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Fright Night For Moloney
Inoue Is Indeed A "Monster"
By William Trillo
Photos: Mikey Williams - Top Rank
If your nickname is “Monster” you might as well make a
statement on Halloween night. That’s just what
Bantamweight Naoya Inoue (20-0, 17 KO’s) did against
Jason Moloney (21-2, 18 KO’s) Saturday night in the Las
Vegas Bubble.
Simply put, this fight was never close. Inoue came to
the States to prove he is the real deal. Make no mistake
about it, he made his point very clear. Moloney had no
chance at any moment in this fight to stop “Monster”
from dominating inside, outside and all points in
between.
With lightning hand and foot speed Inoue put a serious
amount of punishment on Moloney before delivering a
counter right hand in round seven that dropped “The Man
From Down Under”, rendering him unable to get back to
his feet.
It was as one sided a beatdown as one could imagine. And
now… “Monster” Inoue has unleashed his fury in America.
Look for the Japanese sensation to reign as one of the
top must see attractions in 2021. With the victory Inoue
retains the WBA/IBF/Ring Magazine Bantamweight World
Title.
Officially this one came to a grinding halt at the 2:59
mark of round seven.
On his Halloween performance Inoue roared, “The final
punch, the finishing punch, I’m very happy and satisfied
with that punch. Moloney has a great defense, and it was
very difficult to get through. The two punches you
mentioned are something we really practiced in Japan a
lot, and I was able to perform well and use it, and I ‘m
very happy with that. As you go fight to fight, you
learn things from the previous fight. Regarding {the
Nonito Donaire fight}. I think I’m getting wiser and
better. The Oubaali-Donaire {winner} with the WBC title
and Casimero with the WBO, they’re within my sights are
far as fights go.”
A jubilant Bob Arum exclaimed, “The Monster is a special
fighter. I haven’t seen a young fighter like that in a
long time. And credit to Jason Moloney for fighting like
a warrior. He gave it his absolute best.”
Super Featherweight Ewa Brodnicka (19-1, 2 KO’s) lost
her title on the scales, lost her hair trying to make
weight and then lost the fight to Mikaela Mayer (14-0, 5
KO’s) who took the vacant World Boxing Organization
World Female Super Feather Title. Mayer dominated the
fight with a blistering performance in her first title
fight. Look for Mayer to unify titles as she marches
through the female side of boxing. Judges scorecards all
in favor of Mayer read 99-89 and 100-88 x 2.
On her title winning victory Meyer said, “Like {head
trainer} Coach Al {Mitchell} said, her holding and her
movement was a little tricky for me to catch on to. I
still feel like I did win every round. There were
definitely some things I could’ve done a little bit
better, but ultimately it was a good learning fight. I
definitely want to unify this division. I don’t want to
wait around. I don’t want to take a couple of years to
do it. I want to do it right away. So, {WBC champion}
Terri Harper told me to get a belt. Eddie Hearn told me
to get a belt. I have the WBO belt now, so let’s make
that fight happen. I want Terri Harper next.”
Super Featherweight Robson Conceicao (15-0, 7 KO’s) went
down early then lost another point for a low blow in his
bout with Luis Coria (12-4, 7 KO’s). Things certainly
were not going as planned. Adding insult to injury,
Robson started dominating rounds but was again deducted
a point. Now he was down three points. Ouch! Despite
falling behind 3 times over, Conceicao somehow was given
a unanimous decision nod, 94-93 and 95-92 x 2. Trick or
Treat?
Heavyweight Jared Anderson (7-0, 7 KO’s) needed less
than one round to dispatch of the hapless Luis Eduardo
Pena (6-2, 6 KO’s). Not much to report here, Anderson
beat the snot out of Eduardo.
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