Naoya Inoue Vs Ye Joon Kim (1/24/25)

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00:00For it justifiably, over Yee-Joon Kim, who is stepping up to a level that he has not been near in his career.

00:10To you first on my right, fighting out of the red corner, one of the great stars of boxing today,

00:17wearing of white trunks with red trim, hailing from Zama-Kanagawa, Japan.

00:24He weighed in at a ready 121.75 pounds, with a tremendous record of 28 wins, no losses.

00:33He has 25 wins coming by way of knockout.

00:37Tonight making his 24th consecutive world title appearance, here is the superstar of the sport and the pound-for-pound great.

00:46Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome boxing's pride of Japan, the four-division world champion,

00:54the current hard-hitting, undefeated, reigning and defending, undisputed, super-bantamweight champion of the world,

01:03introducing Naoya, the Monster Inoue!

01:16And his opponent across the ring, tonight's challenger fighting out of the blue corner,

01:22wearing black trunks with pink trim, hailing from Seoul, South Korea.

01:29His record 21 wins, two losses and two draws, with 13 wins coming by way of knockout,

01:36he weighed in the same as his opponent, 121.75 pounds.

01:40Tonight, making his first world title appearance, please welcome the battle-ready challenger,

01:47the world-ranked contender, and the former WBO Oriental and IBF Asia Super-Bantamweight Champion,

01:55introducing the troublemaker, Ye-Joon Kim!

02:02Once again, a referee in charge is Mark Nelson, now ready to give instructions, 12 rounds of boxing scheduled.

02:24Gentlemen, you had my instructions earlier, so you know what I expect,

02:28a clean fight, obey my commands, and protect yourself at all times.

02:33Touch gloves, good luck to both of you.

02:40Well, the legendary poet Ogden Nash once said,

02:44where there is a monster, there is a miracle.

02:48Will we see another memorable destruction from Inoue?

02:51Or will we see one of the most heroic slayings of our time?

02:56The Super-Bantamweight Champion of the World is defending his title right now.

03:02A dream opportunity for Ye-Joon Kim.

03:10Got this call while he was still doing road work.

03:14He intended to do six kilometers.

03:15When he got that call, Nico, he said, I better run 10 kilometers.

03:21Exactly.

03:22And it would be more than a miracle tonight if he ended up getting the job done.

03:29It is not an overstatement to say it would be one of the biggest upsets in boxing history.

03:34If you determined that it was number one, I wouldn't argue with you.

03:38Because Inoue tries to go to the body with that right hand.

03:40And this was one of the questions whether Kim would come out as a southpaw or an orthodox fighter.

03:51His former nickname was Paciweather.

03:54As he liked to kind of flow between the styles of Manny Pacquiao as a southpaw.

03:59Kind of an imitation of Floyd in the orthodox stance.

04:03Now known as the troublemaker and hoping to at least give some trouble to the pound-for-pound grade here tonight.

04:16Yeah, the audience, you can tell, is just dead silent right now almost.

04:23Waiting.

04:25In the empty moments, nobody's talking.

04:29Just a hush of anticipation.

04:33Some people with their cell phones out already.

04:36Yeah.

04:38And understandable that some people are thinking that a knockout could happen this early.

04:45And that's no slight on Yee-Joon Kim.

04:48That's more about how great Inoue has proven to be.

04:53Exactly.

04:54Right now he's just, he's getting, he's getting a distance.

04:59He's, in a way, is, he's looking for, I was going to say, that, that straight right to the body.

05:10One of my favorite things about Inoue is his targeting of the body.

05:13Inoue has been able to find the body of him with that right hand when he's wanted to.

05:29He's just getting that range right now.

05:31Take a shot at him.

05:3230 seconds, bro.

05:34Get out of there.

05:36Good boy.

05:37Good boy.

05:38Inoue just gathering information here in the opening round.

05:41Very calm body language from Inoue.

05:51This one is inside of the ring.

05:53Very polite and respectful.

05:55But Nico, inside the ring, he's never been known to show mercy on his opponents.

06:00As Mike Tyson once said, this is a mean man inside the ropes.

06:04Yep.

06:07Yeah, he has no emotion inside the ring.

06:11The worst thing, if you're Inoue's opponent, is to see him start catching that rhythm.

06:27Once Inoue catches his rhythm, he gets away with whatever shots he wants.

06:33Right hand there from Inoue.

06:35You can see just the weight of that shot moving him back.

06:42As he turns right into a nice left hook from Inoue.

06:46And Inoue landed that right hand.

06:49He's going to be looking for that again.

06:50You can hear the crowd oohing at the shots that he misses.

07:18And there from Inoue, he found that shot.

07:22See the feet of Inoue there a moment ago.

07:24Almost getting impatient.

07:25Yep, yep.

07:27With what's going on here, Inoue.

07:30He's in absolute control right now.

07:32And again, to put this in perspective, yes, Kim is a massive underdog.

07:46Yes, he is a late replacement.

07:47But this is still a fighter that a sanctioning body put in the top 15.

07:51And this is the talent disparity that you're seeing right now.

07:57Inoue just looking like he's toying with Kim here in the second round.

08:01That just shows the greatness of Inoue.

08:03Let that left gun.

08:05Let that left gun.

08:06Inoue just inviting these jabs from Kim.

08:23He's definitely baiting him right now.

08:25Nice shot there from Inoue a moment ago.

08:33That look-away left hook.

