“Monster” Inoue Almost Shuts Out Picasso In Riyadh
By Joe Koizumi
Photos By Naoki Fukuda (Soon To Come)
In his fourth title defense of this calendar year, undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue (32-0, 27 KOs), 121.5, successfully kept his four belts as he gave a lesson to unbeaten Mexican Alan David Picasso (32-1-1, 17 KOs), 121.1, winning a unanimous decision (119-109, 120-108, 117-111) over twelve technical rounds on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. But “Monster” Naoya failed to score a highly expected knockout win over the defensive and negative Mexican challenger, who, however, showed his heart in championship rounds. The unbeaten Inoue, 32, scored twenty-seven consecutive victories in world title bouts, surpassing the records of Joe Louis and Floyd Mayweather Jr.
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