🔥 WATCH NOW: Relive the explosive showdown between Naoya "The Monster" Inoue and Ramon Cardenas in this full fight replay! Witness Inoue's devastating power, speed, and precision as he dominates the ring in another legendary performance.
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00:00All right, let coach know over here, everything from the gray letters up is going to be good.
00:07Everything from the white letters up here is going to be good, all right?
00:10Gentlemen, you've got my instructions in the back.
00:12Protect yourselves at all times.
00:14Listen to my commands.
00:15Touch them up.
00:16Back to your corner, gentlemen.
00:17Joe Tessitore and Tim Bradley on the call with you ringside for the undisputed Junior Featherweight Championship of the World.
00:23Timmy, we were watching closely the eyes of both men, but specifically Ramon Cardenas.
00:29His first world title fight.
00:32What did you see?
00:33You ready?
00:34He's a little timid, no doubt about it.
00:36However, I mean, Tess, the first thing Cardenas has to do is he has to feel like he belonged in the ring.
00:41Exactly.
00:43That's the first thing, and he has to feel that he believes that he can win.
00:48What does that translate to in the ring?
00:51What does he have to do in the ring to gain that confidence that he should be on this stage against this monster?
00:57Oh, he got to land.
00:58He got to land some offense against Inouye.
01:01He has to feel that, hey, I have the boxing skills to be able to compete with him.
01:04It's going to all be done by success, Tess, how much success he has in his first few rounds.
01:10Inouye measure it with the jab, tripling it up, goes on the attack with a three-punch combination.
01:19Yeah, a nice high-tie guard from Cardenas.
01:22By the way, the jab for Inouye, Timmy, 7.6 per round.
01:27That's number three among all elite championship-level fighters.
01:33He understands the sweet science, one, and he understands the game that, hey, if I get my jab working, everything else is going to fall in line.
01:41The power shots he's able to set up off that jab.
01:46That's just boxing one-on-one, Tess.
01:51Beautiful one-two right there.
01:52Nice jab.
01:54Splitting the guard of Inouye.
01:55Good timing right now from Cardenas.
01:58That's what he's going to do.
01:58He's throwing out a jab of his own.
02:00He's going to have to depend on timing.
02:01Nice.
02:02Works to the inside.
02:03And that's Inouye.
02:03Didn't throw the right hand behind it.
02:05No, but the jab right now is finding his way home.
02:08Good timing again from Cardenas.
02:11Beating Inouye to the punch.
02:12A lot quicker than Inouye probably thought or imagined thus far from Cardenas with that jab.
02:20Of course, when it comes to speed generating power, there are a few like Naoya Inouye.
02:26For the jab, steady work in this first round with it from the Monster.
02:35Good counter-attempt right there from Cardenas.
02:39Blocked by the right hand of Inouye.
02:42Yes, it was.
02:42However, I still like the approach.
02:44Hey, listen, throw it.
02:50He's looking for that counter.
02:52He's looking for Inouye.
02:53He's trying to time him on his way in.
02:56He's looking to throw a left hook over the top of the right hand of Inouye.
02:59Very consistent here with his final minute.
03:08With that lead hand, popping that jab time and again.
03:14First world title challenge in the career of San Antonio's Ramon Cardenas.
03:18Here, his corner, saying watch that distance as we come to the end of round number one.
03:30The Monster is back in the States.
03:32The Undisputed Junior Featherweight World Championship fight.
03:35We're going to take a short break and be back live in Vegas.
03:37I want you to be smart, okay?
03:51You're staying too straight, okay?
03:53When you see that fucking 1-2-8, stay low.
03:56With a good defense up here, okay?
03:59AJ, next round.
04:00Next round, I take the water.
04:02Okay.
04:02Here goes that one.
04:07Let's go, guys.
04:32Let's go, guys.
04:32It is 12.14 p.m. Monday afternoon in Tokyo, where the country sits back and watches this
04:49action in prime time here in Vegas, where Naoya Inouye, the Undisputed Champion, threw
04:5430 jabs in that first round.
04:55Here's the right hand.
04:56Yeah, that's a vertical jab with the thumb faced up towards the ceiling, coming to behind,
05:00blinding him with that jab, and coming right with that right hand.
05:04You're going to see more of that moving forward.
05:06However, Inouye right now, again, the problem right now that Connett is making is he's standing
05:11right in front of Inouye.
05:12You know, he's got to make Inouye pick up his feet a little bit.
05:16Like that.
