World ‘puzzled’ as Aussie loses boxing title

The boxing world has been left scratching its head over “heartbroken” Jason Moloney’s tactics during his shock world title defeat .to Japan ’s Yoshiki Takei in a stunning upset at a packed Tokyo Dome as the co-main event of undisputed super-bantamweight world champion Naoya “Monster” Inoue ’s win over Luis Nery .

Takei was declared the winner by unanimous decision, with the judges scoring the bout 117-110, 116-111 and 116-111 in his favour. With Takei left looking shattered and at the point of exhaustion in the final round, commentators were left wondering why the Australian hadn’t rolled the dice with his big punches earlier in the fight.

When the fight got underway, challenger Takei was warned three times for low blows in the opening round. It had the commentators questioning Moloney’s call to fight in Japan rather than at home for his second title defence.

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