2024-04-10 09:33:00
Luis Neri (29, Mexico), former two-division world professional boxing champion and No. 1 in the WBC world class, announced on May 6th that he will challenge Naoya Inoue (31, Ohashi), the 4-group unified super bantamweight champion, at Tokyo Dome. Responded to media interviews. In an interview with American media outlet Boxing Scene on the 9th (10th Japan time), Neri said, “Inoue is a very good fighter and this is the biggest fight of my career. It’s all at stake,” he said enthusiastically.
Although he acknowledged Inoue’s ability at the beginning, he later said through a Spanish interpreter, “I’ve seen his fights, and I think he’s overrated. He’s just a normal fighter.” At least that’s how it looks to me.” On March 6th, he met Inoue at a press conference to announce the match held at the Tokyo Dome Hotel. Neri talked about the physical difference between him and Inoue, saying, “He’s a physically smaller fighter. He’s a normal fighter, just like the other fighters.”
He also touched on the development of the match and said he would stick to his boxing style. Neri said, “I like to come forward. I like to throw punches. I’m ready to fight for 12 rounds. But I hope it doesn’t go to 12 rounds. I hope it ends quickly. I’m in better condition, stronger, “We’ll be able to show off Neri, who is faster, smarter, and delivers harder hits,” he said with confidence.
He is currently making final adjustments while carefully controlling his weight in the United States rather than in his home country of Mexico. According to Hideyuki Ohashi (59), chairman of Ohashi Gym, to which Inoue belongs, his weight was 58.7 kg according to the WBC weigh-in a month ago. For now, I don’t have much anxiety about being overweight. As if to prove that he is in good condition, Neri said, “I don’t know which punches or which rounds, but the fight will definitely end in a KO.In the 2019 fight, Donaire punched Inoue and injured him.” “I’m younger than Donaire, so I’ll be able to put pressure on Inoue,” he said, indicating that he has the potential to beat Inoue.
He also talked about his final plans for his active career, saying, “If everything goes according to plan (a win against Inoue), there is a possibility that a match against (former WBA and IBF unified champion) Murodjon Akhmadaliev will take place. “That would be my last fight. I would retire.”
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