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Inoue avoids disaster, stops Cardenas in thriller

Andreas Hale

created: May 5, 2025, 6:07 a.m. | updated: May 5, 2025, 10:32 a.m.

After getting knocked down early, Naoya Inoue overpowers Ramon Cardenas and earns a TKO win in the eighth round to retain his undisputed junior featherweight championship. But Inoue shook off the cobwebs and methodically went to work, using a stiff jab to set up a body assault that took some steam out of Cardenas' punches. It got loose in the second round. Both fighters' punches landed with an audible thump that drew a rise from the 8,474 fans inside the arena. Naoya Inoue celebrates after defeating Ramon Cardenas in Sunday night's junior featherweight title boxing.

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