Tapales surprised by Inoue's speed

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 28, 2023 12:13 am

TOKYO: Japan's Naoya Inoue said he was still as hungry as ever after becoming an undisputed world champion in a second weight class on Tuesday night, knocking out Marlon Tapales to claim all four super-bantamweight belts.

The unbeaten Inoue, nicknamed 'Monster,' floored the Philippines fighter with a huge right hand in the 10th round in Tokyo to add the WBA and IBF titles to his own WBC and WBO belts.

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