Naoya Inoue and Luis Nery Make Weight In Tokyo Ahead of Dome Blockbuster
May 5, 2024 • 1:03 AM ET
TOKYO – Naoya Inoue and Luis Nery both made weight at the first time of asking in a ballroom at the Tokyo Dome hotel today.
The main eventers weighed-in first ahead of their unified super bantamweight title fight on Monday (May 6).
There was applause when Inoue came under the 122lbs weight limit, and arguably some sarcastic clapping when Mexican challenger Nery came in a whole pound under the limit.
Nery had previously been banished from Japan, for failing a PED test against Shinsuke Yamanaka and then missing weight in their return fights, which were both at bantamweight.
The WBC also announced that a Diamond belt, a trophy, would be presented to the winner of Inoue-Nery.
WBA/WBC/WBO/IBF super bantamweight titles
Nayoa Inoue – 121 3/4lbs
Luis Nery – 121lbs
WBO bantamweight title
Jason Moloney – 117 3/4lbs
Yoshiki Takei – 117 3/4lbs
WBA bantamweight title
Takuma Inoue – 117 3/4lbs
Sho Ishida – 117 3/4lbs
WBA flyweight title
Sergio Yuri Akui – 112lbs
Taku Kuwahara – 112lbs
Eight rounds super bantamweight
TJ Doheny – 121 3/4lbs
Bryl Bayogos – 121 1/2lbs
Tris Dixon covered his first amateur boxing fight in 1996. The former editor of Boxing News, he has written for a number of international publications and newspapers, including GQ and Men’s Health, and is a board member for the Ringside Charitable Trust and the Ring of Brotherhood. He has been a broadcaster for TNT Sports and hosts the popular “Boxing Life Stories” podcast. Dixon is a British Boxing Hall of Famer, an International Boxing Hall of Fame elector, a BWAA award winner, and is the author of five boxing books, including “Damage: The Untold Story of Brain Trauma in Boxing” (shortlisted for the William Hill Sportsbook of the Year), “Warrior: A Champion’s Search for His Identity” (shortlisted for the Sunday Times International Sportsbook of the Year) and “The Road to Nowhere: A Journey Through Boxing’s Wastelands.” You can reach him @trisdixon on X and Instagram.
