On January 24, 2025, a 32-year-old Ye Joon Kim (21-2-2, 13 KOs) got a shot at the undisputed super-bantamweight championship held by 31-year-old Naoya Inoue (28-0, 25 KOs).
Kim came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 15 days. Inoue was on a 28-fight win streak with a 89% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 21 days.
Naoya Inoue stopped Ye Joon Kim via KO in the 4th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring super-bantamweight titles. Inoue improves his record to 29-0 (26 KOs), while Kim adds a loss to his record at 21-3-2.
On April 15, 2023, a 30-year-old Ye Joon Kim (19-1-2, 11 KOs) and Rob Diezel met in the ring.
Kim came in to the fight on a 15-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 17 days.
Ye Joon Kim lost to Rob Diezel via majority decision in the 8-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 19-2-2.
On March 8, 2012, a 19-year-old Ye Joon Kim (1-0, 0 KOs) and Sa Myung Noh met in the ring.
Kim came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 0% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 days.
Ye Joon Kim lost to Sa Myung Noh via unanimous decision in the 4-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 1-1.