Jamie McDonnell v Naoya Inoue - 25/5/18 Sky Sports 1pm (UK Time) Tokyo

Naoya Inoue will make his bantamweight debut against Jamie McDonnell on May 25 in Tokyo, promoter Eddie Hearn announced Tuesday. The Japanese star, who holds a title at junior bantamweight, will be facing one of the best 118 pounders in the world in his first foray at the weight.
McDonnell (29-2-1, 13 knockouts) holds a title, but it’s the WBA’s secondary belt, which THE RING doesn’t recognize. Ryan Burnett is the WBA’s “super” champion. Nevertheless, McDonnell is a formidable and worthy test for Inoue at his new weight.
The 31-year-old Brit hasn’t lost since 2008. He strung together two wins over Tomoki Kameda in the U.S., and most recently, narrowly outpointed Liborio Solis before a no decision in the November rematch. Despite his recent success, McDonnell will be a heavy underdog against Inoue, who is a star in Japan.
Inoue (15-0, 13 KOs) made his American TV debut in the first iteration of HBO’s Superfly card in September with an impressive destruction of Antonio Nieves, and all of Inoue’s vast skills were on display: a dedicated body attack, combination punching, speed and ring smarts.
He’s scored five consecutive stoppages, most recently over Yoann Boyeaux in December.
The 24-year-old is THE RING’s No. 8 pound-for-pound fighter, and as he seeks dominance in a third weight class, his stock on that list only figures to rise.

Jamie McDonnell vs Naoya Inoue: TV channel, fight time, live stream, and venue guide for Friday’s world title fight


https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/boxin...l-live-stream/

It's arguably the biggest challenge of his coaching career, but Dave Coldwell is glowing with confidence as his bantamweight charge, Jamie McDonnell, heads to Japan to face the threat of Pound for Pound monster, Naoya Inoue.

The Doncaster man enters the ring a massive underdog, and that is the role he is happy to play according to his trainer.
Coldwell insists that McDonnell performs better with the odds stacked against him and he's expecting that opinion to contain more weight when the bell finally rings on May 25th.
"Jamie is like a man possessed at the moment," buzzed Coldwell, who has just touched down in Japan.
"He absolutely loves it when people are saying he's in far too deep and that he has no chance, but history has shown us that he takes these challenges and makes a mockery of what people thought beforehand.
"The Julio Ceja fight he was given no hope. We went over to Texas to fight Tomoki Kameda and he was told he wasn't going to win, and look what happened there.
"The better the opponent, the better you see Jamie and I'm expecting a brilliant version of him to show up against Inoue because this is the hardest test of his career."
Coldwell added, "This camp has been one of the best I've been involved in because Jamie has given his entire body to this cause and done every single thing I've asked of him.
"We've spent some time in Dubai and everybody at the Ramada Downtown Hotel has looked after us brilliantly.
"Also the guys at Real Boxing Only gym have done everything we've asked of them. Jamie has had great sparring off lads in the gym, but he's also had brilliant sessions alongside Kal Yafai, so the sparring partners we've been using are of the highest class.
"This is the chance for him to secure his legacy against one of the finest fighters on the planet, and maybe it's the time that the boxing community will finally come out and give Jamie the respect and credit he deserves.
"He's been on a brilliant run in recent years, fighting away against good names, and he does it all again on May 25th. He couldn't be more prepared."

For all the American fight fans who are early risers it looks like you can catch this fight at 7:15 ET on ESPN+


The “Monster” will wake up American fight fans on Friday morning.

From the Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, two-weight world champion Naoya “Monster” Inoue will move up in weight to face WBA bantamweight champion Jamie McDonnell, and WBC light flyweight champion Ken Shiro will make the third defense of his belt in a rematch against Ganigan Lopez.

This world championship doubleheader, promoted by Ohashi Promotions and Teiken Promotions, will be broadcast live and exclusively in the United States at 7:15 a.m. ET on ESPN+ — the recently-launched multi-sport, direct-to-consumer subscription streaming service from The Walt Disney Company's Direct-to-Consumer and International segment and ESPN......





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Some interesting thoughts on fighting in Japan from the fighting bin man himself, Rendall Munroe


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With Jamie McDonnell set to battle Naoya Inoue in Japan this Friday, Rendall Munroe reveals the good and the bad about fighting in the Land of the Rising Sun.

Munroe, from Leicester, challenged WBC super-bantamweight world champion Toshiaki Nishioka, back in October, 2010, and fell to a decision defeat, so we caught up with 'The Boxing Binman' to give us an insight into what Doncaster's McDonnell is up against..

So, was it a big difference fighting in Japan?

It wasn't different for me, my mentality was just to go out there and do what I do, a ring is a ring, I didn't suffer from jet-lag or anything like that.


The only difference was the humidity, in the fight after round five or six, my body wasn't feeling right, I was a second or two short of myself.....

the rest of the story here -

http://www.skysports.com/boxing/news...hting-in-japan

This is a big ask for McDonnell. There was talk of him moving up before this fight got made, I hope he doesn't struggle to make weight.

This is on Friday 1pm? Going to have to sneak out of work.

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There's a little bit of a clue in the thread title son ;D;D;D so yes 1pm this Friday, Inoue has an absolutely murderous punch on him and his body shots are lethal (87%) KO ratio so McDonnell could end up smashed to pieces here.

The problem he (McDonnell) has got is he can't punch (37% KO ratio) so unless he boxes his way to victory Inoue is just gonna walk straight through him and put him to sleep.