08:39That chopping right hand.

08:41Yeah, that's going to be the shot for Inoue.

08:48Inoue operating like a fighter who thinks that a highlight reel knockout may be in the near future.

08:55looking for that perfect shot.

09:06Round three begins.

09:09Inoue one of nine male fighters

09:12to have become undisputed in the four belt era.

09:17To hold on to his titles here tonight

09:20against the heavy underdog Lee Joon Kim

09:22and look ahead

09:22toward two more fights this year.

09:25Some big names

09:26in this division

09:29for a possibility for Inoue.

09:33All contingent upon

09:35avoiding disaster.

09:37Avoiding

09:38that miracle upset

09:39from Kim here tonight.

09:40Yeah, Inoue's looking for that body.

09:51Yeah, I was going to say

09:52he goes

09:53body, body

09:55and head

09:55in a way.

10:01Nice left hand there from Kim.

10:03Trying to open up a little bit offensively.

10:04Offensively.

10:05Yep.

10:07Corner's been asking him

10:08to throw that left hand.

10:14You can hear John Bastable

10:16his Australian trainer

10:17in the corner

10:18as well as his manager

10:19Mike Altamura

10:20telling him to let that left hand go

10:24but now we're seeing

10:25swelling, puffing up

10:27underneath the right eye

10:29of Lee Joon Kim

10:30and it is intensifying

10:32very quickly.

10:37Inoue likes when

10:38his opponents

10:39let their hands go.

10:41It makes more opportunities

10:42for him to

10:43counter their shots

10:44or to

10:44land heavy shots

10:46in between their combinations.

10:47Let's go, John.

10:51Keep moving.

10:52Keep moving.

10:53Get your foot outside.

10:54Get your foot outside.

10:56Get your foot outside.

10:58That sharp jab

11:06is landing

11:06every time

11:07for Inoue.

11:18Right hand there

11:19from Inoue.

11:20Kim touched him

11:21with a shot to the body

11:22and Inoue

11:22turned up the heat

11:23just a little bit.

11:24And Kim was just

11:25inviting him in.

11:28I like that Kim is

11:30also going to the body.

11:35Inoue is starting

11:36to step it up

11:37a little bit.

11:37These are hard body shots

11:39now.

11:39Yeah, these body shots

11:40are getting to him

11:40for sure.

11:41It's hard not to have

11:42the feeling

11:43through the first

11:44two rounds

11:45and up until

11:46about 20 seconds ago

11:47like Inoue

11:48was doing something

11:49between

11:50playing around

11:52and showing

11:52some degree

11:53of mercy

11:54contrary to

11:55what we were

11:55talking about

11:56but now

11:57the monster

11:57seems to be

11:59turning it on

12:00as we come

12:00to the end

12:01of round three.

12:02A very relaxed

12:12looking

12:12and now

12:13Inoue

12:13comes out

12:14to center ring

12:15for round four.

12:18Lee Joon Kim

12:18there to meet him

12:19with a left hand.

12:21Places another one

12:22to the body.

12:23Definitely

12:24letting his hands

12:24go now.

12:25Sharp right hands

12:32down the middle

12:32here from Inoue.

12:39Yeah, Inoue

12:40is looking

12:41to counter

12:41that lazy jab

12:42with the right hand.

12:49Kim said

12:50that he always

12:50envisioned

12:51that he would be

12:52in the ring

12:53with Inoue

12:54and it's incredible

12:55that it's now

12:57a reality.

12:58You have to wonder

12:58what he's thinking

12:59right now

13:00now that the monster

13:01is reality

13:02in front of him.

13:10This is not

13:11I was going to say

13:12this is not the place

13:13that Kim wants

13:14to be in

13:15in the corner.

13:18Right at the end

13:19of all Inoue shots.

13:24More counter

13:27shot there

13:27from Inoue

13:28lifts

13:29Kim up.

13:30You see

13:31his front foot

13:31taken off

13:34the canvas

13:35by that left foot.

13:39That happened

13:39from Kim

13:40overreaching

13:41that shot.

13:45A little bit

13:45of a balance

13:46issue from Kim.

13:47A little bit

13:48of an assist

13:49from the power

13:50of the left hand

13:51of Inoue.

13:51Here

14:03Kim's corner

14:04just telling him

14:04let him go buddy.

14:06Let your hands go.

14:07That was a good shot.

14:08Absolutely.

14:09An overhand left

14:10landed by Kim.

14:14Hard left foot

14:15down from Inoue

14:16and that one

14:16throws Kim.

14:17He's inviting Inoue

14:21to keep going

14:22now.

14:24Kim saying

14:25come on

14:25hard right hand

14:27nearly sends

14:28Kim through the ropes.

14:293, 2, 3,

14:304, 6,

14:317,

14:328,

14:331.

14:35A monster

14:36of a right hand

14:37has shattered

14:39the dream

14:39of E-Joon Kim

14:41and that was

14:42way too easy

14:43for Naoya Inoue.

14:45Our referee

14:46in charge

14:47Mark Nelson

14:48reaches the count

14:49of 10.

14:50He is the winner

14:51by way

14:52of knockout

14:53and still

14:54the undefeated

14:55undisputed

14:56Super Battle

14:57League champion

14:58of the world

14:59Naoya

15:00the monster

15:02Inoue.

15:05who

15:08talks

15:08Inoue

15:10there

15:11are

15:11all

15:12in

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