VS
Dec 30 2018
Sunday

Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan

12 round contest @ Bantamweight
Tasana Salapat
Salapat
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12-0-0
UD 12
UD 12
48-0-0

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Belts on The Line

Vacant WBC Interim World Bantamweight Championship

The tape

23
Age
25
5' 5" / 164 cm
Height
5' 7" / 169 cm
64.2" / 163 cm
Reach
68.5" / 174 cm
Orthodox (R)
Stance
Southpaw (L)

Tape record

UDKOUDUDUD
Form
TKOTKOTKOTKOTKO
12
Wins
48
3
By KO
33
25
KO%
69
0
Loses
0
0
Draws
0
2013
Debut
2011

Tape rankings @ Bantamweight

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The Ring
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WBA
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5
WBC
2
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WBO
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IBF
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Takuma Inoue vs Tasana Salapat report


Who won Inoue vs Sanpattan?

Takuma Inoue beat Tasana Salapat by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Sunday, December 30th, 2018, at Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo.

The scorecards were announced 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 vacant WBC bantamweight championship of the world.

This fight appeared on the undercard of Masayuki Ito's and Evgeny Chuprakov's clash for the WBO World Junior Lightweight championship.

Inoue vs Sanpattan stats

Back in December 2018, Takuma Inoue stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 12 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Tasana Salapat made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 48 wins and 0 draws, with 33 of those by knockout.

The stats suggested Salapat had a massive power advantage over Inoue, boasting a 69% knockout percentage compared to Inoue's 25%.

Takuma Inoue was the younger man by 2 years, at 23 years old.

Salapat had a height advantage of 2 inches over Inoue. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Takuma Inoue fought out of the orthodox stance, while Tasana Salapat was a southpaw.

Inoue was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 36 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 2 years and 8 months later than Salapat, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 216 fewer professional rounds, totaling 191 compared to Salapat's 407.

Takuma Inoue went into the fight ranked number 5 by the WBC at bantamweight.

Tasana Salapat was ranked number 2 by the WBC in the 118lb division.

Inoue vs Sanpattan 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 Mark John Yap on September 11, 2018, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan.

Prior to that, he had defeated Waldo Sabu on May 25, 2018, by knockout in the 1st round at Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Kentaro Masuda on December 30, 2017, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Bunka Gym, Kanagawa.

Before that, he had won against Hiroyuki Kudaka on August 30, 2017, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo.

He had beaten Froilan Saludar on September 4, 2016, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Sky Arena, Kanagawa.

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Inoue's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 3 months and 26 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 5 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 43 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.6 rounds on average.

What time did Inoue vs Sanpattan start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 AM UTC at Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan, which was 5:00 AM EST or 2:00 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 10:00 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Inoue vs Sanpattan?

The fight was broadcast in the United States by ESPN+.

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Result

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Tasana

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Takuma Inoue

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108

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