TOKYO — Japanese boxing superstar Naoya Inoue is headed to the United States after another devastating knockout. His promoter wants Americans to cherish Inoue as much as they do Shohei Ohtani.

Naoya Inoue successfully retained his IBF, WBA, WBC, and WBO super bantamweight titles after knocking out Ye Joon Kim. Originally, Sam Goodman was scheduled to face ‘The Monster,’ but after an ...

TOKYO — Japanese boxing superstar Naoya Inoue is headed to the United States after another devastating knockout. His promoter wants Americans to cherish Inoue as much as they do Shohei Ohtani.

He said: "Naoya is the face of boxing, so when you can bring the face of boxing to your country, it's a big, big thing. "Everybody in the United States, everyone who is interested in boxing ...

Naoya Inoue retained his undisputed super-bantamweight titles on Friday, with an expected destruction of Ye Joon Kim. Kim was stepping in for Sam Goodman, who withdrew from the title fight after ...

If much of fear is about the element of surprise, it could be argued that Naoya Inoue represents boxing’s best jump scare. For though he is small, his impact is considerable, and it is often the ...

You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Naoya Inoue, ESPN's No. 3 pound-for-pound boxer, will help usher in the 2025 title fight slate with his third defense of the undisputed 122-pound ...

Japanese fighter Naoya Inoue will put his four super bantamweight belts, namely The Ring, IBF, WBC, and WBO Junior Featherweight Championship, on the line when he faces off against South Korean Ye ...

Naoya Inoue, ESPN's No. 3 pound-for-pound boxer, will help usher in the 2025 title fight slate with his third defense of the undisputed 122-pound championship early Friday in Tokyo (ESPN+, 4:15 a ...