Naoya Inoue

Naoya Inoue
Data
Birth Name	Naoya Inoue
Fight name	The monster
Weight class	Super flyweight
nationality	Japanese
birthday	April 10, 1993
place of birth	Zama
style	Normal display
size	1.63 m
Range	1.70 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	19th
Victories	19th
Knockout victories	16
Defeats	0
draw	0
Profile in the BoxRec database

Naoya Inoue ( Japanese 井上 尚 弥 , Inoue Naoya; born April 10, 1993 in Zama , Kanagawa , Japan ) is a Japanese professional boxer and former WBC world champion in light flyweight and WBO world champion in super flyweight , as well as current WBA and IBF world champion in Bantamweight . In 2018/19 he won the World Boxing Super Series tournament .

He is the brother of boxer Takuma Inoue.

Amateur career

Naoya Inoue won 75 of 81 fights in his amateur career, 48 of them prematurely. He was a bronze medalist in the light flyweight division at the 2010 Asian Youth Championships in Tehran and the round of 16 at the 2010 Youth World Championships in Baku . In 2011 he became the Japanese light flyweight champion and started at the 2011 World Championships in Baku. There he came, among other things with a win against Howhannes Danieljan in the round of 16, where he was eliminated against Yosvany Veitía with 12:15.

In 2012 he took part in the Asian Olympic qualification in Astana , where he was defeated in the final against Birschan Schaqypow and thus could not qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games .

Professional career

He made his professional debut on October 2, 2012. He is coached by his father Shingo Inoue and his manager is Hideyuki Ōhashi from Ohashi Promotions .

On April 6, 2014 he won the WBC world title in light flyweight by TKO in the sixth round against the Mexican Adrián Hernández (balance: 29-2). It was only Inoue's sixth professional fight and thus the earliest win of this world title in WBC history. In September 2014 he defended the title through TKO in the eleventh round against the Thai Wittawas Basapean (17-4).

On December 30, 2014 he boxed the super flyweight against the WBO world champion Omar Narváez (43-1) and won in the second round by knockout. He then put down the WBC title in November 2015 to stay in this weight class. He still defended his WBO title against Warlito Parrenas (24-6), David Carmona (20-2), Karoon Jarupianlerd (35-7), Kōhei Kōno (32-9), Ricardo Rodríguez (16-3), Antonio Nieves (17-1) and Yoan Boyeaux (41-4).

After these seven title defenses, he resigned the WBO title in March 2018 and switched to bantamweight. In this weight class, he won the WBA world title in his first fight on May 25, 2018, when he defeated Briton Jamie McDonnell (29-2) by TKO in the first round. With this victory Inoue also qualified for participation in the World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) tournament . He won his first title defense in October 2018 by knocking out Juan Payano (20-1) in the first round and this victory also made it into the semi-finals of the WBSS. There he defeated Emmanuel Rodríguez (19-0) by knockout in the second round in May 2019 and thus qualified for the WBSS final, which he won unanimously against IBF World Champion Nonito Donaire (40-5) on November 7, 2019 . He combined his WBA title with the IBF title of his opponent and was awarded the Muhammad Ali Trophy as the winner of the World Boxing Super Series .

List of professional fights

19 wins (16 knockout wins), 0 defeats , 0 draws
year	Day	place	opponent	Result for Inoue
2012	October 2nd	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan	Crison Omayao	Victory / KO 4th round
2013	January 5th	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan	Bunnam Thammakhun	Victory / KO 1st round
	April 16	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan	Yuki Sano	Victory / TKO 10th round
	August 25	Sky Arena, Zama, Japan	Ryōichi Taguchi Japanese Light Flyweight Championship	Points victory (unanimously) / 10 rounds
	6th of December	Ryogoku Kokugikan , Tokyo, Japan	Jerson Mancio OPBF Light Flyweight Championship	Victory / TKO 5th round
2014	April 6th	Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Adrián Hernández WBC World Light Flyweight Championship	Victory / TKO 6th round
	5th September	Kokuritsu Yoyogi Kyōgijō , Tokyo, Japan	Wittawa's Basapean WBC light flyweight title defense	Victory / TKO 11th round
	30th of December	Metropolitan Gym, Tokyo, Japan	Omar Andrés Narváez WBO World Super Flyweight Championship	Victory / KO 2nd round
2015	December 29th	Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan	Warlito Parrenas WBO super flyweight title defense	Victory / TKO 2nd round
2016	8th of May	Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan	David Carmona WBO super flyweight title defense	Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
	September 4th	Sky Arena, Zama, Japan	Karoon Jarupianlerd WBO super flyweight title defense	Victory / KO 10th round
	30th of December	Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan	Kōhei Kōno WBO Super Flyweight Title Defense	Victory / TKO 6th round
2017	May 21	Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan	Ricardo Rodriguez WBO super flyweight title defense	Victory / KO 3rd round
	the 9th of September	Dignity Health Sports Park , Carson, USA	Antonio Nieves WBO super flyweight title defense	Victory / abandonment 6th round
	30th of December	Bunka Gym, Yokohama, Japan	Yoan Boyeaux WBO super flyweight title defense	Victory / TKO 3rd round
2018	25. May	Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Jamie McDonnell WBA regular bantamweight championship	Victory / TKO 1st round
	October 7th	Yokohama Arena , Yokohama, Japan	Juan Carlos Payano regular WBA bantamweight title defense	Victory / KO 1st round
2019	May 18	The SSE Hydro , Glasgow, UK	Emmanuel Rodríguez IBF World Bantamweight Championship	Victory / KO 2nd round
	November 7th	Saitama Super Arena , Saitama, Japan	Nonito Donaire IBF / WBA Bantamweight Title Association	Points victory (unanimous) / 12 rounds
2020	April 25	Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino , Las Vegas, USA	John Riel Casimero IBF / WBA / WBO Bantamweight Title Association	Pending
Source: Naoya Inoue in the BoxRec database

Web links

• Naoya Inoue in the BoxRec database
• Naoya Inoue, Asian Boxing
• Naoya Inoue carries fathers dreams, RingTV