naoya inoue

Naoya Inoue (井上 尚弥, Inoue Naoya, born 10 April 1993) is a Japanese professional boxer. Nicknamed "The Monster", Inoue is known for his timing, speed, punching power, and body-punching ability, having a knockout ratio of 88%. He is a three-division world champion and the former undisputed bantamweight world champion, having held the WBA (Super), IBF, Ring magazine titles between 2019 and January 2023, and the WBC and WBO titles between 2022 and January 2023. He previously held the WBA (Regular) bantamweight title from 2018 to 2019, the WBO junior-bantamweight title from 2014 to 2018, and the WBC light-flyweight title in 2014.As of 2023, he is ranked as the world's best active boxer, pound for pound, by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (TBRB), second by The Ring, the Boxing Writers Association of America and ESPN, and fourth by BoxRec. He is also ranked as the best bantamweight by The Ring, TBRB, ESPN, and BoxRec. He is the only Japanese fighter in history to be ranked #1 pound for pound by The Ring.

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