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Naoya “The Monster” Inoue remained undefeated on Sunday night. He defeated Ramon Cardenas in the main event in the eighth round at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The 32-year-old Japanese fighter won by knockout over Cardenas, who took a beating in the bout. Inoue now has 27 knockouts in his career.
Inoue improved to 30-0 in his career. He keeps his undisputed super bantamweight championships in the win.
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“Everyone, if you watch today’s match, you can see that I like to punch,” Inoue said through an interpreter. “I had a lot of fun.”
In the second round, Inoue was knocked down for the second time in his career. However, several rounds later, he began to damage Cardenas.
The referee told Cardenas he would give him one more round due to the extensive damage. Yet, “The Monster” decided that he was going to end it his way and make it a short-lived round.
“In the first round, I thought I had a pretty good distance, but in the second round, it kind of got a little loose,” Inoue said. “And thereafter, I made sure I didn’t take that punch again.”
Inoue landed 49% of his power punches. He landed 108 of 220.
“He was a very tough opponent,” he said. “I think the odds were pretty low, but he was trying to have a good time, so I thought boxing wasn’t that easy.”
Inoue had his first fight in the United States in four years. His last fight in the US before Sunday night came in a knockout win over Michael Dasmariñas in the third round on June 19, 2021, at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas in Paradise, Nevada.
“They were supportive and great,” Inoue said of the crowd. “I hope I was able to entertain them.”
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At the time, with the win, he retained his WBA (Super), IBF, and The Ring Bantamweight championships.
The fight with Cardenas was the first time a fight with Inoue reached the 8th round since December 2023. That’s when he knocked out Marlon Tapales in the 10th round on December 26th, 2023, at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.
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