Naoya Inoue vs TJ Doheny Pre-Fight Analysis | Inoue beats TJ Doheny in the 7th round? KO

Naoya Inoue will box TJ Doheny for the undisputed super-bantamweight world championship at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo on Tuesday September 3. Inoue is a two-weight undisputed champion who holds the IBF, WBO, WBC and WBA titles at 122lbs. Irishman Doheny is based in Australia and, a former IBF titlist, was once a super-bantamweight world champion himself. Trying to defeat Naoya Inoue is about as tricky an assignment as there is in world boxing. But Doheny will be hoping Nery exposed a previously unseen vulnerability when he became the first fighter to drop Inoue last time out. Doheny is now 37 years old, so his career is coming to an end and he has lost four times in his 30-bout career. No one has found a way to beat Inoue as a pro, and none of his opponents have really come close to upsetting him, that brief success Nery enjoyed not withstanding. But Doheny is a southpaw, like Nery, and as a sign of the pop in his punching, he's taken 20 of his 26 victories inside the distance. He's experienced and notably is 3-0 against Japanese boxers and 4-0 on Japanese soil. Doheny dethroned IBF super-bantamweight world champion Ryosuke Iwasa there in August 2018. He defended the belt against Japanese challenger Ryohei Takahashi via an 11th-round TKO and his last three bouts, all victories, have all been in Japan. Inoue for his part though will be looking to become the first man to halt Doheny and continue his run of stunning performances. #inouevsdoheny #naoyainoue #djdoheny