Naoya Inoue is constructing in the direction of “the biggest fight in the history of Japan” in 2025.
Inoue is without doubt one of the most spectacular stars in world boxing. He has already develop into an undisputed world champion in two weight lessons.
Having unified all 4 of the most important world titles at bantamweight, over the course of 2023 and 2024 he amassed all of the belts at super-bantamweight.
Final 12 months he beat each Luis Nery and TJ Doheny, halting each males and persevering with a knockout run that has prolonged since he defeated Nonito Donaire for the primary time in 2019.
His subsequent defence, towards Australia’s Sam Goodman, was postponed when the challenger, additionally unbeaten, picked up a minimize over his eye in sparring.
Inoue will now field Goodman on January 24 on the Ariake Enviornment in Tokyo, dwell on Sky Sports activities.
If Inoue is victorious, US promoters Prime Rank intend to carry him again to America to struggle one other unbeaten fighter, Alan David Picasso, probably in April.
“The December 24 [fight against Goodman] is now going to be held on January 24 so that’s done, written in stone,” Prime Rank’s Bob Arum advised Sky Sports activities.
“And then after that fight we expect to bring Inoue to the United States to fight in Las Vegas against this Mexican fighter named Picasso. Which we’re going to have a lot of fun with. He’s a good fighter, Picasso.”
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Junto Nakatani landed two large left arms to retain his WBC batamweight title and arrange a possible conflict with pound-for-pound king Inoue
Junto Nakatani, the good Japanese WBC bantamweight champion, is rising as a menace to Inoue. He’ll defend his title subsequent on February 24 towards Mexico’s David Cuellar.
Arum needs to carry Nakatani to America to field on the identical card as Inoue, with a view to matching them towards one another later within the 12 months.
The promoter mentioned: “Then we’ll also have on that card the bantamweight champion, Nakatani. A tremendous fighter and if Inoue and Nakatani win their fights, which will probably be in April, then they would fight each other for the 122lbs title in Japan at the Tokyo Dome, which would be the biggest fight in the history of Japan.”
Watch Naoya Inoue defend the undisputed super-bantamweight world title towards Sam Goodman on January 24 dwell on Sky Sports activities
