Japan's Naoya Inoue said Friday that he will have to be at his destructive best for his "historic" showdown against dangerous countryman Junto Nakatani at the Tokyo Dome in May. Inoue will return to ...

One is known as “The Monster,” the other “Big Bang.” The bout between champion boxers Naoya Inoue (30-0-0, 27 KOs) and Junto Nakatani (31- ...

The fight is in May and interest is already huge for Naoya Inoue vs Junto Nakatani. Inoue won’t like to say it or admit it to himself even but for us he is already the greatest Japanese boxer that ...

In his latest BoxingScene mailbag, trainer Stephen Edwards wrote that Naoya Inoue has “slipped slightly” and is “not so much ...

Naoya Inoue and Junto Nakatani are ready to square off now in what would be the biggest fight in Japanese boxing history. No posturing, just two top pound-for-pound boxers in their prime seemingly ...

Unbeaten champions Naoya "The Monster" Inoue and Junto “Big Bang” Nakatani are set to collide in 2026 for what is anticipated to be the biggest fight in Japan’s rich boxing history. Both fighters ...

Asked who the best he ever faced, Naoya Inoue (31-0, 27 KOs) didn’t hesitate to give a name. “Nonito Donaire,” he told KO On SI. Donaire, 43, was seen in the ring on December 17th when he lost a split ...

Naoya Inoue is tired. He made that clear in his post-fight interviews after defeating David Picasso at Riyadh Season’s The Ring V: Night of the Samurai, a major boxing event held on December 27, 2025.