first time in four and a half years "I had a lot to reflect on, but it was good"

WBO Asia-Pacific Super Bantamweight Champion Takuma Inoue (26=Ohashi), younger brother of unified WBA/WBC/IBF world bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue (29=Ohashi), defeated Jake Bornea (27=Philippines) by TKO in 8 rounds at 2:48 to pass the baton to his brother, who aims to unify the four world teams in the bantamweight division.

He attacked cautiously at the start, but gradually closed the distance and continued to shower Bornea with a variety of punches, including left body, hook, upper, and even right straight. He was unable to defeat the ball firmly, but in the fifth inning, Takuma suffered a strong bleeding injury from a wound above his left eye, and in the eighth inning, the referee ruled that the game could not continue.

First KO win since May '18. Takuma nodded, "I didn't expect to use such a round, but I overwhelmed him from start to finish and ended up with a TKO, so I had a lot to reflect on, but it was good."

In November '19, he lost a unification bout to then-WBC World Bantamweight Champion Nordine Ubaali (France) and fell from the interim title, but since then he has won three consecutive fights for regional titles. We cleared this match, which was positioned as a "prelude" to the world championship again. His older brother, Naoya, is considering moving to super bantamweight after the unification of the four organizations, and the battle for the bantamweight belt that Naoya gave up will begin. Takuma expressed his desire to become a world champion first, and after his brother moves up the ranks, he hopes to collect them one by one.