Inoue vs Su

Who won Inoue vs Su?

Takeshi Inoue beat Cheng Su by technical knockout in the 2nd round on Saturday 18th January 2020 at Korakuen Hall in 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 the way of knock out.

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

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

Takeshi Inoue was the same age as Cheng Su, at 30 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, 172 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 26th January 2019 by unanimous decision in their WBO World Junior Middleweight championship fight at Houston, Texas, United States.

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

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

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

He had beat Koshinmaru Saito on 25th April 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, meaning he had been fighting on average 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.

What were the odds on Inoue vs Su?

Sorry, we couldn’t find any historical odds for Inoue vs Su.