Inoue remains undisputed world super-bantam champ after Doheny quits with injury

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese boxing superstar Naoya Inoue remained the undisputed world super-bantamweight champion when Irish challenger TJ Doheny dropped to his knee and quit in the seventh round because of an apparent back injury on Tuesday.

Doheny complained of a “twinge” after walking back to his corner gingerly. Before then, he was getting pummelled by Inoue, who celebrated his technical knockout — for a 28th successive win — in muted fashion in Tokyo.

This was the 31-year-old Inoue’s 23rd world title fight since his first in 2014. He is a four-division world champion, in light-flyweight, super-flyweight, bantamweight — where he was also an undisputed champion — and now the super-bantamweight.

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