05:17Trying to get some work on the inside.
05:18Exactly.
05:18Inouye covers up defensively.
05:20Exactly.
05:22But it's going to cover up.
05:23You've got to let the hands go, and he at least did.
05:25Exactly.
05:25So, that's two things, Tess, you've got to think about before you get in mid-range, or
05:31your opposition actually getting in mid-range before you.
05:34Either you've got to punch, or you better have something in your back pocket, meaning
05:40defense to offense.
05:42And right now, Connett is just sitting right there in front, not doing much on the offensive
05:46side, and that is a recipe for disaster.
05:49Goes to the body with the right hand, backs it up with the left hand, does Cardenas.
05:53Inouye comes back, tried to sweep that right hand to the body, and he goes to a combination
06:13that finishes with the left hand upstairs.
06:18Cardenas has a high, he's a high guard.
06:21He's staying tight with his guard as well.
06:23See a little, little blood right there coming from the nose of Inouye.
06:28Not sure where that blood's coming from.
06:31Ooh.
06:32Just off the mark with that right hand, Cardenas.
06:34Inouye just turned away from that full right hand from Cardenas.
06:41He's an upset-seeking American.
06:43See, Cardenas now, he's making Inouye try to pick up his feet, and he's starting to bring
06:53that pressure.
06:54Starting to bring that pressure towards Inouye.
06:56You talked about how do you gain confidence.
06:58This is how you gain confidence.
07:00Absolutely.
07:00But here comes Inouye.
07:03Inouye likes this type of fight, Tets.
07:04He does.
07:05We don't like the right hand.
07:06A little bit of blood coming from the nose.
07:07You're right, Timmy.
07:09He don't like to be pushed back.
07:11Not at all, but Cardenas, I think he found a little secret.
07:15Inouye's great at mid-range, great on the outside as well, but inside.
07:19Does he have the skill to compete against Cardenas?
07:23Cardenas trying to turn over that sweeping left foot.
07:25There's no way with him against the...
07:26Oh!
07:27Oh, the monster's down!
07:28The monster's down!
07:30Cardenas catches him!
07:32My, oh, my!
07:33Yep.
07:33What a shocker here in round two!
07:35Come here.
07:38Let's go.
07:40Can you believe what you just saw?
07:44Yep.
07:45There are books in the desert that has him as 100 to 100.
07:49There are dogs, and he just put Inouye down!
08:04Second round, right?
08:05Yeah, it's second round.
08:06Cover, cover, cover, cover.
08:08Short, short.
08:08In there, in there, in there, short.
08:10Short.
08:10In side, inside, inside.
08:12Got yourself.
08:12And you can't do it.
08:13You can't do it.
08:14You can't do it.
08:15You can't do it.
08:16You can't do it.
08:17You can't do it.
08:18You can't do it.
08:19Okay, he's been thrown with a...
08:21As soon as you see a body shot, throw punches.
08:24He's coming with a lot of power.
08:26Inouye right now, had Cardenas along the ropes, putting the combinations together.
08:31However, left himself exposed.
08:33Dropped that right hand.
08:34Guess what?
08:35Cardenas took a little small, little angle.
08:37Chained his position.
08:38Inouye followed him out.
08:39Didn't see that left hook coming.
08:41Boom!
08:42Set him down.
08:43Inouye has been down two times in his career.
08:47It happened in the first round against Lewis Neri.
08:49It happened.
08:50You know the thriller against Donaire when he was cut over the right eye.
08:53How does he react?
08:56Come out on the attack.
08:57Yep.
08:58A knockdown scored in round two by Cardenas.
08:59Yep.
09:00Cardenas.
09:01Cardenas.
09:02The San Antonio based, upset seeking, Ramon Cardenas.
09:04Stay right here.
09:05Stay right here.
09:06Stay right here.
09:07All right, we got an action around the headbutt.
09:08No cut.
09:09Come here.
09:10Guys.
09:11Stop.
09:12Stop.
09:13Stop.
09:14Watch those hands, all right?
09:15Go.
09:16No cut on the accidental clash.
09:17It's a sweeping right hand from the monster.
09:20The monster is on the attack.
09:21He's on the attack.
09:22Yep.
09:23On the attack.
09:24On the knockdown scored in round two by Cardenas.
09:25Yep.
09:26On the San Antonio based, upset seeking.
09:27Ramon Cardenas.
09:28Stay right here.
09:29Stay right here.
09:30The monster needs to be defensively responsible after he punches.
