Naoya Inoue vs Nonito Donaire II
| Date | June 7, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue |  Super Arena, Saitama, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | WBA (Super), IBF, WBC, and The Ring bantamweight titles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tale of the tape | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Naoya Inoue vs Nonito Donaire 2, billed as Drama in Saitama is an upcoming professional boxing bantamweight unification bout between WBA (Super), IBF, and The Ring bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue, and WBC bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire. The fight will take place on June 7th, 2022 in Japan.[1]
Background[edit]
In 2019, three division world champion Naoya Inoue and four division world champion Nonito Donaire clashed in a bantamweight unification bout in the finals of the 2018-19 World Boxing Super Series. In a fight lauded as a "modern-day classic"[2], Inoue overcame a fractured left orbital and a broken nose[3] to defeat the Filipino legend by unanimous decision with scores of with scores of 116–111, 117–109 and 114–113. Inoue dropped Donaire in the 11th round with a monstrous body shot en route to hard fought win. The fight was later named The Ring magazine Fight of the Year for 2019.
Fight card[edit]
| Weight class | vs. | Type | Round | Time | Notes | |||
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| Bantamweight | Naoya Inoue (c)
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vs. |  Nonito Donaire (c)
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– (12) | Note 1 | |||
| Super Bantamweight | Takuma Inoue
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vs. | Gakuya Furuhashi
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– (12) | Note 2 | |||
| Light welterweight | Andy Hiraoka
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vs. | Shun Aikawa
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– (10) | Note 3 |
^Note1 For WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, and The Ring bantamweight titles
^Note2 For WBO Asia Pacific and Japanese super bantamweight titles
^Note3 For Japanese light welterweight title
Broadcasting[edit]
The fight will be broadcast on Amazon Prime Video in Japan. US and UK Broadcasting information has not been released yet[4]
References[edit]
- ↑ Christ, Scott. "Naoya Inoue vs Nonito Donaire rematch set for June 7 in Japan".
- ↑ Marsden, Rory. "Naoya Inoue Defeats Nonito Donaire by Unanimous Decision in Modern-Day Classic".
- ↑ "Naoya Inoue reveals scale of injuries from Donaire bout". ASIAN BOXING. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ↑ "NAOYA INOUE-NONITO DONAIRE 2 SET FOR JUNE 7 IN SAITAMA, JAPAN". May 30, 2021.
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