Naoya Inoue vs. TJ Doheny: Live round-by-round updates

The Naoya Inoue vs. TJ Doheny round-by-round updates are here to provide fans with real-time coverage and live scoring of the world championship bout.

As a championship fight, it will be contested in a 12, three-minute, round affair, with the Inoue's undisputed super bantamweight title on the line. For Inoue, who is undefeated at 27-0 with 24 wins by knockout/TKO, it will be his chance to extend and tighten his stranglehold over the super bantamweight division.

He is expected to win, and he will look to use his vaunted punching power to become the first fighter to knock Doheny out. The Irishman, meanwhile, is a 30-fight veteran with 26 wins and four losses. Like Inoue, he is a heavy-handed boxer and has stopped 20 opponents thus far.

Moreover, Doheny is a former IBF super bantamweight champion. Unfortunately, his chances of winning, at 37 years old no less, are slim, with the oddsmakers at DraftKings Sportsbook listing Inoue as a -5000 favorite, while Doheny is a +1700 underdog.

The event takes place on Tuesday, Sep. 3, from 5:45 AM ET/ 2:45 AM PT/ 10:45 AM BST. It will be broadcast exclusively on ESPN+ in the U.S. from Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan. Inoue vs. Doheny ring walks are estimated for 6:30 AM ET/ 3:30 AM PT/ 11:30 AM BST.

Follow Sportskeeda for play-by-play analysis and live scoring of the super bantamweight clash.

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Naoya Inoue vs. TJ Doheny

Round 1: The round starts with both men pawing at each other in the center. Inoue soon finds himself pressuring Doheny, but not much has happened yet. It's a patient start for the Japanese knockout artist. He's backing the Irishman up to the ropes and comes up just short with a check hook.

Doheny lands a jab to the body. Inoue backs him to the ropes and lands a quick one-two. A body shot lands for Inoue. More body shots from Inoue, this one a right hook. Not much activity from Doheny. 10-9 Inoue

Round 2: Doheny opens the round with a body jab. Another body shot for Doheny, who clinches and drives Inoue to the ropes, forcing a break from the referee. Inoue answers with a body shot of his own. A hard right hand for Inoue cracks Dohney, nearly sending him through the ropes.

Inoue lands a quick jab, follows up with a right cross. Doheny lands a body jab, but eats a partial check hook. Inoue's pressure is relentless, he's not giving Doheny much breathing room, landing a hard body shot. Inoue scores with a combination. 10-9 Inoue

Round 3: Inoue lands a pair of jabs, backing Doheny up. More jabs for Inoue, who intercepts a Doheny level change with an uppercut-hook combination. Doheny partially lands a combination. More aggression from the Irishman, even if brief, as he lands some rear hands and body shots.

Inoue digs into the body with a right hook, which Doheny answers in kind before unleashing his own combination. The Irishman looks to have found his rhythm. Inoue lands a jab. 10-9 Doheny

Round 4: Inoue back on the front foot, landing a body jab. Doheny returns fire with his own. Another body shot lands for Doheny, which Inoue answers with a jab. A nice left hand lands for Doheny, snapping Inoue's head back. A long left hook lands for Doheny.

The champion lands some jabs, backing Doheny up with a combination. Inoue lands with a hard body shot. More body shots for Inoue. Inoue has him trapped against the ropes, but Doheny lands body shots of his own. Though true to form, Inoue lands more body shots, before finding a home up top.

A rear hook lands for Inoue. 10-9 Inoue

Round 5: Inoue on the front foot once again, but eats a one-two from Doheny, who now has him trapped in the corner. They clinch and the referee breaks them up. Inoue is still in the corner, and looks to be putting himself there on purpose, as if he's trying to bait Doheny into something.

Doheny lands a body shot. Inoue lands a three-punch combination, but Doheny answers with his own. A check hook lands for Inoue. Inoue is back to pressuring, backing Doheny up to the corner, landing hooks. Doheny lands a nice right hand, but he can't keep Inoue off of him.

Inoue is pushing the pace now, landing another body shot. A jab lands for Inoue, before Doheny lands his own. 10-9 Inoue

Round 6: Doheny with a nice one-two, landing to the body then the head. Inoue is crowding the Irishman, battering his midsection before finishing the combination up top. Inoue is giving Doheny no breathing room, landing a hard body shot. More hard body shots for Inoue, but Doheny answers with a right hand.

Inoue continues investing in the body. Doheny is starting to struggle, and Inoue lands exceptionally hard to the body. Doheny's technique and discipline are waning. Inoue snaps his head back with a jab. Doheny lands a body shot, but he's getting walked down.

They clinch, Inoue breaks and lands an overhand right that looks to have stunned Doheny. Inoue is drowning him, battering him with crushing combinations, hunching him over with body shots. 10-9 Inoue

Round 7: Inoue opens with two jabs, immediately blasting Doheny to the body, before a sudden injury seems to cause Doheny to drop. Doheny is limping and the referee calls an end to the bout. It's an anticlimactic end. Doheny keeps pointing to his side.

The accumulation of body shots may have broken Doheny's ribs, but there's little clarity beyond the fact that it's a stoppage win.

Official Decision: Naoya Inoue def. TJ Doheny via TKO in round seven (0:16)