Naoya Inoue: record, next fight and profile →
Featherweight Bruce Carrington notched another victory at the weekend and continued to call out two-division undisputed champion Naoya Inoue. The cultured slugger showed no fear in challenging one of the greatest lower-weight fighters of the modern era.
Junior featherweight undisputed champion Naoya "The Monster" Inoue, widely regarded as the one of the best fighters in the sport, is now facing the question: What’s next for the dominant champion?
With the eyes of Naoya Inoue watching from ringside, Bruce Carrington recorded an eighth-round TKO of Brayan De Gracia on Saturday at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Premier Boxing Champions has prominently positioned itself for participation in a slew of high-profile bouts in the featherweight division by striking a multi-fight extension with Brandon Figueroa.
Paul Stevenson has been the head trainer at the Everton Red Triangle gym for years and has overseen a conveyor belt of quality fighters and respected champions. Finally, one of his fighters has brought a world title belt back to the famous old Liverpool gym.
On June 15, unbeatens Gervonta “Tank” Davis and David Benavidez – with a combined 51 knockouts in 57 bouts – will share a Las Vegas pay-per-view in the 100th championship boxing event at MGM Grand.
Sam Goodman will face Chainoi “Rock Man” Worawut at Wollongong Entertainment Centre on July 10.
With an endorsement from the man who’s carried the mythical title for the past few years, undisputed heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk has elevated to boxing’s pound-for-pound king.
Turki Alalshikh is ready to become involved and assist in making a proposed fight between WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis (29-0, 27 KOs) and undisputed super-bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue (27-0, 24 KOs) if certain conditions can be agreed upon between the fighters.
Jonathan Lopez, the 20-year-old rising boxer and recent sparring partner of Naoya Inoue, spoke to BoxingScene about his career and upcoming fight.