Nick Ball Planning for Naoya Inoue Superfight after defending the WBA World Cup against TJ Doheny | Boxing news
Nick Ball forced Do Doheny from his fight for a world title after 10 rounds to keep the WBA World Cup in the pen category.
Their first round at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool ended bizarrely, and Doheny grabbed the champion in the head before the ball, frustrated, hit his opponent in the leg, sending Doheny to cross.
Then he avoided the sanction, but in the ninth round became a point for throwing Doheny.
It just concentrated Ball hit power made a difference, ultimately.
Doheny is an experienced operator, a former worldwide champion in a division below whom he fought in the last fight with the indisputable champion Naoya Inoue, and he has created problems for Ball in the early departure of fighting.
Jugpaw, he shifted skillfully and chose moments to catch the ball with his shots.
But boxing in his hometown, the ball would not be rejected. Sunny frustration, he knocked down Doheny.
The right eye Irishman was swelling as the ball headed around it in the ninth round. Tagging, Doheny couldn’t prevent him.
The ball continued the attack on the front leg in the 10th round. Doheny, after the fight, just to stay upright, after that circle he pulled his own corner.
One of the British Boxing Fighters, Ball had a Star 2024, who unhappy attracted Rey Vargas in the fight against the WBC title, but won the WBA belt when he beat Raymond Ford.
“I have to turn me on and take my time,” Ball said TNT Sports after. “They want to see all the actions, but obviously I can box and do it, so now I have shown both.
“I felt he was tired of the pace I set up. So everything went well.”
Liverpudlian hopes that the Japanese Inoue superstar, an indisputable world champion of Super Categories, is moving to Pero so that he can fight.
Promotor Frank Warren said TNT Sports: “If that happens, it will be at the end of the year, or maybe early next year, but it is a plan. He won’t wait until then, he will still want to fight. Our job is to be busy and continue to return it here.
“We are in Liverpool, everyone came out for this. They were marvelous crowds,” he added. “We’ll continue to come back for our champion.”
Naoya Inoue returns to action 5 May against Ramon Cardenas live Sky Sports
