Japanese boxer Naoya Inoue can move up to another division and win a belt at his fifth weight, Vasily Voitsekhovsky, a Russian light heavyweight, told .
On Monday in Tokyo, Inoue knocked out Mexican Luis Nery in the sixth round and defended his title as absolute champion of the second bantamweight division. In this fight, Inoue was knocked down for the first time in his career. Previously, the Japanese held all the bantamweight belts, were the WBO super flyweight champion and the WBC super flyweight title holder. Inoue has 27 victories in 27 fights in the professional ring.
— I really like Naoya Inoue, he’s cool! There were no surprises in the fight, although the first-round knockdown added intrigue. Inoue is a real top of his division, he is the discovery of Japanese boxing, he is loved at home and around the world. I think he can still move up a category and win titles there. He hits very short and hard, he is a fiery fighter and full of character. He had it all: skills and character. Such guys usually box very successfully and often end up in the World Boxing Hall of Fame,” Woitsekhovsky told .
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