Following a winning performance against Junto Nakatani at the Tokyo Dome, Naoya "The Monster" Inoue has ascended to the top of the sport, securing the No. 1 ranking from The Ring magazine, the ...

Another year is in the books, and 2025 delivered many exciting moments in the sport of boxing. Speaking of exciting, reigning undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue (32-0, 27 KOs) was one ...

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MAY 04: Undisputed junior featherweight champion Naoya Inoue (L) greets Ramon Cardenas after their title fight at T-Mobile Arena on May 04, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Inoue ...

Naoya Inoue won Japan’s Boxer of the Year for the ninth time overall and his eighth consecutive year. The announcement came during the annual awards ceremony hosted by the Japan Boxing Commission (JBC ...

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MAY 04: Undisputed junior featherweight champion Naoya Inoue (L) greets Ramon Cardenas after their title fight at T-Mobile Arena on May 04, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Inoue ...

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 ...

Wil Esco is an assistant editor of Bad Left Hook and has been covering boxing for SB Nation since 2014. “First I have to rpove I’m the best super bantamweight and to do that I have to beat the guy ...

Wil Esco is an assistant editor of Bad Left Hook and has been covering boxing for SB Nation since 2014. Turki Alalshikh has wasted little time since Naoya Inoue’s last fight over the weekend when he ...

Naoya Inoue won Japan's Boxer of the Year for the ninth time overall and his eighth consecutive year. The announcement came during the annual awards ceremony hosted by the Japan Boxing Commission (JBC ...