MURODJON AKHMADALIEV fully agrees that Naoya Inoue is a great fighter but disagrees that the Japanese star is the best super-bantamweight in the world. Inoue currently holds all four belts at 122lbs and recently defended his undisputed title against TJ Doheny. As expected Inoue won and inside the distance. Akhmadaliev, a former unified world champion, … Read more
NAOYA Inoue is still the undefeated and undisputed super-bantamweight champion of the world after forcing a seventh-round stoppage of challenger TJ Doheny. The Irish southpaw was holding his own through the first half of the fight until a back injury struck at 16 seconds of the seventh. Make no mistake, Inoue’s rapid fists helped ease … Read more
FEW outside of TJ Doheny’s own camp are giving the Irishman much of a chance of springing the upset tomorrow over unified king Naoya Inoue. One thing is for sure, the solid southpaw will go down swinging, if (or, more likely, when) he goes down at all. Here’s a rundown of the vital statistics. Naoya … Read more
NAOYA Inoue returns to action on September 3 in the Ariake Arena, and saying his opponent is an underdog would be an understatement. Inoue is expected, in most quarters, to win convincingly, and even in a two-horse race, where anything can happen, it might come as a surprise to see how few fight fans are … Read more
By Daniele D’Alessio NAOYA Inoue is expected to go through TJ Doheny like a hot knife through butter on September 3 in Japan. To many, the best pound-for-pound fighter on the planet, Inoue’s aura of invincibility seems to grow with every fight. The ‘Monster’ appears so dominant against every opponent that betting against the Japanese … Read more
By Dan Morley Japanese boxing has long produced legendary fighters. Dating back to the ‘60s, an era in which Japan’s ferocious Fighting Harada cemented himself as the country’s greatest pugilist—compiling multiple division titles and scoring simultaneous victories over a man deemed by some as the 1960s fighter of the decade, Eder Jofre. Whilst Harada, a … Read more
For most, whether fighter or fan, the prospect of being stuck in a ring with Japan’s Naoya Inoue would be considered something closer to a nightmare than a dream. He is, after all, known as “Monster” and has, through the course of a 12-year professional career, ended 24 of his 27 pro fights within the … Read more
“THE sport is dying, man. There are no good fighters left, and the best never fight the best, like in the old days.” Give yourself a pound coin for every time you hear those lines. Apparently, boxing doesn’t make great fights anymore. Everyone is busy marinating in jars in the kitchen (avoids mentioning pots and … Read more
WHEN a humbled Luis Nery attempted to approach Naoya Inoue after their super-bantamweight title fight tonight (May 6) in Tokyo, he did so either to congratulate him or apologise, yet was greeted as though his face, this face Inoue had gleefully punished for five and a half rounds, was one Inoue had never before seen. … Read more
NAOYA Inoue and Luis Nery both successfully made weight ahead of their Tokyo Dome clash tomorrow. In the past, Nery had struggled to make weight in Japan, but this time he met the requirements without any issues, setting the stage for an exciting fight. The fight will be televised on Sky Sports and ESPN+, allowing … Read more
