Career Capsule: "The Monster" Naoya Inoue
Naoya Inoue
Date of Birth: April 10, 1993
Hails from: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Record: 30-0, 27 KO
Lineal Championships
World Bantamweight (2021-23, 1 Defense)
World Jr. Featherweight (2023-Present, 3 Defenses)
Additional Titles
WBC Light Flyweight (2014, 1 Defense)
WBO Jr. Bantamweight (2014-18, 7 Defenses)
Ring Magazine Bantamweight (2019-23, 6 Defenses)
IBF Bantamweight (2019-23, 6 Defenses)
WBA Bantamweight (2019-23, 5 Defenses*)
TBRB Bantamweight (2021-23, 1 Defense)
WBC World Bantamweight (2021-23, 1 Defense)
WBO Bantamweight (2022-23)
WBC Super Bantamweight (2023-Present, 4 Defenses)
WBO Jr. Featherweight (2023-Present, 4 Defenses)
Ring Magazine Jr. Featherweight (2023-Present, 3 Defenses)
TBRB Jr. Featherweight (2023-Present, 3 Defenses)
IBF Jr. Featherweight (2023-Present, 3 Defenses)
WBA Super Bantamweight (2023-Present, 3 Defenses)
*Also won and defended a WBA sub-title at bantamweight in 2018
Record in Major Title Fights: 23-0, 21 KO (25-0, 23 KO including sub-title fights)
Ranked Opponents Faced (Ring/Transnational Boxing Rankings; Lineal World Champions in Bold)
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