters, pound-for-pound – has said, however, that he plans to move up to bantamweight for his next bout.

The 29-year-old Boyeaux (41-5, 26 KOs, 1 NC) had not been knocked out before Inoue stopped him, but built his record largely against pedestrian opposition since making his pro debut eight years ago. Boyeaux is ranked No. 7 among the WBO’s contenders in the super flyweight division.

UNDERCARD
Shiro improved to 12-0 as a pro with a fourth round stoppage of Gilberto Pedraza, leading to the challenger dropping a fourth loss of his 24-fight career.

On the undercard, featherweight Satoshi Shimizu stopped Eduardo Mancito in seven rounds, whilst bantamweight Kazuki Nakajima, super lightweight Katsuya Yasuda and flyweight Kazunori Yorimasa all carded decision wins in their respective contests.

Inoue family members Takuma and Koki can both now boast 10-fight winning records at super-bantamweight and super-lightweight respectively after the former out-pointed Kentaro Masuda and the latter halted Dong Hee Kim in the fourth session.

Poor Frenchman gonna be shitting blood for weeks now!

Just watched the fight on YouTube. Hasn’t seen too much of him before this fight, but man he has some power for his weight.

For those who are more familiar with him, could he carry the power up at bantamweight?

Yes that power will carry up, he broke Takuya Watanabe's elbow a few years back and hurt him repeatedly in sparring ...Watanabe is a world ranked fighter at 130.

Any chance of him getting it on with Burnett / Tete if he moves up?

CasualQuaker wrote: ↑30 Dec 2017, 08:42 Just watched the fight on YouTube. Hasn’t seen too much of him before this fight, but man he has some power for his weight.

For those who are more familiar with him, could he carry the power up at bantamweight?

Yeh, he came from light flyweight, skipped flyweight, still powerful at super fly and he will definately be as powerful at Bantam.. I think he can go as further as super feather in his career, but his power will likely calm down by then. He's still young.

CasualQuaker wrote: ↑30 Dec 2017, 08:56 Any chance of him getting it on with Burnett / Tete if he moves up?

He's called out both. Hearn likely keeps Burnett away, as he did with Yafai

No surprise. Boyeaux was the epitome of an undeserving challenger. A mediocre record in the talent-thin ranks of European 115-pounders.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑30 Dec 2017, 09:03

Awesome talent!! If he was in a more high-profile division now he would probably be a sure bet for top 3 P4Per within a year or too.

He would already be a 3-division world champ if he hadnt skipped 112 and gone from light flyweight straight up to 115!! I wont be surprised if he wins world title belts as high as 126, which would give him some of the P4P status he deserves.

Saturday 30, December 2017
Bunka Gym, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
commission Japan Boxing Commission
promoter Hideyuki Ohashi (Ohashi Promotions)

Naoya Inoue 14 0 0
vs
Yoan Boyeaux 41 4 0
WBO World Super Flyweight Title

Inoue won by TKO






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