At the age of 31, Inoue is still showing destruction, both in Bantamweight and Super Bantamweight. Very rare boxers can acquire all belts in 2 weight classes in just 1 year like him. Inoue's performance is currently 26 wins, including 23 knockout victories.
After 12 years of professional boxing competition, Inoue won the world championship in 4 different weight classes. On the Pound For Pound rankings, he is also considered the best contemporary boxer. Not many people are willing to fight Inoue at this time, and Luis Nery is one of them.
Luis Nery is 1 year less Naoya Inoue. He owns 36 professional boxing matches, including 35 victories (27 no) and 1 defeat. In the past, Nery has won the Bantamweight and Super Bantamweight WBC belt. However, he also suffered many scandals because of the use of banned substances.
In August 2017, Nery beat Shinsuke Yamanaka in Japan to win the WBC Bantamweight. However, not long after that, Nery was deprived of the title because of positive for banned substances. In March 2018, Nery continued to defeat Yamanaka but could not win the belt because he was overweight on the day of checking weight.
Unlike Inoue, Nery ranks Super Bantamweight because he is no longer able to squeeze weight. This is also the reason why Nery is underestimated than Inoue before the competition takes place. All experts said Inoue won, and he could win very soon.
The match between Inoue and Nery was held at Tokyo Dome Stadium. The last time this place witnessed a boxing match took place 34 years ago, when Busters Douglas defeated a Mike Tyson at the peak. It was also a factor supporting Inoue, when he had all the audience supported.