Takuma Inoue was named Fighter of the Month by the World Boxing Affiliation (WBA) in its February rankings publication, which comes together with the month’s prime honors and likewise awarded Julian Smith as Honorable Point out.
Inoue defended his WBA bantamweight world belt towards Jerwin Ancajas final February 24, in Tokyo, in a dominant struggle that ended with a knockout within the ninth spherical. The Japanese confirmed his standing as 118-pound champion by defeating an opponent of nice caliber simply due to his velocity and technical work.
The 28-year-old Japanese goes by the most effective second of his profession and now has six wins since 2021 as he awaits the challenges to return.
For his half, Smith appeared final February 2 in Orlando, Florida, towards Cuban Orestes Velazquez for the WBA Worldwide tremendous light-weight title. The American was not the favourite however managed to impose his boxing and win by technical knockout within the last a part of the struggle.
It was a dominant struggle that exhibits the evolution of Smith, who’s 33 years previous. The Illinois native has been overcoming obstacles between robust fights however has now capitalized on all of the laborious work and is a WBA regional champion.
The rankings lists for the month of February are public and may be reviewed within the corresponding part of the group’s official web site.
