Naoya Inoue and Ramon Cardenas prove that boxing doesn't require heads, just matched battles

It seems like the undisputed super lightweight champion fight resets the boxing dial on Sunday night.

After a weekend of gimmicks – led by a VIP card in Times Square in New York, and a sparse breakfast struggle in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Naoya Inoue and Ramon Cardenas fought in the Las Vegas, trapped in the “monster” in “monsters” to keep the limits on “his monsters”.

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Thanks to the eighth round TKO, Inoue now stopped his last 11 opponents – all in the World Championship. He heard the last bell of 2019 in the final of the World Boxing Super Series.

But it's not without drama. After Cardenas' left hook left hook, the champion hit the canvas in the second round, but all of this seemed to poke the “monster” and later revenge in the subsequent round.

With the ticking of the round, Inoue became stronger and more destructive, almost getting his man out in the sixth round. The bell saved a brave Cardenas.

Inoue beat his first fight in the seventh round, grabs Cardenas in the corner and drops him after landing four straight right hands. The ending was in the subsequent round, with referee Thomas Taylor stepping in after an unanswered fist.

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“By watching tonight’s fight, everyone knows I love to argue,” Ionu said. “I was very surprised (when knocked down), but I calmly put things together. From then on, I made sure not to punch again.”

“The fans here are supportive and great,” he added. “I hope I can entertain them.”

Not wanting to indulge in too much exaggeration, Inoue and Cardenas save a weekend of boxing, otherwise it will be remembered for the head and novel battles.

Any fist in the T-Mobile arena encountered on Sunday night with the deafening “OOOH” or “AAAH” and both men were filled with a buzzy atmosphere with this lively atmosphere considered the contenders of the year's battle.

It's a very simple equation, but the sport seems to be trying to get rid of it. Pair two matching fighters together in the ring and make sure fans can participate and you will most likely hit the gold.

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But the more playing cards Turki Alalshikh and Saudi Public Investment Fund have in the sport’s infrastructure, the more common these heads will become. After all, why do you need to attend fans when you have endless money available to you when you effectively put on TV ads to promote your country?

Alalshikh's troops held their feet firmly at the door so that those voices holding them would become quieter and quieter. Fans have been fascinated by many super fights over the past 18 months, but the foundation of boxing is such an incredible sport when this initial sugar spike disappears.

After the unexcited Ryan Garcia vs. Rolando “Rolly “Romero” and Saul “Canelo” Canelo Alvarez vs. William Scull fight, Inoue vs. Cardenas provides the sport with much-needed arms to end the weekend.

Both guys lay all this on glory, instead of an exaggerated salary check, and are recognized by a man who insists on being called “Holy.”