Praise for Naoya Inoue, who is too strong! European media marveled at the furious onslaught: “Inoue is phenomenal and no one can stop him.

Last Updated on 12/14/2022 by てんしょく飯

WBA Super, WBC, and IBF world unification champion Naoya Inoue (Ohashi) made boxing history with a stunning KO victory over WBO bantamweight champion Paul Butler (UK) at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo on December 13.

　It was his destructive punches that decided the match.

Japan, introducing your FIRST Undisputed champion 🇯🇵 👑 pic.twitter.com/euOvLno8DH

— Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) December 13, 2022

Inoue took complete control of the fight from the 3rd inning against Butler, who was guarding his opponent tightly from the beginning, and aggressively landed a combination of hooks to the body and sharp jabs, slowly inflicting damage to his sturdy opponent’s block. Then, in the 11th, Inoue kicked into high gear by landing right and left hooks to the body and the side of the head, and unleashed a torrential rush. The 34-year-old master of the art collapsed to his knees, unable to hold on any longer as he was on the defensive.

Butler, who was on the defensive from start to finish, was a handful. Nevertheless, Inoue fulfilled his long-cherished dream of unifying the bantamweight division completely by showing an overwhelming difference in strength. The international media showed no sign of letting up in their praise for this rare star.

Naoya Inoue is unstoppable! The 29-year-old “monster” was praised by the Croatian martial arts website “Fight Site,” which wrote: “The Japanese has made history once again, becoming an absolute champion. Inoue’s overwhelming aggression in the fight “made for a convincing victory,” the site continued.

Butler was a conscious and motivated champion, but Inoue toyed with him from start to finish. The Englishman, determined to avoid a knockout, continued to taunt Butler, finally sinking him with a series of body shots and premature head shots to the exhausted Butler.

Inoue was praised by the same website as “Japan’s greatest boxer remains phenomenal and unstoppable” for a performance that didn’t even let his opponents get close. With 24 wins and no defeats (21 KOs) in his career, Inoue is literally unstoppable.