When British champion Paul Butler stepped into the ring in late 2022, he believed he could outsmart the undefeated “Monster” ...

In a turning point for Japanese boxing, Naoya “Monster” Inoue stunned the world by demolishing his opponent with a brutal ...

SAITAMA--Naoya Inoue stopped Nonito Donaire midway through the second round Tuesday night, emphatically winning their rematch ...

Jesse Rodriguez is in hot pursuit of a clash with Naoya Inoue, and four-division world champion Roy Jones Jr has shared his ...

Naoya Inoue could soon have greater clarity over his next mandatory challenger after the IBF ordered an interim title fight at super-bantamweight.

Japanese boxing superstar Naoya Inoue remained the undisputed world super-bantamweight champion when Irish challenger TJ ...

Scott Christ is the managing editor of Bad Left Hook and has been covering boxing for SB Nation since 2006. Naoya Inoue’s fight with Murodjon Akhmadaliev finally has a streaming home for viewers in ...

Few fights fit the distinction of a super fight, but a potential bout between Naoya Inoue and Junto Nakatani more than fits the bill. That's why when the two Japanese stars crossed paths at the ...

It was as if Sunday night’s undisputed super bantamweight title fight reset boxing’s dial. Thanks to an eighth-round TKO, Inoue has now stopped his last 11 opponents — all in world championship ...

Naoya Inoue is tired. He made that clear in his post-fight interviews after defeating David Picasso at Riyadh Season’s The Ring V: Night of the Samurai, a major boxing event held on December 27, 2025.

Japan's Naoya Inoue will be stepping into an American boxing ring for the first time since 2021 when he defends his undisputed junior featherweight world title against American Ramon Cardenas on ...

Boxers strive to become champions, but only few become undisputed. What does it mean to be the undisputed champion in boxing? As of 2007, boxing has four major sanctioning bodies: ︎ World Boxing ...