The undefeated boxer was knocked down for the first time in his career, got up, and won the fight for the absolute championship by knockout. Video

The absolute world champion in the second lightest weight Naoya "Monster" Inoue (27-0, 24 KOs) from Japan defeated the mandatory challenger according to the WBC, Mexican Luis "Panther" Neri (35-2, 27 KOs). The fight in Tokyo ended in a knockout.

Despite the fact that Inoue was the absolute favorite of all bookmakers, he was knocked out in the 2nd round. The Mexican fighter managed to land a spectacular counterpunch that sent the champion to the canvas for the first time in his career.

Not only did this not break Naoya, but on the contrary, it gave him strength. Neri recklessly rushed into an attack, missed the target and ran into a left side kick in response. The referee counted the knockdown for the challenger.

Gradually, the Japanese was seizing the initiative more and more. The opponent was noticeably carried away by positional boxing, missed a short left hook and fell for the second time.

The denouement came in the 6th round. Inoue simply began to beat Luis one-sidedly, putting a spectacular end to the fight with a knockout.

As reported by OBOZ.UA, in his last fight, Inoue won a spectacular victory over the representative of the Philippines Marlon Tapales (37-4, 19 KOs) and became the absolute world champion in the second lightest weight (up to 55.3 kg), winning the IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO titles.

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