Boxing Pound-for-Pound Rankings: Naoya Inoue somehow still growing his game in a fourth weight class
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'The Monster' continues to make it look easy as he dismantled yet another highly ranked opponent at 122 pounds
It appears that already being one of the pound-for-pound best in the world hasn't stopped four-division champion Naoya Inoue from constantly evolving his game.
Inoue (28-0, 25 KOs), the 32-year-old Japanese superstar who has captured undisputed status in two weight classes, successfully defended his four-pack of junior featherweight titles on Tuesday morning in Tokyo when he took his time breaking down former champion TJ Doheny en route to a seventh-round TKO.
But the cries of some less informed critics on social media that Inoue was too defensive or that he had trouble with the crafty, 37-year-old southpaw couldn't be more out of touch. Considering Inoue was a bit over aggressive early on in his last fight in May, when he was dropped by hard-punching Luis Nery before going on to score a sixth-round stoppage, the changes he made against Doheny showcased just how much he takes serious any criticism against his well-rounded game.