Inoue takes on an easier foe than he has been facing of late as he will meet former IBF champion TJ Doheny after recently dispatching Stephen Fulton, Marlon Tapales, and Luis Nery, all former champions who are of a higher quality than Doheny.
Doheny has been showcased as an eventual Inoue foe on recent Japan-based cards, winning three straight against average competition since losing a wide unanimous decision to countryman Sam Goodwin in Australia in 2023.
Doheny has never been stopped in his four losses, a statistic that will be tested against the powerful Inoue and that's about the only thing intriguing about this fight.
Still, champions are entitled to these fights once in a while, especially when they fight three or more times in a year, so I'm okay with this defense- as long as it doesn't become a habit!
The WBO bantamweight title is at stake with champion Yoshiki Takei defending against Daigo Higa.
Takei impressively won his title with a unanimous decision over Jason Moloney in May, while Higa held the WBC flyweight title and was looked at as a star in the sport unless he was knocked out in an upset against Crisofer Rosales in 2018.
Higa is 6-1-1 and has never been the same dynamic force since losing to Rosales, so he's the clear underdog in this outing.
In an untelevised fight, Ismael Barroso meets Andy Hiraoka in a WBA junior welterweight eliminator.
Barroso, who was robbed of the WBA title with a ridiculous stoppage loss to Rolando Romero, then won a WBA minor title with a first-round KO of Ohara Davies in January, should be fighting for their full title but instead finds himself stuck in another eliminator.
The unbeaten Hiraoka is fighting his best opponent after fighting Pacific Region-level fighters throughout his career but has stopped eighteen of his twenty-three opponents.
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