On December 30, 2016, Naoya Inoue (11-0, 9 KOs), the super-flyweight WBO champion, defends his title against former world champion Kohei Kono (32-9-1, 13 KOs).
Naoya Inoue is coming in to the fight on a 11-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate; his last fight was a 10th round TKO victory over Petchbarngborn Kokietgym, 3 months and 26 days ago. Kohei Kono is on a 1-fight losing streak with a 31% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision loss to Luis Concepción, 3 months and 30 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Naoya Inoue at 99-1 winning odds. Kohei Kono really doesn't have much to present against Inoue.
Naoya Inoue stopped Kohei Kono via TKO in the 6th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO super-flyweight title. Inoue improves his record to 12-0 (10 KOs), while Kono adds a loss to his record at 32-10-1.