Naoya Inoue: record, next fight and profile →
Naoya Inoue always sensed he was in the presence of greatness heading into his fight with Nonito Donaire. What wasn’t realized at the time was the thought of Donaire once again landing in his sights as part of a quest to become undisputed bantamweight champion.
Stephen Fulton Jr.’s confidence is climbing through the roof following his unanimous decision win over Angelo Leo earlier this year, a victory that led to the Philadelphia fighter capturing his first world title.
Canelo Alvarez is universally considered the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. In some instances, pundits and publications alike have slightly discredited Alvarez’s resume and haven’t listed him in the No. 1 position.
Top Rank has found a new home for its fights in Las Vegas, at least temporarily. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that Bob Arum’s company will promote cards at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas on three straight Saturday nights in June. As previously reported, Top Rank will stage its first show at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas on May 22, when 140-pound champions Jose Ramirez and Josh Taylor will square off in a full title unification fight at The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas.
World champions Naoya Inoue and Hiroto Kyoguchi will star in a charity event called “Legend”, to be held on February 11, in Tokyo, Japan. The two fighters will join other great Japanese boxers, who will perform different exhibition bouts for different causes in the Asian country.
Naoya Inoue and his handlers know who he will fight next. Determining when and where Inoue will return to the ring is much more complicated. Representatives for Inoue and Michael Dasmarinas, the mandatory challenger for his IBF bantamweight title, reached an agreement recently for them to meet in the coming months and avoided a purse bid.
Naoya Inoue's continued quest for bantamweight supremacy will now include a Hot and Spicy mandatory title defense. The undefeated three-division and reigning unified 118-pound titlist will next face Philippines’ Michael ‘Hot and Spicy’ Dasmarinas, the longtime IBF mandatory challenger in waiting. A scheduled purse bid hearing to determine promotional rights was canceled after the two sides reached an agreement, IBF representatives informed BoxingScene.com.
Kazuto Ioka (26-2) cemented his legacy on New Year's Eve, stopping unbeaten three-division champion Kosei Tanaka (15-1) in eight rounds to retain his WBO super flyweight title. The bout served as a TBS main event in Japan on date that is traditionally reserved for the biggest fights in the country.
By Corey Erdman - Back in 2015, it looked as though there was another outlier coming from the Inoue family. Takuma, the younger brother of Naoya, had blazed his way through the first six opponents of his career, and was already fighting in twelve round bouts. By that year, his brother was already a two-division world champion, and signs pointed to Takuma not being far...
The legendary Nonito Donaire opens up on ‘The Monster’ Naoya Inoue and much more as a guest star on Episode 5 of ‘Kalle’s WBSS Hangouts’, a podcast hosted by WBSS Chief Boxing Officer Kalle Sauerland.