Inoue vs Nagahama

Who won Inoue vs Nagahama?

Takeshi Inoue beat Riku Nagahama by technical knockout in the 8th round on Thursday, August 10th, 2017, at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Super Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 154 pounds (11 stone or 69.8 kg).

Inoue vs Nagahama stats

Back in August 2017, Takeshi Inoue stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 10 wins, zero losses, and 1 draw, 5 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Riku Nagahama made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 7 wins and 1 draw, with 3 of those by knockout.

The stats suggested Inoue had a slight advantage in power over Nagahama, with a 50% knockout percentage compared to Nagahama's 43%.

Takeshi Inoue was the older man by 1 year, at 27 years old.

Nagahama had a height advantage of 2 inches over Inoue.

Both Takeshi Inoue and Riku Nagahama fought out of an orthodox stance.

Inoue was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 10 months earlier than Nagahama, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 131 more professional rounds, totaling 172 compared to Nagahama's 41.

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Inoue's last 2 fights had come over a period of 6 months and 27 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 3 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.5 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Inoue vs Nagahama?

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