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In 2020 Jason Moloney was offered the chance to face Inoue for the IBF and WBA bantamweight titles in a temporary venue known as ‘The Bubble’ at MGM Grand in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
The Australian jumped at the chance.<\/p>\n
Moloney, who went on to become a WBO bantamweight champion in 2023, describes taking Inoue’s best shots.<\/p>\n
“It’s like a shocking power,” he says.<\/p>\n
“You go into the fight – you know he’s the Monster. You’ve seen his knockouts. You’ve heard about his power.<\/p>\n
“He was throwing a few, I was catching a few on the gloves and I thought ‘this is OK, this is nothing I can’t handle’. But when he lands them, they’re just so crisp.<\/p>\n
“It’s a real shock that just sort of goes right through you like electric. They’re not nice to wear.<\/p>\n
“In round eight as I’m moving round to my corner, he hit me with a backhand with two seconds to go.<\/p>\n
“It hit me flush on the chin. I remember the bell going and I cannot remember a word of what Joe said to me in that corner. <\/p>\n
“I remember standing up to go out for round nine and thinking ‘wow, my legs are still shaky’. I still couldn’t feel them.<\/p>\n
“It’s more so the timing, the speed and the accuracy.<\/p>\n
“It’s more the all-round power around it, rather than a one-shot Deontay Wilder-type power.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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