AFP
Tokyo Japan / 05.05.2024 08:05:11
The world super bantamweight champion, the Japanese Naoya Inoueand the applicant Mexican Luis ‘Pantera’ Nery They made weight this Sunday for their title showdown at the Tokyo Domefrom Japan.
Boxing returns to the famous 45,000-capacity venue on Monday for the first time since James “Buster” Douglas (42-1) knocked out undefeated heavyweight champion Mike Tyson in 1990 in one of the most surprising outcomes in the history of this sport.
“I knew he would make the weight,” Inoue said. “It is a great event and Nery is probably doing more for this fight than for anyone else before in his career,” he added.
Undefeated Inoue (26-0, 23 KOs), who will put his four world titles at stake, weighed 100 grams below the limit, 55.2 kg, while Nery weighed 500 grams less, 54.8 kg.
Inoue, 31 years old (26-0, 23 KO), is a superstar in Japan and is only the second man to become undisputed champion at two different weights since the four-belt era began in 2004, after the American Terence Crawford.
But the ‘Monster’ faces a tough test against the 29-year-old Mexican, and former world champion in two different weights.
Inoue must be careful not to suffer the same fate as Tyson, who more than three decades ago also He arrived in Tokyo surrounded by an aura of invincibility.
The show can be seen in Mexico through the Star Plus service next Monday, May 6, starting at 2:00 a.m., Mexico City time.
