By: Sean Crose
The first battle is a classic one. The rematch is basically a shootout. However, Naoya Inoue made it clear today in Japan that he and he alone are the big names in bantamweight. In a memorable 2019 rematch with Nonito Donaire, Japan’s Inoue got his countrymen excited today when he stopped Nonito Donaire in the second round of the scheduled 12th round. . 29-year-old Inoue is currently the WBC and IBF world bantamweight champion. He is also currently the WBA world lightweight champion. It’s hard to see where the 39-year-old legend Donaire goes from here. Though he had risen from the ashes of his career as a previous Phoenix, Donaire was completely dominated by Inoue on Tuesday. The warrior known as “The Monster” basically made his legend easy this time around.
The first donaire looked effective enough, landing a brief butt in the face of Inoue in dramatic style. However, before the closing bell of the opening chapter rang, Inoue’s powers came into play, as he brought Donaire down to the carpet. Donaire got up and survived the round, but the fight was over. Because Inoue landed extremely hard at the second moment, causing Donaire to wobble several times. After defeating the boxer dubbed “Filipino Lightning” for the second time, Inoue was declared the winner of the round, as the referee wisely put an end to everything. This is Inoue’s 23rd consecutive win without losing. Twenty of those wins were by knockout.
