Takuma Inoue drops, dominates Froilan Saludar
(Takuma Inoue)
Sky Arena, Zama, Kanagawa Japan- Talented Japanese young prospect Takuma Inoue the younger brother of Naoya Inoue score an impressive win against world rated Filipino Froilan Saludar.
Many boxing fans thought that Takuma Inoue will easily beat Saludar but the Filipino came to Japan to fight and not to give the easy win to Takuma.
Froilan Saludar showed his skill to dropped Takuma Inoue in the very first round of the fight. The corner of Takuma made adjustment in the second round to avoid any danger from the Filipino.
By the start of second half Inoue was in the lead. He was the better boxer cleary but he was forced to fight hard in every round over determined Saludar. The Japanese prospect scored a knockdown in the 8th round and 9th round,
All of the three judges favored Takuma Inoue to win the fight with scores of 97-90, twice, and 96-91.
Takuma Inoue remains unbeaten with 8 wins and 2 by stoppages while Saludar dropped to 23W-2L.
In the main event Naoya Inoue the older brother of Takuma scored 10th round knockout over Thai Karoon Jarupianlerd aka Petchbangborn Kokietgym to retain his WBO Superflyweight world title.
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