Naoya Inoue vs. Sam Goodman Targeted for December 24th in Tokyo
Naoya Inoue will stay at super bantamweight to defend his undisputed championship against his IBF mandatory Sam Goodman (19-0, 8 KOs) next on December 24th in Tokyo, Japan.
Naoya Inoue will stay at super bantamweight to defend his undisputed championship against his IBF mandatory Sam Goodman (19-0, 8 KOs) next on December 24th in Tokyo, Japan.
It’s about time, US fight fans have said, and are saying. Japanese superstar, Naoya Inoue, will at last return to America to fight, this in “early next year.”
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The sport of boxing is absolutely buzzing right now in Japan, with little giants such as Naoya Inoue, Junto Nakatani, Kensiro Teraji and others all regularly featuring in excitement-filled, quite beautiful to watch fights.
Some fights, some matchups, seem inevitable. Some of these unavoidable, they-simply-have-to-happen fights take time to grow, build, and “marinate,” as Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum might say.
Talk about a clean sweep. A heck of a hugely impressive clean sweep. Right now, one country can make the claim of having hold of all the gold in two weight divisions.
Could specially-talented Japanese ring warriors Naoya Inoue and Junto Nakatini wind up facing each other one day in the not too distant future?
It’s said the term, ‘pound-for-pound best in boxing,’ was invented for the benefit of, and as a result of the sheer majesty of, Sugar Ray Robinson.
Today, on the excellent card in Tokyo, Japan, former two-weight champ Junto Nakatani became a three-weight ruler courtesy of a flawless winning performance against defending WBC bantamweight champ Alexandro Santiago.
Takuma Inoue Stuns Jerwin Ancajas with Knockout Body Shot in Round 9! Takuma Inoue stamped his authority as the WBA bantamweight kingpin, delivering a thunderous body shot in the ninth to lay former champ Jerwin Ancajas flat, marking Ancajas’ first stoppage loss.