【WOWOW Co., Ltd.】 “I was able to suppress my desire to go and fight calmly.” Naoya Inoue explains his fight against Doheny! Broadcast and distributed on WOWOW as “Excite Match SP” on November 4th
(Monday/Holiday)!
WOWOW Co., Ltd. Press release: October 23, 2024 “I was able to suppress my desire to go and fight calmly,” he said. Naoya Inoue explains his fight against Doheny! Broadcast and distributed on WOWOW as “Excite Match SP” on November 4th
(Monday/Holiday)!
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Naoya Inoue (31, Ohashi), the 4-group unified world super bantamweight champion, attended the recording of WOWOW’s “Excite Match SP”. On this day, Inoue served as a commentator for the defense match against TJ Doheny (37, Ireland) held at Ariake Arena on September 3rd. Commenting on the match in which he defended his unified title with a TKO win at 16 seconds in the 7th round, Inoue said, “I was planning to pick up the pace in the second half and finish him off.Even though I had indigestion, I was able to fight calmly, which was a benefit.” I looked back. ■I gained 7.4kg, my highest weight, in one day after weighing in Since switching to super bantamweight, he has defeated WBC & WBO champion Stephen Fulton (USA) by KO in 8 rounds, WBA & IBF champion Marlon Tapares (Philippines) in 10 rounds, and former two-division world champion Luis Neri (Mexico). ) Inoue, who had defeated him by TKO in the 6th round, saw Doheny as an easy opponent to defeat. However, Doheny’s last three fights in Japan have all ended in KO or TKO, and the champion’s camp has been preparing with a sense of tension ever since the match was decided. At the press conference, Inoue said, “I don’t take his ability lightly.” In addition, they also noted that Doheny had lost more than 12 kg of weight in one day after weighing in the day before in a past match. As expected, he passed the weigh-in with a weight of 55.1kg this time, gaining 11kg back in one day, and his unofficial weight after arriving at the match venue was 66.1kg. Inoue also gained 7.4kg to 62.7kg, his highest weight since switching to super bantamweight. The weight difference between the two on the day of the match was 3.4kg. In fact, the challenger he faced in the ring looked clearly bigger than the champion. Regarding Doheny’s weight increase, Inoue said, “I was expecting it, so it didn’t bother me.” Regarding his own rebound, he said, “This time I forced myself to increase the rebound.I didn’t think it was a speed contest, so I tried to see how much I could increase it.However, after the match, I felt that it was a little heavy, so (I increased it by 6 kg). I thought it would be good,” he said. ■”I noticed that Doheny’s breathing was getting rougher.” Even before the match, his father, trainer Shingo, always gave him advice to “be polite and careful.” Inoue started the match with “a sense of distance, the trajectory of the opponent’s punches, and being careful about each shot.” Inoue put pressure on the southpaw challenger from the first round. “Either he comes out or he doesn’t. Since he didn’t come, I decided to set up a trap and let him out,” he said. He added, “I could see the movement, so I was fighting thinking about how to end it.” Two of the three judges gave Doheny points because he held back a little in the third and fourth innings, but he said, “He didn’t come out, so we let him hit and make his moves. I didn’t think so, but I was surprised that there were people giving (points) to Doheny.” “I was trying to pick up the pace in the second half, but I could see that Doheny was breathing harder,” he said, and in the fifth inning, he stepped up his attack again. In the 6th round, he increased the pressure even more, and towards the end of the round, he delivered heavy blows to the body and face, clearly causing damage. In the seventh inning, when Inoue stepped up his attack, Doheny turned sideways against the ropes, holding his waist with his glove and dragging his right leg, stopping the fight. The referee saw this and announced that Inoue had won by TKO, and the match was over. Although the race ended with some indigestion, Inoue said, “I was able to carry out my plan to pick up the pace from the second half.I was able to control my desire to go and stay calm,” which was the reward.” ■Three games next year, also mentioned the dream showdown with Nakatani With this victory, Inoue’s record increased to 28 wins (25 KOs). He has 23 wins (21 KOs) in world championships alone, the most wins among Japanese world champions. His 23 wins are a record that ties him with Gennady Golovkin (Kazakhstan) and Saul Canelo Alvarez (Mexico). Julio Cesar Chavez (Mexico), who won the championship in three weight classes in the 1980s and 1990s, has 31 wins, Omar Narváez (Argentina), whom Inoue defeated 10 years ago, has 28 wins and holds the world record for defenses 25 times. It can be said that great records such as the 26 wins of champion Joe Louis (USA) and
five-division champion Floyd Mayweather (USA) are coming into view. Inoue himself said with deep emotion, “I’ve never cared about records, but I guess the path I took wasn’t easy.” It is certain that his next defense will take place on December 24th in Tokyo against Sam Goodman (26, Australia), who is ranked No. 1 in the IBF and WBO. He also touched on future plans. Inoue said, “I want to play three matches in 2025, including one overseas,” and also mentioned the possibility that this would include a dream showdown with Junto Nakatani (MT). “There is a young man (Nakatani) who wants to be No. 1 in the pound-for-pound (strength ranking that transcends weight), so I guess I’ll wait until then (in the super bantamweight division).I think (Nakatani) is strong. I’m interested in the match,” he added. The match against Goodman and the match against Nakatani — now more than ever, I can’t take my eyes off Naoya Inoue. “Naoya Inoue vs. TJ Doheny” will be broadcast and distributed on WOWOW as “Excite Match SP” from 9pm on November 4th (Monday, holiday). In the same program, there will be a WBO world bantamweight title match between Yuki Takei (Ohashi) and Daigo Higa (Shinari), and a WBA world super lightweight challenger between Andy Hiraoka (Ohashi) and Ismael Barroso
(Venezuela). We will also deliver the deciding match.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/1355/7966/1355-7966-50951d5df911af0865d25cc86528d5d7-1500×1056.jpg ◆◆◆WOWOW program information◆◆◆ ★”Excite Match – World Professional Boxing Welterweight 10th Round Xander Zayas vs. Damian Sosa / Featherweight 10th Round Bruce Carrington vs. Sulaiman Segawa” Xander Zayas, ranked 3rd in the WBO world super welterweight division, and Bruce Carrington, ranked 1st in the WBA world featherweight division. Hopes who will lead the next generation have appeared! October 28th (Monday) 9:00 pm [WOWOW Live] [WOWOW On Demand] ★ “Starring Naoya Inoue! Excite Match SP “Naoya Inoue vs. TJ Doheny” “Yuki Takei vs. Daigo Higa”” Naoya Inoue, the 4-group unified world super bantamweight champion, looks back on his fight with former champion TJ Doheny, nicknamed the Japanese Killer, with his own commentary! There will also be a Japanese showdown between Yuki Takei and Daigo Higa! November 4th (Monday/Holiday) 9:00 pm [WOWOW Live] [WOWOW On Demand] Special guest: Naoya Inoue ■Program HP／
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