Nice fight for a Friday lunchtime, might go down the pub and start the weekend off VERY early ;D

Both fighters stepped on scale today and McDonnell, who stands at about 5’10, actually weighed in lighter than Inoue, 5’5”, who is moving up in weight for this fight. McDonnell officially weighed-in at 117 1⁄2 pounds while Inoue came in right at the bantamweight limit of 118lbs.

https://www.badlefthook.com/2018/5/24/17389192/weights-naoya-inoue-118lbs-jamie-mcdonnell-117-5lbs

They might as well put the fingers up to fans in the States with a 6:15 am Friday card ;D. Like that Inoue got a trinket to travel to him though and hopefully they'll replay. ESPN+ gimmick I cannot see any value in, especially since they already have 3,4 channels? Inoue body work should seal the deal.

Are they showing the undercard on sky or is the actual fight starting at 1pm? I'm thinking about taking my lunch at 1 to watch it but if it is the undercard first then I won't bother

McDonnell v Inoue starts just after 1pm @Batman :cool:

The fight is due to take place at the Ota City General Gymnasium, in the Ota ward of Tokyo, Japan.
The Japanese capital is eight hours ahead of London meaning with the fight due to get underway after 9pm local time, things will like kick off just after 1pm UK time.

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/boxi...xing-online-TV

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They might as well put the fingers up to fans in the States with a 6:15 am Friday card ;D. Like that Inoue got a trinket to travel to him though and hopefully they'll replay. ESPN+ gimmick I cannot see any value in, especially since they already have 3,4 channels? Inoue body work should seal the deal.

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Those body shots are brutal and agree could be the key to victory for Inoue ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M79y7yOEUec&t=88s

For anyone in the US or at work in the UK, usually pretty watchable this site ;)

http://www.sportcategory.com/c-11.html

McDonnall is said to have put on 26lbs since the weigh in :o

Inoue isn't an aggressive pressure fighter, he'll pick McDonnell apart and spark him with shots he never thought were coming

Destroyed him.

I think McDonnell can pull off the upset here :-X

Fuck me that body shot!!
All over ref stops fight round 1. He really is a monster

brutal class

Changed my lunch break for that, I could have took my phone into the bog with me and watched it in there and no one would have missed me

Did I miss it?

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Depends, did you blink?

That left hook to the top of McDonnells head fucked him right up (12 mins) ;D
3 weight World Champion and only 25 years old with 16 fights.
The WBSS Bantamweight tournament is gonna be shithot with him now in it as well :cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBi94s6F-lw

I'm putting this on hold until I've seen the better vid ;D

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That was a premature stoppage. Typical Japs, protecting their fighter.

OK, so the vid I watched, didn't show the initial shot to the top of the head that sent his legs queer. That said, and in no way is this a pro McDonnall anti Inoue comment, there was only the winner of the fight, I still think it's a little bit early.

It's not so much this fight but the way boxing seems to be going lately. It's almost MMA in the sense that if you hit the deck, you're fair game to be waved off without the opportunity to get up. That's where boxing differs from MMA, the other bloke has got to fuck off while you try and right yourself.

Maybe McDonnell said something to Coldwell on the first knockdown because he was up on the apron proper sharpish. He'd only taken a couple of clumps at that point.

Like I said no complaints with who won the fight. Inoue has walked through a World class fighter like he was nothing. Props to him for that.

McDonnell had nearly a 2 stone weight advantage as well so Inoue smacking him around like a rag doll impressed me even more, that left hand is fierce!

Check the moody quality video i posted above @Memphis mate around 12 mins is the temple shot ;)

Just watched it. I thought it was an alright stoppage. I may have let it go, but it was borderline. I’m so excited for the bantamweight tournament

With the three knockdown rule they could have just waited for him to go down once more and it would have been all over anyway I suppose

I see Inoue is gonna compete in WBSS tournament. Great. Just great. He'll beat Tete

He just starched a guy who had a 14lb weight advantage

Man - I LOVE these wrecking machines from far away places who only the hardcore boxing fans know of and who have never fought out their country. The beatdown McDonnell got reminded me off the Kickboxer film with Van Damme when his brother went to Asia (Thailand i think it was) and got paralysed by Tom Po because he had no idea who he was dealing with.

I think McDonnell and his team knew exactly who and what they were dealing with, they just didn't have any answers.

Naoya Inoye is definitely in the top 5 P4P.

He's one of the 2 or 3 most impressive and exciting boxers in the world today.

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Naoya Inoye is definitely in the top 5 P4P.

He's one of the 2 or 3 most impressive and exciting boxers in the world today.

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Only 25 as well, he won titles in 3 division in 16 fights, 4 more than Loma, and without a loss. The opposition at 118 will build his legacy.

What a way to enter the division. Absolutely brutal. McDonnell never got back from that shot high on the head and Inoue has a special kind of overwhelming violent unpredictability in there.

Said it before and say it again, I want all the boxing I watch called by Japanese announce teams ;D.

There is still the other wba champion in the division, it sounds good to say 3 weight world champ but he isn't really.. Yet..... Fans should ignore this nonsense belt..

Really great performance from inoue though, I guess the stoppage was slightly early but he was really damaging McDonnell, I think ref saved him from a prolonged beating... McDonnell did recover from an early knockdown v tomoki kameda and came back to win but it looks like inoue is just way above the Japanese Mexican.... I thought McDonnell looked good v kameda so for inoue to smash him in this manner is really world class, amazing!. He can throw in unexpected powerful body shots with ease, well done to him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgd5oJRWkgc