Fans Predict Naoya Inoue Vs. Murodjon Akhmadaliev – ‘Body Shot Stoppage'

Fans have given their take on Naoya Inoue vs. Murodjon Akhmadaliev‘s fight on September 14.

Inoue is the undisputed super bantamweight champion, who secured a stoppage victory against Ramon Cardenas in his previous bout. The win was his 11th stoppage in a row, having secured a win on US soil for his first fight under his new Saudi deal. Inoue now returns to Japan to face Akhmadaliev, who is his WBA mandatory challenger. Akhmadaliev has won his last three fights, beating Luis Castillo in his last bout. Here is how the fans saw the fight playing out.

Pre-Fight

"I want to close my fighting career when the time is right. I think I have about three years left, including this year. I don’t feel any decline in my physical strength or performance yet, but I’m sure that someday that day will come. I have to plan my training and fights with that in mind. As a human being, I’m sure I will inevitably decline. So I think it’s important to prepare and to know myself," Inoue said

"It’s a brilliant fight against a spectacular fighter in Inoue, but we believe in MJ Akhmadaliev. I’ve said it time and time again. He sort of got written off after the Tapales fight (which Akhmadaliev lost by split decision) and many people thought this opportunity wouldn’t come. He worked his way back through, put himself in a position, waited a long time for the WBA to order it as well and we finally see it now. At certain points we didn’t think we’d see this fight.

"I think Inoue, as good as he is, has shown vulnerabilities obviously in recent fights. Can’t take away from what he’s done in the sport obviously, but MJ we believe has all the attributes to go in there and get the win. That’s a real fight and I will be there hopefully with belts draped all over me and he’ll be my second undisputed champion after Dmitri Bivol," Frank Smith (promoter) stated

Predictions

Full Card

Naoya Inoue vs. Murodjon Akhmadaliev – undisputed junior featherweight championship

Yoshiki Takei vs. Christian Medina – 12 rounds, WBO bantamweight title

Yuni Takada vs. Ryusei Matsumoto – 12 rounds, vacant WBA “regular” strawweight title

Yudai Murakami vs. Taiga Imanaga – 10 rounds, lightweight

Ei Go vs. Shunpei Ohata – 8 rounds, junior lightweight

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