The absolute super bantamweight champion, Naoya ‘The Monster’ Inoueand the Mexican challenger Luis ‘Pantera’ Nery They made the weight this Sunday for their confrontation for all the Japanese belts in the Tokyo Dome.
Boxing returns to the famous 45,000-capacity venue 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 boxing history. this sport.
“I knew he would make the weight,” Inoue said. “It’s a big deal and Nery is probably doing more for this fight than any other fight in his career,” he added.
The undefeated Inoue (26-0, 23 KOs), who will put his four world titles on the line, weighed in slightly under the 122-pound limit, while Nery weighed just under a pound to comply with the protocol.
Inoue, 31, (26-0, 23 KOs), is a superstar in Japan and considered the pound-for-pound fighter of today. He is only the second boxer, along with American Terence Crawford, to become undisputed champion at two different weights since the four-belt era began in 2004.
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 arrived in Tokyo surrounded by an aura of invincibility.
