Global InformationNaoya Inoue information
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| Born | 井上 尚弥 10 April 1993 Zama, Kanagawa, Japan | ||||||||||||||
| Other names | The Monster (怪物 Kaibutsu)[2] | ||||||||||||||
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| Height | 5 ft 5.5 in (166 cm)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Reach | 67.5 in (171 cm)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||
| Boxing record | |||||||||||||||
| Total fights | 26 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins | 26 | ||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 23 | ||||||||||||||
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Naoya Inoue (井上 尚弥, Inoue Naoya, born 10 April 1993) is a Japanese professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in four weight classes, and is only the second male boxer in history (following Terence Crawford) to become the undisputed champion in two weight classes in the four-belt era.[3][4] Nicknamed "The Monster", Inoue is known for his exceptional punching power, possessing a knockout-to-win percentage of 88.46%, and 90.4% in world title matches.
He is the first and only boxer to win the undisputed championship[a] at super bantamweight, having held all four major titles since 2023, as well as the Ring magazine title. He also held the undisputed championship at bantamweight between 2019 and 2023, the first boxer in history to do so in the four-belt era.[5] Previously he held the World Boxing Council (WBC) light flyweight title in 2014, and World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior bantamweight title from 2014 to 2018.[6] Inoue has won the lineal championship at bantamweight[7] and super bantamweight.[8] He has also won the 2018-2019 World Boxing Super Series tournament held at bantamweight.[9]
As of April 2024, Inoue is ranked as the world's second best active boxer, pound for pound, by The Ring;[10] the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA);[11] the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (TBRB);[12] ESPN;[13] and BoxRec.[14] He is also ranked as the world's best active super bantamweight by The Ring,[15] TBRB,[16] ESPN,[17] and BoxRec.[18] Inoue is the only Japanese boxer in history to be ranked No. 1 pound for pound by The Ring, TBRB, and was named Fighter of the Year in 2023 by The Ring, BWAA, and ESPN.[19][20][21][22][23][24]
- ^ a b Top Rank Boxing on ESPN tale of the tape prior to Inoue vs. Marlon Tapales.
- ^ Eric Armit (27 August 2013). "Behind the Results". BoxRec.com. Archived from the original on 8 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
- ^ "Inoue KOs Tapales to become second male two-weight undisputed champion". The Guardian. 26 December 2023. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ Wells, Adam. "Naoya Inoue KOs Marlon Tapales in Boxing Fight to Become 2x Undisputed Champion". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "Naoya Inoue vacates undisputed bantamweight titles to move up to super-bantamweight". www.britishboxingnews.co.uk. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
koizumi201404was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Lineal Bantamweight Champion". www.linealboxingchampion.com/new-page-13. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
- ^ "Lineal Super Bantamweight Champion". www.linealboxingchampion.com. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ "World Boxing Super Series Winner". www.japantimes.co.jp. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
- ^ "Ratings - The Ring". The Ring. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "Terence Crawford Is The BWAA's New No. 1 Pound-For-Pound King". The Boxing Writers Association of America. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "P4P – Transnational Boxing Rankings Board". Transnational Boxing Rankings Board. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "Boxing pound-for-pound rankings: Terence Crawford or Naoya Inoue? And what about Errol Spence Jr.? - ESPN". ESPN. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "BoxRec: Ratings". BoxRec. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "Ratings - The Ring". The Ring. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "Rankings – Transnational Boxing Rankings Board<". Transnational Boxing Rankings Board. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "Boxing divisional rankings -- The best top 10 fighters per division - ESPN". ESPN. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "BoxRec: Ratings". BoxRec. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ^ "日本人初PFP１位！". naoya-inoue.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ "井上尚弥 米リング誌選定のPFPで1位！日本人初の快挙 編集長の「最後の1票」で決まる - スポニチ Sponichi Annex 格闘技". Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "井上尚弥が日本人初のPfp１位に「誰も辿り着けなかった場所まで来た」". Archived from the original on 30 November 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Boxing's best of 2023: Fighters of the year". 29 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ "NAOYA INOUE IS THE RING'S 2023 FIGHTER OF THE YEAR". 5 January 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ "NAOYA INOUE IS THE 2023 BWAA FIGHTER OF THE YEAR". 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
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