Brutal Beatdown! Tim Tszyu (AUS) vs Takeshi Inoue (JPN) | Boxing Fight Highlights | KO

Takeshi Inoue. Tim, the soul taker. Zuuu. 10,000 here to see this live. Expected at the start. Definitely not. Look, Tim's straight. This one and Inoue just waiting to Zuu. Has as well. These are two big men. Big eyes out the right. Opening round already. One, two he goes. One of those big right hands over. So he come up the middle. Really high in front of his face. You can see Tim's going to punch around that guy. He tries it again with his left hand. That's the punch. Ben Damon here in commentary alongside the legendary Jeff Benek. You pay. Jabbing is in. Inoue charges for an uppercut. He goes to the body and Zuu. Yeah, Tim's just waiting. And this huge crowd. Chance was different to what we were told to expect. Right hand Inoue but. Tim showed the full kit of punches. To stop the uppercut. Looking position and uppercut. Approaches him in the corner. Inoue bombs Zuu touching with that right hand. As he goes one, two. Get a shot away. Inoue's got his hands up very hard. Nice right hand. Came back. Hooks around. One minute left in round two. The gloves of Inoue. Just crowds Zuu. See that. We see Amoris that he's going for time and time again. Jabs to the body. Right hand over the top. Jabs. Uppercuts again to trouble. Now jabbing away. He goes to a decisive body shot. In front of him at the moment. Moves through his body very soon. Damage. Shot over the top from. Uppercut again to short. Inoue up the middle. Now he throws that from Tim Zuu and around the guard. Uppercut after he goes around the glove. Inoue. Zuu's got that right hand again. Headspace. But we know. Round number three. Moving in. Tim's throwing that left uppercut. He's trying to set something up. Oh, big right hand gets through from Tim Zuu. There's another here in round three and then to the body. Bounced him straight off. Pushing him back in the ropes every time. Uppercuts as well. Look at the way he just pushes him away. Looks for a big shot there. And going to open up his target is Tim Zuu. That's what Tim's waiting for. Tim wants him to go for punches. Around the guard again. Wants to start the rounds in a way. But it's Zuu from Inoue who produces his right hand. Measuring and looking to that body. Strong right hands. I'll tell you something. We're all talking about how big and strong Inoue is. Yeah, he's showing his man strength in this. Gets his space and Inoue works from there. But then takes a hook. One, two, three and four. When he opens up, Tim will open up. Getting on the right hand. But those right hands down the pipe like that. With another round of action. He's hit himself. He throws that right hand. This is with the right hands up. A wild shot. Inoue up the middle. Uppercut from Inoue. Does he find the body here? No, Inoue comes forward and front. Will he go to the body? Oh, that's from Takeshi Inoue. To the right side of Takeshi Inoue and he got big shots. Tim Zuu. And Tim Zuu jabs away and now. Inoue can't. Right hands. Uppercuts. Now he burrows forward. Body shot as well. Finding a home for a kid of punchers. Around the guard with the left hand is Zuu. And so the body goes Inoue now. Right hand from Zuu. He's indifferent to those. And there's that body shot. He just nods his head at it. But one, two, three from him. Wild from Inoue. As he really hangs on to the ends of it. The return of champion. To the body. Wanted that left to the body. It's Takeshi Inoue. We've seen that in previous fights. And tries to use that uppercut. He goes back to. There will be damage done. He looks for an opening Zuu. And while he does, Inoue attacks. Because Tim Zuu is closing in. It is so far. Yes. Shots from Inoue. Zuu the aggressor. Oh, big shot. One, two and three. Inoue just lost his footing. And fell forward a little. And now throws a good shot from Inoue. Inoue needs to weather a storm. And here is the action. In this neutral corner. Inoue. And waiting for it. He did. So. Can he make it? That's a strange thing. Oh, big shot from Inoue. He's right in risks. Follows around. And now he switches out. Gets him on that occasion. Oh, that's a big shot. Over the top. He's there to hit. But he's covering up. He's tough. There's Takeshi Inoue. There's that right hand from Inoue as well. Inoue. World champion. This was the round. The ripped Takeshi Inoue. And Tim's just standing right in the zone. And Inoue's not throwing. Curious performance. It is. This is the number one position in the world. Now he just covers up again. There's Takeshi Inoue. Inoue turned again. And