On October 13, 2024, the 28-year-old WBA bantamweight world champion, Takuma Inoue (20-1, 5 KOs), faced a 28-year-old fellow Japanese boxer Seiya Tsutsumi (11-0-2, 8 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Inoue came in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 23% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 7 days. Tsutsumi was on a 6-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 6 days.
Seiya Tsutsumi defeated Takuma Inoue via unanimous decision and wins the WBA title — in his first world-title fight. Tsutsumi improves his record to 12-0-2, while Inoue adds a loss to his record at 20-2.
On November 7, 2019, a 23-year-old Takuma Inoue (13-0, 3 KOs) got a shot at the bantamweight WBC title held by 33-year-old French boxer Nordine Oubaali (16-0, 12 KOs).
Inoue came in to the fight on a 13-fight win streak with a 23% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 10 months and 8 days. Oubaali was on a 16-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 1 day.
Nordine Oubaali defeated Takuma Inoue via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBC bantamweight title. Oubaali improves his record to 17-0, while Inoue adds a loss to his record at 13-1.