09:35Cardenas right now, what he's doing, he's waiting on a mistake.
09:38He's waiting on in a way to get greedy.
09:41And he knows that opposite hand, that catch and shoot is available for him.
09:45He's looking for that hold.
09:47I'm telling you.
09:48And Tim, I give you credit for what you broke down just before this main event in your lab segment.
09:53When you talked about that opposite hand.
09:56When you talked about it being down.
09:57Boy, he went for it there.
09:59I'm going to tie him and sweep that left hook again.
10:02As Inouye probes with the jab.
10:05Goes to the body.
10:06Showing levels now.
10:08And Cardenas comes forward inching ahead.
10:17Knockdown scored in round two by Cardenas.
10:20And Cardenas is staying real tight behind that defense as well.
10:26Inouye's having a hard time really penetrating that, that, that high guard.
10:32He really is.
10:33It's tight.
10:34Good combination.
10:35Tried to split the guard with the right hand.
10:36Came back with the left to finish.
10:37Right hand to the body.
10:38Caught a little bit of the flank and a little bit of the elbow.
10:41Yup.
10:42Any time.
10:43And then another thing that Cardenas is doing is, is any time he sees.
10:47Ooh.
10:48I'm telling you.
10:49I told you he knows how to punch in between.
10:50But any time he sees Inouye going, he's at the high guard.
10:52It's a problem.
10:53A little bit with the left hand again.
10:54That's another issue.
10:55He doubles up the right hand.
10:56Ooh.
10:57Right hand from the monster.
10:58Inouye comes forward on the attack.
10:59Oh.
11:00Oh.
11:01He is sitting on the right hand.
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11:55Take a look at the right leg!
12:02Take a look at the right leg!
12:05You can break them down if you just put pressure on them!
12:08Give them water!
12:10Get on the shell and walk them down!
12:13But when you're inside, go to the body and then uppercut!
12:16I need you to start touching the body a little more!
12:19Take a look at the right leg!
12:21I'm going to cover the right leg!
12:23I'm going to go to the right leg!
12:25I'm going to go to the right leg!
12:27I'm going to go to the right leg!
12:29I'm going to go to the right leg!
12:31I'm going to go to the right leg!
12:35Let's go back to Tim Bradley's lab that he showed all of us pre-fight.
12:39This is what Timmy was explaining the flaw defensively with Naoya Inouye,
12:44and it showed up in the second round, Tim.
12:47You explained this pre-match.
12:49You see any resemblance right there?
12:51Same exact shot right there!
12:53Left four on the inside!
12:56The undisputed champion was floored in the second round.
12:59The upset-seeking Ramon Cardenas, who at the beginning of this fight,
13:04Inouye was a minus 6,500 favorite!
13:09Minus 6,500!
13:11The current odds on ESPN bet.
13:13He's minus 400.
13:15Bernardo!
13:17I just spoke with Joel Diaz, and he says,
13:20Look, I asked Ramon to pressure more and dig to the body.
13:24And he told me, Coach, he doesn't crack.
13:26And I said, Yes, he does crack.
13:28Just stay confident, but don't make mistakes.
13:32He said he doesn't crack.
13:35And that's the first indication right there again.
13:38He's mentally in this fight, Tess.
13:40That's what I'm talking about.
13:41He's mentally believes that he can take Inouye's shot.
13:44So he's here to endure whatever it takes to be able to get off his offense.
13:49Tess, I'm telling you, he's looking for that counter, Tess.
13:52That last round, he was just a little bit off the mark.
13:56But Inouye slows down a bit and gets lax on his defense.
13:59It's gonna be night-night, Tess!
14:01Timmy, before this fight, I turned you and said,
14:04Just answer this question real simple.
14:07We got a minus 6,500 favorite in a pound-for-pound elite.
14:12Does Cardenas have a puncher's chance?
14:14You didn't even hesitate.
14:15You said yes and a little more.
14:17He has, you know what he has?
14:22Again, IQ, he's a well-rounded fighter.
14:27But he has dynamite in both hands.
14:29He has good timing.
14:30I saw that on film.
14:31Great timing.
14:32And he knows how to punch in between shots.
14:37And with what happened in the second round when he floored Inouye,
14:40he just keeps bubbling up with confidence.
14:43So four punches like that.
14:45Inouye, though, timing it.
14:46Now Inouye on the attack with a combination.
14:53Inouye's trying to, again, penetrate that defense.
