Inoue vs Su

Who won Inoue vs Su?

Takeshi Inoue beat Cheng Su by technical knockout in the 2nd round on Saturday, January 18th, 2020, at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo.

The scorecards were announced as 10-8, 10-8, 10-8 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 Su stats

Back in January 2020, Takeshi Inoue stepped into the ring with a record of 15 wins, 1 loss, and 1 draw, 9 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Cheng Su made his way to the ring with a record of 14 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, with 8 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Inoue had a slight advantage in power over Su, with a 60% knockout percentage compared to Su's 57%.

Takeshi Inoue was the same age as Cheng Su, at 31 years old.

Su had a height advantage of 3 inches over Inoue.

Takeshi Inoue fought out of the orthodox stance, while Cheng Su was a southpaw.

Inoue was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2014, 7 months later than Su, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 99 more professional rounds, totaling 172 compared to Su's 73.

Takeshi Inoue went into the fight ranked number 15 by the WBC, 9 by the WBO, and 14 by the IBF at super welterweight.

Inoue vs Su form

Inoue had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Jaime Munguia on January 26, 2019, by unanimous decision in their WBO World Junior Middleweight championship fight at Houston, Texas, United States.

Prior to that, he had defeated Yuki Nonaka on April 26, 2018, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Niwat Kongkan on November 10, 2017, by technical knockout in the 8th round at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo.

Before that, he had won against Riku Nagahama on August 10, 2017, by technical knockout in the 8th round at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo.

He had beaten Koshinmaru Saito on April 25, 2017, by technical knockout in the 7th round at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo.

Activity check

Inoue's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 8 months and 24 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 6 months and 18 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 47 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.4 rounds on average.

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