By Joe Koizumi
Monster Inoue’s younger brother, Takuma Inoue (18-1, 4 KOs), 118, acquired the vacant WBA bantamweight belt as he earned a unanimous decision (116-112, 117-111, 118-110) over Venezuelan Loborio Solis (35-7-1, 16 KOs), 117.5, over twelve close rounds on Saturday in Tokyo, Japan. Despite the unanimous verdict it wasn’t an easy victory for Takuma, 27, who couldn’t show his usual speed and skills only to mix it up in the close quarter and repeated clinching with the 41-year-old veteran.
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How cool is that – you vacate the belt and your BROTHER gets the title?! I don’t think Takuma is champ for very long but congrats to him for this victory.
WBA what should we expect !
Remind me of Ramon Alvarez who got a title shot just as a favor to his brother (I think)…