Boxing Kingdom

As was expected the Japanese Naoya "Monster" Inoue (19-0, 16 KOs), won all the stakes on the bench of the Saitama Arena. Now the 26 year old Japanese is WBA / IBF champion , and the winner of the 2019 Ali Trophy bantamweight. For the second time in his career, however, the terrible Yokohama hitter finished his fight on 12 rounds, because the superb 36-year-old Filipino Nonito Donaire (40-6, 26 KOs) made his life really hard. " The Filipino Flash " played a great match resisting a wild Inoue in the first four rounds and winning several rounds in the central part, where in the eighth round he opened a wound on the face of the house idol. Donaire shook Inoue in the ninth round but in the 11th round Inoue landed Donaire with a shot to the body. Donaire got up and was not overwhelmed in the final phase. The scores were 116-111, 117-109, 114-113, some generous for Inoue. The fight gave fans a great show, undoubtedly running for " Fight of the Year "

A legendary undertaking by Saul "Canelo" Alvarez , who at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas (USA) wins the title of WBO world light heavyweight champion by knocking out Russian Sergey Kovalev at the 11th round.  The phenomenal Mexican boxer climbs two weight categories by winning his fourth world title in four different categories. The 29-year-old Canelo now holds the title simultaneously in three different weight categories : WBO light heavyweight; WBA, IBF, WBC (we are between 72.5 kg) middleweight and Wba super middleweight (76.2 kg). In the past he was also a champion among the superwelters (69.85 kg). After the first ten very balanced rounds, the Mexican boxer closes the contest at the eleventh round with a deadly left-right right hook combination, which sends the biggest and heaviest Kovalev to the mat.  The Russian boxer struggled to get up and was forced to resort to the help of his seconds.  Canelo now boasts a record of 53 wins (36 before the