Naoya “Monster” Inoue continues to live up to his name. Inoue made short work of Michael Michael Dasmarinas on Saturday stopping the challenger in 3 rounds.
Inoue used punishing left hooks to the body to dispose of Dasmarinas in the third round.
“Getting the win makes me smile, but to be able to fight the winner of Casimero and Donaire, that brings me another smile,” said Inoue.
Charlo Goes the Distance
Most experts predicted that Jermall Charlo would get rid of Juan Macias Montiel early but Montiel proved his was a live body. The judges scored the fight 119-109, 118-109, and 120-108.
Charlo (32-0) dominated most of the fight with big rounds in the 5th and 6th but he couldn’t put Montiel away.
“It took a real warrior to get in with me and (Montiel) fought each and every round as hard as he could,” said Charlo.
Charlo was universally criticized for not being able to end the fight with a stoppage but those criticisms are unwarranted. Charlo’s strategy was solid. The only criticism might be the 6th round when one could argue if Charlo had of thrown more punches, he might’ve forced a stoppage. Other than that what could he have done different?
If anything Montiel’s strategy could be questioned. Why did he fight as a southpaw so much? Should Montiel (22-5-2) have come forward earlier in the fight? The 8th and 9th rounds saw Montiel have moments after Charlo suffered his first cut of his career. “Like all Mexicans, we die on the line. I love it, I have passion and I have what it takes to a world champion. I needed to go down this road,” said Montiel.
Other than that Charlo fought a good fight against a tough fighter. Just like Shakur Stevenson’s last outing, every fight isn’t going to end with a knockout and that’s ok. That doesn’t take anything away from the fact that Charlo won just about every round.
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