On May 21, 2017, Naoya Inoue (12-0, 10 KOs), the super-flyweight WBO champion, defends his title against American challenger, Ricardo Rodriguez (16-3, 5 KOs).
Naoya Inoue is coming in to the fight on a 12-fight win streak with a 83% KO rate; his last fight was a 6th round TKO victory over Kohei Kono, 4 months and 21 days ago. Ricardo Rodriguez is on a 4-fight win streak with a 26% KO rate, with his last fight being a 4th round KO win over Carlos Narvaez, 2 months and 27 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Naoya Inoue at 99-1 winning odds. Ricardo Rodriguez really doesn't have much to present against Inoue.
Naoya Inoue made easy work of Ricardo Rodriguez, stopping the challenger via KO in the 3rd. Inoue improves his record to 13-0 (11 KOs), while Rodriguez adds a loss to his record at 16-4.