Date:  Saturday, September 9, 2017

WBO JR. BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE BOUT

Location: StubHub Center, Carson, California, USA

Promoter:  Teiken Promotions – Akihiko Honda / Promociones Zanfer – Fernando Beltran

Supervisor:   Richard De Cuir

Referee: Lou Moret

Judges:  Larry Hazzard Jr., Fernando Villareal, Zac Young

Results:   The WBO Jr. Bantamweight Champion Naoya Inoue,retained his 115-pound belt for the sixth time against Antonio Nieves by a sixth-round knockout victory.

TV:  USA HBO, Panama RPC Channel 4, Latin America: Canal Space

Date:  Saturday, August 26, 2017

WBO JR. MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE BOUT

Location:  StubHub Center, Carson, California, USA

Promoter:   Golden Boy Promotions/Oscar De La Hoya; Miguel Cotto Promotions/Miguel Cotto; Teiken Promotions/Akihiko Honda

Supervisor:   Francisco Valcarcel, Esq.

Referee: Lou Moret

Judges:  Robin Taylor (120-108); Pat Russell (119-109); Zac Young (118-110)

Results:   The vacant WBO Junior Middleweight World Title was obtained by Miguel Cotto (41-5, 33 KOs) with a unanimous decision victory against the Japanese Yoshihiro “El Maestrito” Kamegai (27-4-2, 24 KOs).

TV:  USA HBO, Latin America: Canal Space

Date:  Saturday – October 17, 2015

WBO JR. FLYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE BOUT

Location: StubHub Center, Carson, California, USA

Promoter:  ALA Promotions / Michael D. Aldeguer

Supervisor:  Richard De Cuir

Referee:  Raul Caiz Jr.,

Judges:  Lou Moret (120-108); Pat Russell (119-109); Marshall Walker (119-109)

Results:  The Champion Donnie Nietes retained his WBO Junior Flyweight title against Juan Alejo by Unanimous Decision (120-108, 119-109, 119-109).

TV:

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Naoya Inoue knocked down Omar Narvaez four times in two rounds en route to winning a world junior bantamweight title

Only eight fights into his professional career, Japanese prodigy Naoya Inoue claimed his second world title in eight months on Tuesday as he scored four knockdowns and blew away junior bantamweight titleholder Omar Narvaez in the second round at Metropolitan Gym in Tokyo.

The fight headlined a card featuring three world title bouts, and the 21-year-old Inoue (8-0, 7 KOs) stole the show.

Although Narvaez, the long-reigning titleholder, fought predominantly at home in Argentina throughout his flyweight and junior bantamweight title reigns, the 39-year-old southpaw was no stranger to going on the road, having made title defenses in Italy, France and Spain and also unsuccessfully challenged then-bantamweight titlist Nonito Donaire in New York in 2011.

The aggressive Inoue knocked Narvaez (43-2-2, 23 KOs) down twice in the first round, flooring him for the first time with clean right hand to the head just 30 seconds into the fight. Thirty seconds later, he dropped Narvaez again with a short left hook to the temple.

Inoue applied heavy pressure for the rest of the round, but Narvaez made it to the bell. He was quickly in trouble again as Inoue dropped him to a knee with a quick counter left hook midway through the second round and then delivered a hammering left hook to the ribs to knock him down for the fourth time. Narvaez dropped to his knees, and referee Lou Moret counted him out as the round was ending, sending Inoue and his corner into a wild celebration.

Inoue, a seven-time Japanese amateur national champion who turned pro in October 2012, won his first world title in April in just his sixth pro fight. He challenged highly regarded Mexican junior flyweight titlist Adrian Hernandez on April 6 in Tokyo and won the 108-pound belt by sixth-round knockout.

After making one defense, an 11th-round knockout of Thailand’s Samartlek Kokietgym on Sept. 5 in Tokyo, Inoue, who said he could no longer make weight, jumped up to challenge Narvaez for his 115-pound title.

The loss very well could spell the end of Narvaez’s career. A 1996 and 2000 Olympian, Narvaez turned pro in 2000 and won a flyweight world title in 2002. He made 16 defenses before relinquishing the belt in 2009 to move up in weight. In 2010, he claimed a vacant junior bantamweight title and made 11 successful defenses before losing to Inoue. Overall, Narvaez is 28-2-1 in world title bouts.

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