Cardenas then flipped the entire fight in the second round. After showing more aggression and forcing Inoue backward early in the round, Cardenas took advantage of Inoue's attempt to return the aggression and landed a left hook counter, dropping Inoue to the canvas in a shocking moment.

Naoye Inoue rose from the canvas to add another vicious knockout to his climax reel, overpowering Ramon Cardenas in the eighth round of a wild super bantamweight bout at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Naoya Inoue saved the boxing weekend with a thrilling comeback over Ramon Cardenas to defend his undisputed super bantamweight titles after an early knockdown in Las Vegas.