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.

Naoya Inoue senses that victory over David Picasso Saturday in Saudi Arabia allows him to supplant the now-retired Terence Crawford as the top pound for pound fighter in boxing. It also should clinch ...

Naoya Inoue and Junto Nakatani met face-to-face Friday to announce the biggest all-Japanese fight in the nation’s history, along with a high-profile supporting clash.

Naoya Inoue will defend the undisputed super bantamweight championship against Junto Nakatani on May 2 at the Tokyo Dome. The ...

Terence Crawford’s achievement was simply too great to ignore. 2025 has almost concluded, meaning award season is underway in the MMA and boxing worlds as fans, fighters, and analysts make their picks ...

Unbeaten champions Naoya Inoue and Junto Nakatani will meet at the Tokyo Dome on 2 May in a long-awaited all-Japanese summit meeting ...

The shortlist for Fighter of the Year looks a lot like 2025, 2024, and 2023. Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine, Naoya Inoue of Japan, and Terence Crawford of the United States have passed the Fighter of the ...

As the dust settles on Terence Crawford’s statement-making win over Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, the historic significance of the scenes that unfolded earlier this month in Las Vegas should reshape what we ...

Japan's Naoya Inoue said Friday that he will have to be at his destructive best for his "historic" showdown against dangerous countryman Junto Nakatani at the Tokyo Dome in May. Inoue will return to ...

At the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 4, Naoya Inoue (29-0, 26 KOs) will defend his undisputed super bantamweight crown against American challenger Ramon Cardenas.

Terence Crawford proved to be undeniable when the former welterweight champion cruised past Canelo Alvarez to become the undisputed super middleweight champion. The win propelled Crawford to the top ...