Naoya Inoue made quick work of late-replacement Ye Joon Kim, stopping him in the fourth round to remain the undisputed junior featherweight champion on Friday at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan. Kim gave a spirited effort,

Goading boxing superstar Naoya Inoue proved to be the wrong move. The unbeaten Japanese fighter was invited to take a shot by overmatched South Korean opponent Ye Joon Kim and Inoue responded with a d

Naoya Inoue, arguably the top pound-for-pound boxer on the planet and undisputed junior featherweight champion, returns to the ring on Friday. Inoue will defend his four world championships against Ye Joon Kim in a main event from Tokyo's Ariake Arena.

In Tokyo, Japan, Naoya Inoue, the undisputed super bantamweight champion successfully retained his titles on Friday morning with a fourth-round KO win over Ye Joon Kim.

Follow along for round-by-round updates as Naoya Inoue puts his undisputed crown on the line against Ye Joon Kim.

Kim, a 32-year-old native of South Korea, filled in on late notice to replace Australia's Sam Goodman, a mandatory challenger who twice pulled out of scheduled bouts against Inoue over the past two months due to a cut suffered in sparring.

Here's all you need to know ahead of Naoya Inoue's undisputed junior featherweight title defense against late replacement Ye Joon Kim on Friday.

Murodjon Akhmadaliev, the holder of the interim WBA title in the super bantamweight division, hopes that Turki Alashikh, the chairman of the General Entertainment Authority of Saudi Arabia, will assist him in finally stepping into the ring against the undisputed world champion Naoya Inoue.

Japanese boxer Naoya Inoue will defend his undisputed super bantamweight against Korean challenger Ye Joon Kim Friday at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo.

Naoya Inoue and Junto Nakatani acknowledge they want ... Arum predicted the 55,000-seat Tokyo Dome would be sold out within minutes, not hours. But there is that potentially problematic word ...

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 may be the pound-for-pound best boxer in the world. That sentiment has been shared enough times on these pages, even amid Oleksandr Usyk’s back-to-back victories over Tyson Fury in 2024, and Terence Crawford’s repeated triumphs.