Naoya Inoue

Naoya Inoue was born in Zama, Kanagawa, Japan on April 10, 1993. He made his professional debut at the age of 19 years on October 2, 2012 against Crison Omayao. Inoue defeated Omayao via 4th round KO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Inoue became a world champion at the age of 20 after 5 professional fights. He challenged Adrián Hernández for the WBC light-flyweight title and stopped the champion in the 6th of the 12-round fight, winning his first world title.

He then went on to successfully conquer the super-flyweight (WBO), bantamweight (WBA, IBF, The Ring, WBC, WBO), and super-bantamweight (WBC, WBO, WBA, IBF, The Ring) divisions as well to become a four-division world champion — and undisputed at bantamweight and super-bantamweight.

Inoue's latest fight was a 7th-round TKO victory over TJ Doheny at age 31, on September 3, 2024, in which he successfully defended his undisputed super-bantamweight championship.

Naoya Inoue Next Fight: He is next scheduled to fight Sam Goodman (19-0, 8 KOs) on January 24, 2025. He will be fighting for the undisputed super-bantamweight world championship, and defending his WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring titles. On the day of the fight, he will be 31 years old, and Goodman 26.

Some of Naoya Inoue's best fights so far have been against Omar Narvaez, Nonito Donaire, Adrián Hernández, Stephen Fulton Jr., Luis Nery, Marlon Tapales, and Emmanuel Rodríguez. For a complete list of Inoue's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Naoya Inoue".