Inoue vs Nonaka

Who won Inoue vs Nonaka?

Takeshi Inoue beat Yuki Nonaka by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Thursday 26th April 2018 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

The scorecards were announced as 116-113, 115-113, 116-112 in favor of winner Takeshi Inoue.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 154 pounds (11 stone or 69.8 KG).

Inoue vs Nonaka stats

Back in April 2018, Takeshi Inoue stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 12 wins, zero loses and 1 draw, 7 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Yuki Nonaka made his way to the ring with a record of 31 wins, 9 loses and 3 draws, with 10 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Inoue had a large advantage in power over Nonaka, boosting at 58% knock out percentage over Nonaka's 32%.

Takeshi Inoue was the younger man by 12 years, at 29 years old.

Nonaka had a height advantage of 4 inches over Inoue.

Takeshi Inoue fought out of the orthodox stance, while Yuki Nonaka was a southpaw.

Inoue was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 30 less fights, and made his debut in 2014, 14 year and 8 months later than Nonaka, whose first professional fight was in 1999. He had fought 205 less professional rounds, 172 to Nonaka's 377.

Takeshi Inoue went into the fight ranked number 15 by the WBA, 6 by the WBO and 9 by the IBF at super welterweight.

Yuki Nonaka was ranked number 11 by the IBF in the 154lb division.

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Inoue's last 4 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 3 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 3 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 31 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.8 rounds on average.

What time did Inoue vs Nonaka start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 AM UTC at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan, which was 7:00 AM EST or 4:00 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 12:00 PM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Inoue vs Nonaka?

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