Naoya Inoue: record, next fight and profile →
Naoya Inoue and Luis Nery inch closer to a deal that would provide by far their largest audience to date. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the aforementioned undisputed junior featherweight championship matchup is targeted to take place on May 6—a Monday—at the famed Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan.
Who you got? Naoya Inoue or Terence Crawford. The imaginary, yet salient pound-for-pound number-one fighter in the world is currently an open debate. Of course, there are a few fighters that are shuffled into the mix.
Every first or second place choice in the BoxingScene pound-for-pound year-end poll went to one of two people. It’s the same two people just about everyone else has too. Terence Crawford edged out Naoya Inoue but it’s clearly a two-man race for the moment and 2023 was another example of why. Crawford finally got his generational showdown at
By Keith Idec - “The Monster” made 2023 his most historically significant year since Naoya Inoue made his pro debut in October 2012. Inoue entered the year as boxing’s undisputed bantamweight champion. He ended the year as the sport’s fully unified junior featherweight champion after defeating a pair of unified 122-pound champions during a legacy-enhancing five-month stretch.
It might be just a mythical title, but practically every fighter salivates at the thought of being regarded as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. Essentially, the number one slot is being fought over by Terence Crawford and Naoya Inoue.
Murodjon Akhmadaliev knew he had a big fight on his hands. All he had to do was keep winning and eventually, a showdown against Naoya Inoue was bound to happen.
There will come a time when Naoya Inoue can sit back and enjoy this historic run. It’s business as usual for now, for the four-division champion and longtime pound-for-pound entrant. The latest entry in this incredible stretch came Tuesday, when Inoue knocked out the Philippines’ Marlon Tapales in the tenth round of their undisputed junior featherweight championship Tuesday at Ariake Arena in Tokyo.
Naoya Inoue will not be able to create as much history in 2024 as has been the case in his past few years. The big event plans in store for the year ahead, however, could make him a lot richer.
Hard-hitting southpaw star Gervonta Davis doesn’t understand why some people continue to fantasize about a fight between himself and Japanese dynamo Naoya Inoue.
This win might stand out among most of the rest in Naoya Inoue’s already storied career. The effort put forth by Marlon Tapales exceeded the name value he brought to his undisputed junior featherweight championship. Yokohama’s Inoue eventually found a way to punch a hole through the wall, as he scored two