14:56Doubles up the left hand, upstairs, and then downstairs to the body.
14:59It's beautiful work by Inouye, no doubt about it.
15:01But he's gotta be responsible defensively.
15:05Has to be.
15:08Oh!
15:09He caught him.
15:10Wide-sweeping, and he made him pay.
15:12And now he goes to the body.
15:13Then goes upstairs.
15:14Back to the body.
15:15And Cardenas fires with return.
15:18Good right hand from Inouye.
15:19And now the accuracy is showing up.
15:25And the desire to have fights like this.
15:29Big round for Inouye.
15:31Oh, he's turning it on.
15:33Cardenas is covering up.
15:35And the monster is showing what he's about.
15:38You'll be able to see the corners while we take this commercial break.
15:49It's a great fight.
15:50It's a great fight.
15:53It's a great fight.
15:58You see, no way you can touch it.
15:59It's a great fight.
16:00We're low-powering, so it's going to have an attack.
16:03We're taking a hook.
16:05Here's the line.
16:06There's a great fight.
16:09One!
16:14How do you feel?
16:15Good.
16:16Are you all good?
16:17Tell us you might eat?
16:18Yeah.
16:19I want you to keep your defense.
16:25Also, try not to miss, because if you go through, he'll catch you.
16:29That could be on the stage.
16:30He can catch you on the way out with him.
16:32Bad punch, man.
16:34Okay?
16:35Hey, why aren't you fucking doing this, this, this, this?
16:39Why are you staying here?
16:39He's supposed to keep your hands here.
16:49When we were preparing all week to call this fight,
16:59there were moments where I didn't think I'd be tossing it over to Mark Kregel
17:03to even get a scorecard at the end of four.
17:06Mark, how do you have it?
17:07It's 38, 37, Ramon Cardenas.
17:12One thing that Inouye told me this week was what he learned from the nary knockdown.
17:18No doubt Cardenas believes in himself, but that knockdown taught Inouye something.
17:23Knockdown tonight happens in the second round.
17:27Inouye now is totally aware of what Cardenas is using.
17:31He understands that he's punching right after he's punching
17:34and punching with him with the left hook.
17:36So what he's doing is now he's just pulling.
17:39He's like, okay, I'm going to get my offense off,
17:41but I know you're going to shoot right afterwards,
17:43so I'm going to pull my body back out of range,
17:45and then I'm going to come back with some offense.
17:46That's what you see in a minor adjustment from Inouye.
17:51Earlier tonight, just the second time in the career of Inouye
17:54that he has been knocked down.
17:56We saw the odds swing way in the favor the other way
18:00as Cardenas was showing his stuff.
18:02Remember, Inouye, minus 6,500 favorite at the start of the night.
18:08But after that last round, when he came back, back up to minus 1,300.
18:12That shows you the entertainment value you're getting here
18:16with this undisputed world championship fight.
18:19But look at the last round.
18:20Inouye bounces back and looked awesome.
18:23It was 29 out of 80 thrown.
18:25Again, Inouye, walking that tight line right there.
18:30Beautiful slip counter right there from Cardenas.
18:35Counter right hand, overhand right down.
18:38Inouye again.
18:39He loves that rope.
18:40I'm telling you, that tight line.
18:41He gets close to the fire.
18:42He's trying not to get burned.
18:43But gosh, I'm telling you, Cardenas is right off the mark.
18:46I mean, man, a few more inches with that shot, he's going to be able to land.
19:05I'm telling you.
19:06Cardenas is digging in.
19:08When he fires, he brings it.
19:10But what he needs to do is he needs to take the level down, go to the shoulder, or step
19:16in.
19:17One little half a step forward when he throws that left hook, and he will catch Inouye.
19:22It was the left hook that did the damage in the second round.
19:27Cardenas has landed 23 power punches for this point.
19:30There's a combination of the right hand, split the guard, and then the left hand going
19:33to the body from the monster.
19:35Inouye has an 82 to 47 connect advantage to this point.
19:39Oh, a thudding right hand, and Cardenas fires back to the body.
19:49Cardenas fires back to the body.
19:50He's got such heart in there.
19:53Cardenas fires back to the body.
20:05Oh, a little bit his ears will help.
20:08Oh!
20:09Is there anything around him?
