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Undisputed 122lb king Inoue rallies after career-first knockdown, stops Nery in six

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Japan's Naoya Inoue throws a punch at Mexico's Luis Nery in the third round of their four-belt super bantamweight boxing title match at Tokyo Dome on...

Things got off to a disastrous start. Yet they ended with a familiar finish as undisputed super-bantamweight world champion Naoya Inoue responded well to early adversity – being caught clean and dropped for the first time in his career – to outsmart, bait and overwhelm two-division titlist Luis Nery through excellent punch placement on a memorable evening in Japan’s Tokyo Dome.
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A week on: Inevitable Inoue breaks down Tapales, becomes undisputed champ again

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Naoya Inoue of Japan connects his left on Marlon Tapales of the Philippines in the 9th round during the IBF, WBO, WBA and WBC Super Bantamweight...

Perhaps the most telling part about Boxing Day’s brutal-but-brilliant outcome for Naoya Inoue was that many critics had already dismissed it as a foregone conclusion as soon as former unified titlist Marlon Tapales stepped into the ring to congratulate the Monster on dethroning Stephen Fulton five months prior.

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