Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue defended his unified WBA and IBF bantamweight world titles in his Las Vegas debut on Saturday with a seventh-round knockout of Australia’s Jason Moloney.

The undefeated Japanese celebrity floored Moloney with a shuddering punch close to the tip of the spherical to retain each belts in spectacular vogue on the MGM Grand Resort and On line casino.

The 27-year-old Inoue landed a vicious straight proper that buckled Moloney’s knees within the 118-pound struggle and the Australian was unable to beat the depend with only one second left within the spherical.

“The ultimate punch, I am very completely satisfied and happy with that punch,” mentioned Inoue. “Moloney has nice defence it was tough to get by.”

Inoue scored two knockdowns and improved to an ideal 20-Zero with 17 knockouts whereas Moloney dropped to 21-2 with 18 KOs.

Inoue dominated all through the struggle which was held contained in the quarantine bubble on the luxurious on line casino on the Las Vegas strip.

Inoue’s devastating punching energy was on full show as he confirmed why he’s nicknamed ‘Monster’.

Inoue first knocked down Moloney within the sixth spherical with a left hook on the counter. He ended it one spherical later with a brief proper hand. Moloney tried to get again to his toes however was unable and referee Kenny Bayless counted him out at 2:59 of the spherical.

Inoue unified the IBF and WBA crowns final November by profitable the World Boxing Tremendous Sequence ultimate over Filipino star Nonito Donaire by unanimous determination in a pulsating “struggle of the 12 months” contender.

The Japanese knockout specialist had dispatching his 4 prior foes in lower than three rounds.

Inoue was to have confronted one other Filipino, John Riel Casimero, in April however the bout was worn out by the coronavirus pandemic.

The 29-year-old Moloney stopped Mexico’s Leonardo Baez after seven rounds in June however he was overmatched towards the pace and energy of Inoue.

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