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Japanese world champion Naoya Inoue defended his undisputed super-bantamweight crown with a destructive fourth-round stoppage win against the overmatched Ye Joon Kim.<\/b><\/p>\n
The 31-year-old controlled the opening rounds before increasing the intensity and dropping Kim with a flush right hand at Tokyo’s Ariake Arena.<\/p>\n
The Korean challenger, who took the fight at just 11 days’ notice, valiantly attempted to get up on the count of 10 but the 32-year-old was saved from further damage as the referee halted the contest. <\/p>\n
Nicknamed ‘Monster’ for his outstanding knockout ratio, unbeaten Inoue defended his WBA, WBC, WBO, IBF and Ring Magazine titles with a 26th stoppage in 29 professional wins.<\/p>\n
“I didn’t have enough time to study my opponent so I took some time to see what’s coming from him,” Inoue said.<\/p>\n
Inoue is a four-weight world champion and arguably boxing’s number one pound-for-pound boxer.<\/p>\n
He is also a two-weight undisputed champion having won all four recognised world titles at bantamweight.<\/p>\n
Inoue said his next two fights will take place in Las Vegas and Saudi Arabia. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n