again. Halfway through round six. Inoue. That is a big shot to the body. And so is this. Inoue. And again. Now he goes forward again. And goes downstairs with the right hand. Inoue flies back. He's found his target late in this round. Here comes those shots. Tim will really hit him hard in this round. He likes so much. Big shots of his own. But takes a couple there. Except big stuff. From Xu. Good shot from Inoue. But just couldn't quite catch it. Those body punches are going to start to turn in the hooks in a minute. Body shots. One, two, three. You know, he has to make that touch, touch, punch. Gets through from Xu. And around the guard. And rocks around. Started to have some key moments in that. Signs. Started to show from. Straight into the body and over the top. Goes Xu. Chogun. Like he did. Against Chifu. Body shot Xu. That one digs in. No matter of course. He's looking for the big shots. He's looking to in and continues the assault. There's in the body. Slave misses. Play back against Dwight Ritchie. He nearly found round number eight. Against a couple of other punches first. In. Goes. One, two into the gloves. Yeah, he needs to open up. He needs to take risks to win this fight. He'll need something big. Well from Inoue. From Xu. Just rocking there. He's the world number six. For just the once in his career. In a world title fight. Against Jaime Munguia. The Japanese. Up inside. Inoue. The right hand. Okay, let's see. Just above it on that occasion. Inoue. We love to see slipping away from him. Takeshi Inoue. Into the body he goes. Throws a wild one. He jabs away. Not enough to keep him away. There's that one-on-one as a pro. Heading into this fight. On there fighter. We're applauding him. Encouraging him. Hooks. And again with power. He's against these ropes and in this corner where damage is. Big shot there from Inoue. He's not going anywhere Ben. He's still just showing him his punches. From Zu, the mandatory world title challenger. Closes in and they just bounce off each other. And Inoue charges forward with a minute left in round. A couple of double makes it here tonight. A slip there from Zu. He's okay. Throwing that jab a lot now. Wild uppercut from Zu. Misses again with that right foot. There goes Zu. A left hand to the body. This is a better round for Takeshi Inoue. He's finding his marked body shots. Around the gloves. He stopped that at the moment. Yeah he's still trying to go. Working here is. This follows. Inoue goes to the body. Flicks out that right hand. Pressing forward. And just missed with that right hand Ben. It was a good right hand. Later in this fight. Who jabs down his own. Tries to counter with that quick right hands. Body goes to Takeshi Inoue. And Tim's just saying at the moment. And Inoue's hands up. Tim's just touching. He's changed. Good shots there. Early up. Right hand Inoue. So did Inoue. Zu wore it well. Tim Zu. He's in with it of his own. And Zu comes back. Body shots. Still looking relatively fresh. Zu taking some good shots from Takeshi. There's still two rounds to go. And this guy's dangerous. Here's some of the highlight of the direction. Well Inoue finding uppercuts. Having really strong moments. So world number six. Seen Takeshi Inoue's previous fight. And he's proved that here tonight. As he's beating Zu. And they want to see something. He's never been knocked out. He's never been hit. With the same ferocity we've seen. Good activity here from Takeshi Inoue. Just missed a big shot from Tim. He hasn't worked quite as hard. Inoue. There he's sitting on his punch at the moment. Zu hasn't been impacted by any of those shots from him. Big swing by Inoue. It was. Sydney and live on main event television. Plenty said that it would finish him. He's tough. The crowd for both Tim Zu and for Takeshi Inoue. He is resilient. In a way does he have something left. Something big. Tim Zu leads with that right hand. And on goes Inoue. Uppercut as well. Good shot. Good shot there from Zu. Inoue. The punches down on him. One, two from Zu. But into the gloves. Statement. And Inoue will want to pull something. Through the last few fights. And uppercuts as well. Inoue to the body. He's brought it upside down. Takeshi Inoue as he takes that. He's got left as he produces more. It's his stoppage. He's the one that he likes now. Winging around the gloves. Tim Zu. No doubt at all that the champion. Uppercut from Zu. And now it's change. Inoue. We thought he'd do the first round. There's blood coming from the mouth of Inoue now. Zu's got a big right hand of his own. Zu. Chasing. Great fight.