20:11Oh come on I guess I'm gonna come on I guess I got that only back if you're
20:17going to move your head like that lean forward I understand
20:21Hey I don't want you to lean back I want you to stay on the shelf when you drop the shelf I need you to stay far behind and move your head side to side and step in
20:45okay wait up boy so you're gonna catch them sooner or later
20:48what's what's what's really gonna shoot you
21:02now you in a way has often said that he wants to make fights that people enjoy well everybody is
21:09wildly entertained with what we are seeing tonight and give credit for Ramon Cardenas for delivering
21:16with power we're here in round number six in a way has a 91 to 53 connect advantage but he
21:25has been floored for just the second time in his career
21:32test this is the first fight that I've seen him in a way where his power is not
21:35hasn't transitioned well test at once for 122. I mean shot that just landed there
21:42look he's hitting them with everything and Cardenas already told Joel that he was like hey you don't
21:47have power he's used to fighting bigger guys Cardenas in a way came in from the lower weight classes but
21:53this is the first time me actually seeing a guy stand directly in front of him and say I don't fear you
21:59referencing Joel Diaz the veteran trainer of Ramon Cardenas who of course Timmy was with you for
22:05so many years absolutely back to the body with that probing jab from the monster
22:20catches him on the inside with a right hand underneath that attack to the body
22:26now you got to keep in mind that Cardenas this is first 12 round yes exactly first world title fight
22:32in the career of Cardenas and something that is critical we heard with that here goes the monster
22:37and he's got a lot of time to work with varying attack to the head to the body Cardenas is in that
22:45neutral corner and a strafing attack he's in a whole lot of trouble now oh he hurt him with that body
22:52shot too left hand for the body comes in from in a way can Cardenas survive this last minute for round six
23:01Cardenas sitting on the left hook test he's sitting on it he's waiting he's waiting he's
23:06behind the right hook that did damage earlier but in a way unrelenting now Cardenas gives an angle
23:14turns turns around and he comes swinging out in a way said he loved the war he loves these type of fights oh what a great round we've got here
23:24the heart and grit of Cardenas the elite offensive attack of in a way oh right hand and then a body
23:35simply body shot right left hand swept across the belt line and Cardenas has to gather himself now short
23:42left uppercut just missed with the right comes back with the left attack after attack to the body look at this punishment
23:50final seconds of round six this is the way it's supposed to look
24:00he's different he's different man oh man is that great stuff
24:20do you want to take a little bit of a load of you let's take you to where we've arrived the
24:32highlights unbelievable through six rounds it has been a throw it absolutely has both guys made the
24:39second round right here oh my gosh landing that left hook beautiful that's a signature left hook from
24:46from Cardenas right there.
24:48Cardenas feels that, hey, I can take his punching power,
24:50no doubt, I can sit in front of this monster.
24:54However, as the rounds continue,
24:56as Cardenas continues to take these punches over and over,
25:01whether they're landing cleanly or not,
25:02that takes a lot out of you.
25:05But you saw in that last round anyway,
25:07going forward, he understands now
25:10what Cardenas is trying to do.
25:12And now he's taking that away from him.
25:14Now what we gotta see is what Cardenas have planned
25:17moving forward.
25:18In that sixth round, now Yanaway threw 90 punches,
25:23landed 48, but look at this.
25:2533 of them were power punches in the last round.
25:2833 power punches landed in the last round by Yanaway.
25:37You see Yanaway keep pulling away from that left hook,
25:39he sees it.
25:42He has it down now.
25:44Let's check in with Bernardo.
25:48In the corner of Ramon Cardenas,
25:50they do not want Yanaway having the momentum.
25:53They want Cardenas to go forward and attack and pressure,
25:56because that's when he had success earlier on.
25:58Absolutely.
26:00Now, I mean, look, when you have a line like Yanaway,
26:04and he's pushing you back, he knows the end is near,
26:07and he's going forward.
26:08Ooh.
26:09Ooh.
26:10In the way getting caught right there, standing straight up.
26:12Oh, that was good.
26:13Kills shot right there, attempt from Yanaway.
26:16Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
26:19San Antonio base, Ramon Cardenas,
26:22giving everything he possibly can,
26:26but finding out that there are offensive levels to this game.
26:31And when you go against Yanaway,
26:33Oh, oh.
26:34The level is different.
26:35He broke his back test.
26:36Look at this attack here.
26:38Halfway through round seven.
26:40My goodness.
26:41Did you see how he crumbled along the roadside did?
26:43Oh, he sends him back with that left hand to the side.
26:47The body shots have been effective,
26:50but then the right hand sneak in as well.
26:53Comes up and around with the left hook upstairs.
