While his opponent comes into this one with an unblemished 27-0 record, Doheny has recovered well from set-backs recently.

The loss of his undefeated record and IBF super-bantamweight title to Daniel Roman in April 2019 was the start of a run of four losses in six fights up to March 2023.

But he has won his last three fights, all staged in Japan, with his most recent victory coming against Bryl Bayogos on the undercard of Inoue's win over Nery.

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Naoya Inoue's record stands at 27 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws

Having started out at 108lb, he now tips the scales at 122lb and has held world titles at light-fly, super-fly, bantam and now the super-bantam, taking his latest titles from Stephen Fulton with a devastating performance in the summer of 2023.

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Today marks Inoue's first time in the ring since May when he climbed off the canvas and recovered from the first knock-down of his career to beat Mexican Luis Nery in front of 55,000 fans in the Tokyo Dome.

Such is Inoue's popularity in his home country, that card was the first boxing event to be held in the venue since Buster Douglas' famous upset of Mike Tyson in 1990.

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Hello and welcome to our live text coverage of Naoya Inoue's defence of his super-bantamweight world titles against Ireland's TJ Doheny.

We're on Japanese time this afternoon which means you can expect to be enjoying this super-bantamweight title fight alongside your lunchtime sandwiches.

One of the best pound for pound boxers in the world, 'The Monster' is the overwhelming favourite in front of his home crowd in Tokyo's Ariake Arena, but 37-year-old Doheny is an experienced opponent and a previous world champion at this level having held the IBF super-bantamweight title from 2018 to 2019.

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