Inoue vs Ishida

Who won Inoue vs Ishida?

Takuma Inoue beat Sho Ishida by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Monday 6th May 2024 at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo.

The scorecards were announced as 118-109, 118-109, 116-111 in favor of winner Takuma Inoue.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 118 pounds (8.4 stone or 53.5 KG).

This contest was for the WBA bantamweight championship of the world.

This fight appeared on the undercard of Naoya Inoue beating Luis Nery for the IBF World Junior Featherweight, WBA Super World Super Bantamweight, WBC World Super Bantamweight and WBO World Junior Featherweight championship. Also, on the undercard Jason Moloney lost to Yoshiki Takei for the WBO World Bantamweight belt, Seigo Yuri Akui defeated Taku Kuwahara for the WBA World Flyweight title and TJ Doheny was victorious over Bryl Bayogos.

Inoue vs Ishida stats

Takuma Inoue stepped into the ring with a record of 19 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws.

Sho Ishida made his way to the ring with a record of 34 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws.

Takuma Inoue was the younger man by 4 years, at 28 years old.

Ishida had a height advantage of 3 inches over Inoue. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Both Takuma Inoue & Sho Ishida fought out of an orthodox stance.

Inoue was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 17 less fights, and made his debut in 2013, 4 year and 9 months later than Ishida, whose first professional fight was in 2009. He had fought 44 less professional rounds, 191 to Ishida's 235.

Sho Ishida was ranked number 1 by the WBA in the 118lb division.

Inoue vs Ishida form

Inoue had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 4 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Jerwin Ancajas on 24th February 2024 by knockout in the 9th round in their WBA World Bantamweight championship fight at Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan.

Previous to that, he had defeated Liborio Solis on 8th April 2023 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Bantamweight championship fight at Ariake Arena, Koto-Ku.

Going into that contest, he had beat Gakuya Furuhashi on 7th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Super Arena, Saitama.

Before that, he had won against Shingo Wake on 11th November 2021 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo.

He had beat Keita Kurihara on 14th January 2021 by technical decision in their 9 round contest at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo.

Sho Ishida had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Victor Santillan on 11th June 2023 by split decision in their 12 round contest at Sumiyoshi Ward Center, Osaka, Japan.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Kosei Tanaka on 11th December 2021 by split decision in their 10 round contest at International Conference Hall, Aichi.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Israel Gonzalez on 28th December 2019 by split decision in their 12 round contest at EDION Arena Osaka, Osaka.

Before that, he had been beaten by Kal Yafai on 28th October 2017 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Super Flyweight championship fight at Millennium Stadium, Wales, United Kingdom.

He had defeated Ryuichi Funai on 17th April 2016 by majority decision in their 10 round contest at EDION Arena Osaka, Osaka, Japan.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Takuma Inoue had been fighting more than Sho Ishida.

Going to this contest, Takuma Inoue had last fought 2 months and 12 days ago, while Sho Ishida's last outing had been 10 months and 25 days ago.

Inoue's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 54 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10.8 rounds on average.

Ishida's last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 7 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 56 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 11.2 rounds on average.

What time did Inoue vs Ishida start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:30 AM UTC at Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan, which was 5:30 AM EST or 2:30 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 10:30 AM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Inoue vs Ishida?

Inoue vs Ishida was broadcast on Sky Sports Action in the UK, while the fight was broadcast in the United States by ESPN+.

What were the odds on Inoue vs Ishida?

Takuma Inoue was a 1/7 (-710) favourite going into the contest, while Sho Ishida made his way into the ring at 9/2 (+450) with oddsmakers.