Naoya Inoue retains the undisputed junior featherweight title after taking Ramon Cardenas' best shot. The fight was stopped in the first minute of the eighth round after the two fighters displayed a ...

Naoya Inoue retained undisputed status and underlined his pound-for-pound credentials with a dominant decision win over Murodjon Akhmadaliev at Nagoya's IG Arena. Following Terence Crawford's seismic ...

John Hansen joined Bad Left Hook as a staff writer in 2021 and co-hosts the “Prophets of Goom” podcast. Naoya Inoue got up from just the 2nd knockdown of his pro career to win an all-action thriller ...

TOKYO(AP) — Billed as “The Day,” May 2 is turning out to be the biggest-ever occasion for Japanese boxing. It’s when Naoya Inoue (32-0, 27 KOs), the undisputed super-bantamweight world champion, ...

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Naoya Inoue vs. Junto Nakatani delivered, ultimately. Inoue scored a unanimous-decision win (116-112 x2, 115-113) in the highly anticipated main event. The fight started very slow with both fighters ...

Japanese boxing sensation Naoya “The Monster” Inoue is undoubtedly the most popular active boxer out of Asia, becoming a global sensation by conquering four weight classes and currently reigning over ...