27:03All he needs is a little bit of separation,
27:05yet look at Cardenas still standing right in the kitchen.
27:08Look at the fighting, Cardenas.
27:10Putting the fire on, Yanaway.
27:12Digging with body shots.
27:14Don't you just love the heart?
27:17Right uppercut on the inside.
27:19Shoulder to shoulder.
27:35Separation with the right hand,
27:37and that sends Cardenas back a few steps.
27:41And another right hand.
27:42Oh!
27:43But it knocks him down.
27:45A right hand scores the knockdown.
27:49Six, seven, eight.
27:51Good.
27:52Come here.
27:52Come here.
27:53Go.
27:54Final seconds of round seven.
27:57Can he get to the bell?
28:00Or will the monster strike?
28:19Or will the monster strike?
28:23OK.
28:24He can't get to that one shot.
28:25He can't get to that one shot.
28:26He can't get to that one shot.
28:28He can't get to that one shot.
28:29He can't get to that one shot.
28:30You have to take care of for a lot.
28:31Yeah.
28:32You need to go for it, wait.
28:35I'm giving you one more fucking round.
28:36Why?
28:37Because I see that you're slowing down.
28:38I need you to show me that you can beat this fucking guy
28:40by walking him down.
28:41When you walk him down, look.
28:42Anyway, the end is near.
28:47He knows it.
28:48He smells it.
28:49That's what Lions do right here.
28:51He does it differently.
28:53You see the four right hands right there.
28:55Cardinals pitted in the corner.
28:59Anyway, making sure that he seals the deal with these combinations right here and trying
29:10to close this match.
29:12Joel Diaz in the corner of Ramon Cardinals says, I'm giving you one more round.
29:17Cardinals said, why?
29:18He says, because you're slowing down.
29:19He's also taking immense punishment.
29:23101 power punches absorbed through seven rounds.
29:33Anyway, made the adjustments.
29:35See, that's a high boxing IQ.
29:37He got hit with that shot.
29:39Now he's very aware of it now, Tess.
29:42And Cardinals has yet to land that same shot again that he landed in the second round.
29:48Body shot right hand.
29:50He's in trouble again.
29:51Here in this eighth round.
29:53It's all in a way.
29:55And it's all over.
29:57In a way.
29:58It's great.
29:59In eight.
30:00When you watch the fight game, you should be in awe of what you're seeing.
30:21Saying, how are they taking that?
30:25How are they giving that?
30:27And how awesome is it?
30:29That's what this undisputed world championship fight was.
30:33That's what it's supposed to look like.
30:37And it delivered.
30:38They traded knockdowns.
30:40They gave everything they could.
30:42A massive underdog showed fire and grip.
30:47An all-time great proved himself.
30:49And a massive crowd in Vegas loved every single second of it.
30:56Take us through it, Timmy.
30:58Oh, my gosh.
30:59What a finish by Noya Inouye.
31:02Again, when he knows he has his man hurt, when he can feel that he's not given any kind of resistance,
31:09he goes in for the kill.
31:10At this point, it was just a matter of time.
31:13Inouye knows it.
31:14He felt it before he even stepped out during the round.
31:18Again, too much firepower.
31:21I don't care.
31:22He doesn't care.
31:23Al, yeah, you drop me.
31:25However, guess what?
31:26I'm going to drop and stop you as well.
31:30This is what greatness looked like, Tess.
31:32This is what greatness looked like.
31:34This is what the pound-for-pound fighters in the game supposed to be doing.
31:39Let's give it up for carniness.
31:41Absolutely.
31:42For giving us a fight.
31:44I mean, truly, he showed up.
31:47Not for a paycheck, Tess.
31:49He showed up.
31:50His first world title fight in against the monster.
31:53And we said early on, you looked in his eyes and you just questioned it.
31:58But if he could get something early and gain confidence, and that's exactly what happened.
32:06Let's make it official with Jimmy Lennon, Jr.
32:08Ladies and gentlemen, we have the time.
32:1445 seconds in round number eight.
32:18A referee stops the contest.
32:19He is the winner by way of technical knockout.
32:23And still, the undefeated, undisputed, Jr. Featherweight champion of the world, Naoya, the monster, Inoue.
32:37He's now 30-0 with 27 knockouts.
32:44And we will hear from him when we come back.
32:48An man.
32:48Look, here.
32:50Here.
32:51Right here.
32:56Right here.
32:57Over here.
32:57Out there.
32:58Here.
32:58Right here.
32:59Right here.