Naoya Inoue turns sparring partner’s legs to jelly in brutal KO video

Naoya Inoue has provided further compelling evidence as to why he is one of the most-feared boxers in the world. 

Footage recently emerged of the Japanese puncher turning his sparring partner’s legs to jelly with a vicious right-hand, left hook combination. 

The video, uploaded on Monday, shows Inoue letting rip to the body before landing a couple of concussive blows upstairs that scrambled his teammate’s senses and sent him tumbling to the canvas.

Inoue is currently in camp for his upcoming clash with Stephen Fulton on July 25 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo.

The former undisputed bantamweight champion is stepping up to super-bantamweight to challenge Fulton for the American’s unified WBC and WBO titles.

Stephen Fulton is the reigning and defending WBC and WBO super-bantamweight champion

Their contest had initially been scheduled for May 7 but the date was pushed back after Inoue suffered an undisclosed injury during training.

The exciting clash pits two of the best fighters in the world up against each other with Inoue ranked No2 in the Ring Magazine pound-for-pound ratings and Fulton topping the esteemed publication’s 122lb list.

Inoue’s meteoric rise to fame started in 2014 when he picked up the WBC light-flyweight title against Adrian Hernandez with a devastating sixth round knockout.

He would go on to defend that title just once before moving up to junior-bantamweight to dethrone long-reigning WBO title holder Omar Narvaez followed by a long-stretch at bantamweight, where he became undisputed champion.

The Monster now goes in search of his fourth-weight world title but will meet stark resistance from Fulton, who is highly thought of by those in the know.

Fulton, who turned over as a professional the same year that Inoue first became world champion, defends his WBC and WBO titles simultaneously for a second time.

In 2021, he defeated Angelo Leo to capture WBO gold before adding the WBC strap to his collection ten months later in a hard-fought majority decision victory over Brandon Figueroa.