Fulton vs Inoue LIVE!
Naoya Inoue won one of the most highly-anticipated boxing fights of the year against Stephen Fulton in Japan on Tuesday. A rescheduled collision of two hugely accomplished and unbeaten stars was expected to produce a thrilling Fight of the Year contender, with powerful knockout artist Inoue hoping to become a four-weight world champion on home soil at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo.
‘The Monster’ made history by dominating Paul Butler to become the undisputed bantamweight king back in December, later vacating his belts for a move up to the 122lb ranks, where he immediately deprived American Fulton of his WBC and WBO straps. It was the latter’s very first contest outside of the USA and he was largely dominated en route to being sent down and stopped in trademark vicious fashion in the eighth round.
On the undercard, two-time Olympic gold medalist Robeisy Ramirez successfully defended his WBO featherweight title for the first time with a dominant stoppage of Satoshi Shimizu in the co-feature event. The main show opened with Yoshiki Takei knocking out Ronnie Baldonado, before Kanamu Sakama stopped Ryu Horikawa late. Follow Fulton vs Inoue reaction live below!
