
“Fighting Words” — For Canelo and Inoue, Undisputed Doesn’t Mean Their Work is Done
By David Greisman - Let’s start off with these brief and indisputable statements: Canelo Alvarez and Naoya Inoue are the kings of their weight classes...
Luis Nery: record, next fight and profile →

By David Greisman - Let’s start off with these brief and indisputable statements: Canelo Alvarez and Naoya Inoue are the kings of their weight classes...

TOKYO — Australian WBO bantamweight world champion Jason “Mayhem” Moloney may have to change his nickname to “The Road Warrior”.

TOKYO – You could passionately argue that few names in the sport trigger the same excitement as the one that is set to pack out the Tokyo Dome on Monday: Naoya Inoue.

TOKYO – Amid respectful scenes in Yokohama between Naoya Inoue and Mexican opponent Luis Nery ahead of their unified super bantamweight title fight on Monday night, promoter Bob Arum was in fine form.



Mexican former two-division world champion Luis Nery is aware that the odds are stacked against him, but a major upset in Tokyo wouldn't be the first of its kind.


Naoya Inoue, the Japanese boxing star, is one of the best fighters in the world having fought in America three times and in the U.K. once.

Naoya Inoue’s May 6 defense of his undisputed junior featherweight titles will be his sixth consecutive bout in his native Japan.