In boxing, fighters who are making their professional debut often start their careers as four-rounders. Boxing rookies are matched with fellow newbies or journeymen who have more losses than wins to give the young guns get a head start in their careers.
Japanese youngster Naoya Inoue is not taking that route. The first two fights of his careers have been scheduled as eight-rounders against fighters with vast experience.
The 19-year-old fighter scored his second victory of his career yesterday against veteran Ngaoprajan Chuwatana of Thailand. Chuwatana held a record of 8 wins, all by knockout, against 11 losses. He was a former national champion of Thailand in the light flyweight division but Inoue made quick work of him.
The Yokohama-native connected with a left hook that veteran boxing writer Joe Koizumi described as similar to the one Sugar Ray Robinson used to knock out Gene Fullmer way back in 1957.
With the knockout win over Chuwatana, Inoue improved his record to 2 wins with 2 knockouts without a defeat. In his first fight, Inoue knocked out Crison Omayao of the Philippines. Omayao, who now has a record of 13 wins, 5 losses, and a draw, used to be the Philippines’ minimumweight champion but a single blow to the body from Inoue knocked him out in the fourth round of their encounter last October.
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