Historic fight card includes three additional world title matches
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Top Rank Boxing on ESPN presented by AutoZone: Inoue vs. Nery And three additional world title bouts will be presented live exclusively on ESPN+ in a special start time of 4am ET/1am PT on Monday, May 6. The event takes place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan and marks the debut of the top ranked mayhem tour There are 21 world champions vying for the belt with 12 world title bouts spanning four continents.
In the main event, Undisputed Junior Featherweight World Champion Naoya “The Monster” Inoue The Mexican will defend all belts against punchers Luis “Pantera” Neri.
Inoue (26-0, 23 KOs) Won her first world title in April 2014 and has been flawless since then. His record in world title bouts is 21-0, which includes 19 knockouts. He was named 2023 Fighter of the Year by espn.com and Ring Magazine and is making his debut in 2024 with the intention of solidifying his hold on the division.
Neri (35-1, 27 KOs) The former is a two-weight world champion who has held WBC titles at both bantamweight and junior featherweight. Since his loss to Brandon Figueroa in 2021, he has won four consecutive fights, including a sensational 11th-round knockout over Azat Hovhannisyan in one of the most intense matches of last year.
Co-featured, Australia’s WBO bantamweight world champion, Jason “Mayhem” Moloney (27-2, 19 KOs) Will defend his belt against rising knockout artist and former kickboxing world champion Yoshiki Takei (8-0, 8 KOs),
World title quadruple-header also includes WBA bantamweight world champion takuma inoue (19-1, 5 KOs)Naoya’s younger brother, who defends his title against a former world title challenger Police Station Ishida (34-3, 17 KOs), And, in a flyweight world title tilt, the newly crowned WBA world champion seigo yuri akui (19-2-1, 11 KO) battle Taku Kuwahara (13-1, 8 KOs) In a rematch of their 2021 encounter, which Akui won by 10th-Round TKO.
Calling the action will be ESPN’s Joe Tessitore and Hall of Famer, Timothy Bradley, Jr.
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Inoue vs. Nery (All Times ET)
| date | Time | events | fights | Topic | platform |
| Monday, May 6 |
Four o’clock in the morning |
main | Naoya Inoue (c) vs. Luis Neri
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IBF, WBA, WBC, WBO Junior Featherweight
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espn+ |
| co-facility | Jason Moloney (c) vs. Yoshiki Takei | wbo bantamweight | |||
| undercard | Takuma Inoue (c) vs. Sho Ishida | wba bantamweight | |||
| undercard | Seigo Yuri Akuei (c) vs. Taku Kuwahara | wba flyweight |
