Monsters are real. Just ask Jamie McDonnell, who was relived of his WBA bantamweight title in merciless fashion as Naoya Inoue needed less than two minutes to score a crushing knockout victory.
At 5’9 to Inoue’s 5’5, McDonnell sought to made it a long-distance affair by pumping the jab and and circling. But Inoue easily breached the distance gap by darting in with a lead left hook to the body. The shot pushed McDonnell to the ropes where Inoue let loose with a quick combination.
McDonnell attempted to regoup by targeting the stomach with a body jab, but was quickly countered by a left hook to the top of the head. The shot wobbled him and a knockdown, via a left hook downstairs, quickly followed.
McDonnell rose and was met with a series of shots punctuated by a left hook for the final knockdown with 1:08 remaining.
The win is improves Inoue’s record to 16-0 (14 KOs) and gives him a third title in as many weight classes at the age of 25.
Expect this to just be the beginning of his reign of terror as the new title-holder will participate in the World Boxing Series bantamweight tournament.
Beats, Boxing and Mayhem 
Inoue was brutal, I cant wait for the new WSSB tournament, I think it should be better than the Crusierweight one… Him, GGG, Loma and Crawford easily my favourite fighters to watch right now… Saying that I think the way Jamie had to drain himself was stupidly dangerous, he looked like an old man with terminal illness on the scales!!! I heard he put on nearly 2stone over night or something stupid, thats fckn crazy…