Naoya Inoue (28-0, 25 KOs) used a barrage of body punches to retain his undisputed junior featherweight title with a seventh-round TKO victory over TJ Doheny.
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Inoue was a staggering -6500 favorite, per ESPN BET, to keep his four 122-pound titles. Doheny was more than game, but he succumbed 16 seconds into Round 7 following a barrage of body punches from Inoue. Inoue's co-promoter, Top Rank's Bob Arum, said"The Monster" would return to Tokyo for the third defense of his undisputed championship at the end of the year. After that, Inoue will headline in Las Vegas"for a big celebration," per Arum.
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