“There is a right way for titles to change hands, a right way to consolidate them: in a manner expeditious as it is violent, captivating as it is definitive. This is the only way Naoya Inoue accepts, and it would be uniquely his were it not for the apex predator from Omaha. Inoue is now the undisputed super bantamweight champion of the world, a distinction he secured, fittingly, on Boxing Day, stopping Marlon Tapales in ten rounds at the Ariake Arena in Koto-Ku, Japan. After two fights, the division is Inoue’s; consecutive concussive performances reminding us that if “all the belts” is your ambition—and your talent is equal to it—the excuses for falling short of your goal might reside in you.”
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