On July 25, 2023, Stephen Fulton Jr. (21-0, 8 KOs), the super-bantamweight WBC and WBO champion, defends his titles against the reigning WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring super-bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue (24-0, 21 KOs).
Stephen Fulton Jr. is coming in to the fight on a 21-fight win streak with a 38% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Daniel Roman, 1 year, 1 month, and 21 days ago. Naoya Inoue is on a 24-fight win streak with a 87% KO rate, with his last fight being a 11th round KO win over Paul Butler, 7 months and 12 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Naoya Inoue at 99-1 winning odds. Stephen Fulton Jr. really doesn't have much to present against Inoue.
Naoya Inoue stopped the champion via TKO in the 8th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new WBC and WBO super-bantamweight champion. Inoue improves his record to 25-0 (22 KOs), while Fulton Jr. adds a loss to his record at 21-1.