The new year has a growing number of events set for the first few months. Many of the sport's biggest names already have fights on the 2025 calendar, including several members of the pound-for-pound elite.

No. 2 pound-for-pound boxer by The Ring and undisputed super bantamweight champion of the world, Naoye Inoue of Japan, makes the third defense of his 122-pound titles when he takes on South Korean Ye Joon Kim at his beloved Ariake Arena in Tokyo,

Naoya Inoue (28-0, 25 KOs) will defend his WBC/WBO/IBF/WBA super bantamweight title against the late replacement Ye Joon Kim (21-2-2, 13 KOs).

JUST when Naoya Inoue was preparing to tackle Sam Goodman in a hastily rescheduled affair, a recurrence of the Aussie’s cut eye meant postponement number two

On Friday, January 24, undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue (28-0, 25 KOs) will return to action and face late replacement Ye Joon Kim (21-2-2, 13 KOs).

The bout will mark the third undisputed title defense for Inoue (28-0, 25 KOs). In May 2024, the 31-year-old knocked out Luis Nery with 50,000-plus in attendance at a sold-out Tokyo Dome. Inoue then retained his four 122-pound belts in September with a seventh-round TKO of TJ Doheny.

Fight fans the world over will be treated to another “Monster” show this Friday (Jan 24) in Tokyo, Japan. Pound-for-pound best on the planet, Naoya Inoue will

With a professional record of 21-2-2 (13 knockouts), and a current win streak of two bouts, Kim faces a stern test against the Inoue (28-0, 25 KOs). However, the 32-year-old Korean has nothing to lose as he tries to take all of the “Monster”’s belts in Tokyo,