Nick Ball ground down TJ Doheny to secure victory after 10 rounds in a second defence of his WBA world featherweight title Saturday. Ball (22-0-1, 13 KOs) increased the pressure as the fight progressed,

Of course, Ball is also being heavily linked with four-weight world champion Naoya Inoue, who could step up to featherweight to further cement his claim as the best pound-for-pound fighter. Inoue is the undisputed super-bantamweight champion and has previously held titles at bantamweight, super-flyweight and light-flyweight.