Takuma Inoue (14-1, 3 KOs) of Japan, the younger brother of WBA, IBF bantamweight champion Naoya 'The Monster' Inoue, picked up the Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) bantamweight belt with...
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 ...
If there was anything Nordine Oubaali took away from his latest win, it’s just how much more damage he can cause at full strength. The unbeaten 33-year old from France registered the second defense of...
Thursday night didn’t get off to a good start for the Inoue family. In the bout before his older brother boxed Nonito Donaire in the main event, France’s Nordine Oubaali beat Takuma Inoue by unanimou...
Wednesday morning at the WBC’s 57th annual convention at the Grand Oasis Cancun was devoted mainly to ratings. The afternoon assembly meeting was devoted to mandatory defenses....
Boxing will once again be a family affair for Naoya and Takuma Inoue. Perhaps the best brother tandem in the sport today, the pair of unbeaten bantamweights will both appear in separate and potential ...
Following the announcement made by Oscar Valdez, that he was vacating the WBO featherweight title and climbing up to the 130 pounds, the boxer explained that he was very open to the possibility of fig...
Naoya Inoue isn’t the only one in the family with a big fight this fall. As the unbeaten three-division and reigning bantamweight titlist prepares for his recently announced Nov. 7 unification bout an...
The next defense of the Frenchman Nordine Oubaali should be against the Japanese contender Takuma Inoue, according to information passed along by World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman to ES...
A few days ago at Tokyo's Ota City General Gymnasium, Takuma Inoue won the WBC's interim-bantamweight title. Inoue's win made him part of a bantamweight champion brother act, alongside his older broth...
Takuma Inoue isn’t necessarily a “Monster,” but technically, he now can call himself a world champion. Naoya Inoue’s younger brother beat Petch CP Freshmart by unanimous decision in their 12-rounder S...
One bright spot that has endeared boxing fans from around the globe are the championship fights that finish up each calendar year from Japan. The popular New Year’s Eve celebrations are shared with th...
Tokyo, Japan.- The veteran challenger to the World Boxing Council flyweight title, Saul "Baby" Juarez of Mexico, and Japanese champion Ken Shiro, were approved without problems when they underwent the...
Petch Sor Chitpattana faces the greatest challenge of his career to date when he faces Japan’s Takuma Inoue next month. The two go head to head at the Ota City Gymnasium on December 30th with the inte...
The first big end-of-year card, which will have two world title matches and one interim, was officially announced for December 30 at the Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan, with Fuji TV broadc...
Takuma Inoue gets his biggest test to date when he goes up against Filipino journeyman, Mark John Yap on September 11th at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. The winner automatically becomes the WBC’s number...
It was announced in the middle of the night that Naoya Inoue (14-0, 12 KOs) will fight little known Yoan Boyeaux (41-4, 26 KOs) on 12/30 in Yokohama, the city where Inoue trains. Inoue has had a tough...
Japan’s Takuma Inoue came off the canvas in the opening round of a furious ten round battle in which he decked Filipino Froilan “The Sniper” Saludar twice, in rounds eight and nine to earn a crack at ...
On Wednesday at the Grand Palace Hotel in Tokyo, a press conference was organized by Japanese former world champion Hideyuki Ohashi, who is the president of Ohashi Boxing Gym Yokohama City. In the pre...
Unbeaten super flyweight champion Naoya Inoue is officially set to return to the ring. The 22-year old wunderkind is healed up and prepared to defend his title versus Philippines' Warlito Parrenas on ...