One is known as “The Monster,” the other “Big Bang.” The bout between champion boxers Naoya Inoue and Junto Nakatani is ...

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 (31-0-0, 24 KOs) is already being billed as Japan’s “fight of the ...

The most dominant years of Japanese prizefighters was in the 1960’s and early 70’s. Masahiko Harada, current president of the Japanese Boxing Commission (JBC), captured championships in the ...

Inoue loves eating “yakiniku,” or Japanese-style barbecue, especially beef tongue, and he loves watching horror movies. He enjoys karaoke. For Inoue, who started boxing at 6, it’s always ...

Japanese champion Naoya Inoue, right, punches South Korea challenger Ye Joon Kim during the unified WBC IBF and WBO super bantamweight world title at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Friday, Jan.24, 2025.

Inoue loves eating “yakiniku,” or Japanese-style barbecue, especially beef tongue, and he loves watching horror movies. He enjoys karaoke. For Inoue, who started boxing at 6, it’s always ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese boxing superstar Naoya Inoue is headed to the United States after another devastating knockout. His promoter wants Americans to cherish Inoue as much as they do Shohei Ohtani.

Japanese boxing superstar Naoya Inoue is headed to the United States after another devastating knockout. The unbeaten Inoue — nicknamed "The Monster" — knocked out overmatched South Korean ...

TOKYO — Japanese boxing superstar Naoya Inoue is headed to the United States after another devastating knockout. His promoter wants Americans to cherish Inoue as much as they do Shohei Ohtani.