Who won Inoue vs Watanabe?
Takeshi Inoue beat Akinori Watanabe by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest on Saturday 14th January 2017 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.
The scorecards were announced as 79-73, 78-74, 78-74 in favor of winner Takeshi Inoue.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 8 rounds in the Super Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 154 pounds (11 stone or 69.8 KG).
Inoue vs Watanabe stats
Back in January 2017, Takeshi Inoue stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 8 wins, zero loses and 1 draw, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Akinori Watanabe made his way to the ring with a record of 33 wins, 5 loses and 0 draws, with 28 of those wins by knock out.
The stats suggested Watanabe had a massive power advantage over Inoue, boosting at 85% knock out percentage over Inoue's 50%.
Takeshi Inoue was the younger man by 4 years, at 27 years old.
Watanabe had a height advantage of 1 inch over Inoue.
Takeshi Inoue fought out of the orthodox stance, while Akinori Watanabe was a southpaw.
Inoue was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 29 less fights, and made his debut in 2014, 10 year and 5 months later than Watanabe, whose first professional fight was in 2004. He had fought 2 less professional rounds, 160 to Watanabe's 162.
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