Inoue vs Nery Fight: UK Time, Undercard, Odds, TV Channel
Inoue vs Nery: Undisputed junior featherweight world champion Naoya Inoue will defend all the belts against Mexican puncher Luis Nery.
Inoue (26-0, 23 KOs) won his first world title in April 2014 and has been flawless ever since. He sports an astounding 21-0 record in world title fights, including 19 knockouts.
He was named 2023 Fighter of the Year by ESPN.com and Ring Magazine and makes his 2024 debut intent on solidifying his stranglehold over the division.
Nery (35-1, 27 KOs) is a former two weight world champion who won the WBC title at both bantamweight and junior featherweight.
Since his loss to Brandon Figueroa in 2021, he has won four straight fights, including a sensational 11th-round knockout over Azat Hovhannisyan in one of last year’s most intense matches.
Inoue vs Nery Undercard
In the co-feature, Australia’s WBO bantamweight world champion, Jason Moloney (27-2, 19 KOs) will defend his belt against the rising knockout artist and former kickboxing world champion Yoshiki Takei (8-0, 8 KOs).
The world title quadruple-header also features WBA bantamweight world champion Takuma Inoue (19-1, 5 KOs), younger brother of Naoya, who defends his title against former world title challenger Sho Ishida (34-3, 17 KOs).
And, in a flyweight world title tilt, newly minted WBA world champion Seigo Yuri Akui (19-2-1, 11 KOs) battles Taku Kuwahara (13-1, 8 KOs) in a rematch of their 2021 encounter, which Akui won by 10th-round TKO.
Inoue vs Nery Odds
Naoya Inoue to win: 1/16 Luis Nery to win:
Naoya Inoue to win on points: 11/2, Naoya Inoue to win by knockout: 1/6
Luis Nery to win on points: 16/1, Luis Nery to win by knockout: 13/1
Inoue vs Nery UK Time, TV Channel, Ring Walks
When: Monday, May 6
Where: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan
TV Channel: ESPN + (USA), Sky Sports (UK)
Inoue vs Nery Time (Undercard): 4 am ET (9 am BST)
Main Event Ring Walks: 7:35 am ET (12:35 pm BST)
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