Inoue vs Tapales LIVE: Boxing fight updates and results today

Tapales blocks a series of varied, heavy shots from Inoue, but the Filipino will have felt the impact of all of those.

Now Tapales fires off a southpaw cross to the mid-section. He corners Inoue and lands a decent cross, before Inoue fights his way into space, using his jab nicely.

A left hook is just wide of the mark for Inoue. Tapales lands to the body, and again, before seeing a right hook blocked upstairs.

Cross up top, right hook to the body by Inoue. His counter jab lands but a counter hook just misses.

Nice right hand by Inoue after he baits in Tapales with a feint.

A good round for Tapales, but Inoue started to turn the tide later in the frame.

Tapales backs up Inoue, who drops Tapales to a knee with a counter jab!

It’s ruled a slip, but that looked like a legitimate knockdown to me.

One-two to the body of Tapales, now a quick counter flurry of straight shots by Inoue.

Again Inoue lands a counter jab as Tapales opens up. The Filipino blocks a hard right cross.

Slick counter uppercut by Inoue, then a hook just misses for the Japanese. He loads up on a right hand but is out of range.

Strong jab by Tapales. Inoue tries to retaliate at once, using more short, straight punches.

Heavy right uppercut to the body by Inoue, as his first shot of the fight, after he parries a jab.

Now a one-two, which Tapales blocks. Plenty of power on that effort, too.

Southpaw jab to the body by Tapales. Inoue tries a right hook, but he can’t curl it around his opponent’s guard.

Another one-two by Inoue is smothered by Tapales, but the cross seems to sneak through slightly.

Tapales with a decent left hand, and Inoue comes back with another right hook to the body. Now a lovely step-back uppercut by Inoue, squeezing it through the guard of Tapales.

Lunging jab to the body by Tapales from range.

First bell! We’re under way!

Both fighters are now in the ring! The main event is minutes away...

The boxers’ national anthems are up first.

Two US judges for this bout, one from Canada. The referee is also from the US.

Now we’re onto the fighter introductions.

Inoue’s pro record stands at 25-0 with 22 knockouts. Tapales is 37-3 with 19 KO wins and 2 KO losses.

Inoue is 30, Tapales is 31. Inoue fights out of Japan, Tapales fights out of the Philippines.

At 5ft 5.5in, Inoue is an inch-and-a-half taller than Tapales. The Japanese’s reach – 67.5in – is two-and-a-half inches longer than Tapales’s, too.

Inoue stands orthodox, while Tapales is a southpaw.

Tapales, the WBA and IBF champion, is making his ring walk first. Then, it will be WBC and WBO champ Inoue.

As we wait for the main-event ring walks, read our preview of Inoue vs Tapales right here:

Seiya Tsutsumi def. Kazuki Anaguchi via unanimous decision.

Tsutsumi gets it done! He suffered a nasty cut but scored four knockdowns to win what was a competitive fight (in spite of those knockdowns).

Brutal stuff at times. Tsutsumi has earned every one of the 10 million Yen that he’s now receiving in the form of a giant cheque.

Next up? The main event! Naoya Inoue vs Marlon Tapales, to crown an undisputed super-bantamweight champion.

Don’t go anywhere.

Round 10

Final round. It’s a firefight from the first bell! Blood is smeared on Tsutsumi’s left cheek, having slipped down from his lascerated brow.

Anaguchi with stern left straights. Tsutsumi with a left uppercut to the head and a right hook to the body.

Now Anaguchi catches Tsutsumi with a right hook. Grazing left cross by Anaguchi. Tsutsumi fires back to the body.

OH! With fewer than five seconds left in the fight, Anaguchi goes down again! It’s due to a pair of hooks!

That’s the fourth time in this fight that Anaguchi has arguably led a round but likely lost it due to a knockdown.