Inoue was born into a family with a strong boxing heritage, with his father, shingo inoue, being a former amateur boxer and coach who played a pivotal role in inoue's early training. His promoter wants americans to cherish inoue as much as they do shohei ohtani. Naoya inoue is a professional boxer with 31 bouts listed on boxrec.
Inoue, of japan, has won titles in four different weight classes and held the undisputed bantamweight championship before. Tokyo (ap) — japanese boxing superstar naoya inoue is headed to the united states after another devastating knockout One of the most hotly anticipated fights in modern boxing, between naoya inoue and junto nakatani, is being lined up for next year
The usually unflappable japanese boxer looks to have been rattled by mexico’s luis nery.