The Inoue vs. Doheny combat card encompasses a five-fight occasion headlined by pound-for-pound star Naoya Inoue defending his IBF, WBC, and WBO tremendous bantamweight titles in opposition to former champ TJ Doheny in a 12-round boxing match at Ariake Enviornment in Tokyo, Japan.
Inoue (27-0, 24 KOs) is broadly thought of one of many high skills in all of boxing. The 31-year-old Japanese fighter most just lately defended his belts with a sixth-round knockout of Luis Nery this previous Could. A four-division champion, Inoue is the primary boxer in fashionable historical past to grow to be the undisputed tremendous bantamweight champion and certainly one of solely three male boxers within the four-belt period to grow to be undisputed champ in two totally different weight lessons.
Doheny (26-4, 20 KOs) is a former IBF tremendous bantamweight champion hailing from Eire. The 37-year-old has struggled to seek out consistency since dropping his title in 2019, stringing collectively a 5-4 document over 9 bouts, however turned his fortunes round to win three straight fights over Kazuki Nakajima, Japhethlee Llamido, and Bryl Bayogos over the previous 15 months.
Inoue vs. Doheny takes place Tuesday, September 3, and airs stay on ESPN+.
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An up to date Inoue vs. Doheny combat card and weigh-in outcomes may be discovered beneath.
Struggle Card (5:45 a.m. ET, ESPN+)
Naoya Inoue (122) vs. TJ Doheny (121.5) — 12 rounds, IBF/WBC/WBO tremendous bantamweight title
Yoshiki Takei (117.75) vs. Daigo Higa (117.75) — 12 rounds, WBO bantamweight title
Jin Sasaki (146.25) vs. Qamil Balla (147) — 12 rounds, welterweight
Ismael Barroso (139.75) vs. Andy Hiraoka (139.75) — 12 rounds, junior welterweight
Toshiki Shimomachi (122) vs. Ryuya Tsugawa (121.75) — 10 rounds, junior featherweight
