Naoya Inoue Record
Naoya Inoue (The Monster) is a 31-year-old Japanese professional boxer. He is the reigning undisputed super-bantamweight world champion, and holds the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring titles. 12 years, 4 months, and 18 days into his career, Inoue remains undefeated with a record of 29-0, which includes 26 wins via KO, 22 of which were in world-title fights.
Boxing Career
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 4th-round KO victory over Ye Joon Kim at age 31, on January 24, 2025, in which he successfully defended his undisputed super-bantamweight championship.
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".
Fight Record
| # | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
29 | Jan 24, 2025 | 31 | 
Ye Joon Kim 32 21-2-2 | win | KO 4 |
28 | Sep 03, 2024 | 31 | 
TJ Doheny 37 26-4 | win | TKO 7 |
27 | May 06, 2024 | 31 | 
Luis Nery 29 35-1 | win | KO 6 |
26 | Dec 26, 2023 | 30 | 
Marlon Tapales 31 37-3 | win | KO 10 |
25 | Jul 25, 2023 | 30 | 
Stephen Fulton Jr. 29 21-0 | win | TKO 8 |
24 | Dec 13, 2022 | 29 | 
Paul Butler 34 34-2 | win | KO 11 |
23 | Jun 07, 2022 | 29 | 
Nonito Donaire 39 42-6 | win | TKO 2 |
22 | Dec 14, 2021 | 28 | 
Aran Dipaen 30 12-2 | win | TKO 8 |
21 | Jun 19, 2021 | 28 | 
Michael Dasmariñas 28 29-2-1 | win | KO 3 |
20 | Oct 31, 2020 | 27 | 
Jason Moloney 29 21-1 | win | KO 7 |
19 | Nov 07, 2019 | 26 |
Nonito Donaire 36 40-5 | win | UD 12 |
18 | May 18, 2019 | 26 | 
Emmanuel Rodríguez 26 19-0 | win | TKO 2 |
17 | Oct 07, 2018 | 25 | 
Juan Carlos Payano 34 20-1 | win | TKO 1 |
16 | May 25, 2018 | 25 | 
Jamie McDonnell 32 29-2-1 | win | TKO 1 |
15 | Dec 30, 2017 | 24 | 
Yoan Boyeaux 29 41-4 | win | TKO 3 |
14 | Sep 09, 2017 | 24 | 
Antonio Nieves 30 17-1-2 | win | RTD 6 |
13 | May 21, 2017 | 24 | 
Ricardo Rodriguez 27 16-3 | win | KO 3 |
12 | Dec 30, 2016 | 23 | 
Kohei Kono 36 32-9-1 | win | TKO 6 |
11 | Sep 04, 2016 | 23 | 
Petchbarngborn Kokietgym 31 35-7 | win | TKO 10 |
10 | May 08, 2016 | 23 | 
David Carmona 25 20-3-5 | win | UD 12 |
9 | Dec 29, 2015 | 22 | 
Warlito Parrenas 32 24-6-1 | win | TKO 2 |
8 | Dec 30, 2014 | 21 | 
Omar Narváez 39 43-1-2 | win | KO 2 |
7 | Sep 05, 2014 | 21 | 
Samartlek Kokietgym 29 17-4 | win | TKO 11 |
6 | Apr 06, 2014 | 20 | 
Adrián Hernández 28 29-2-1 | win | TKO 6 |
5 | Dec 06, 2013 | 20 | 
Jerson Mancio 26 18-3-3 | win | TKO 5 |
4 | Aug 25, 2013 | 20 | 
Ryoichi Taguchi 26 18-1-1 | win | UD 10 |
3 | Apr 16, 2013 | 20 | 
Yūki Sano 28 17-2-4 | win | TKO 10 |
2 | Jan 05, 2013 | 19 | 
Ngaoprajan Chuwatana 35 9-10 | win | KO 1 |
1 | Oct 02, 2012 | 19 | 
Crison Omayao 19 16-4-1 | win | KO 4 |