Naoya Inoue and Junto Nakatani meet Saturday at Tokyo Dome in a fight both champions actively pursued, no posturing required.

Naoya Inoue and Junto Nakatani meet Saturday at Tokyo Dome in a fight that represents everything right about boxing — from their amateur roots to their refusal to chase U.S. dollars.

Japanese pro-boxing superstar Inoue Naoya has defended his undisputed super bantamweight crown with a unanimous decision victory over fellow Japanese fighter Nakatani Junto in Tokyo. It was his ...

YOKOHAMA--They don’t call Japanese boxer Naoya Inoue “The Monster” for nothing. The WBA and IBF bantamweight world champion ...

Naoya Inoue became a world champion in his fourth weight class Tuesday night when he stopped Stephen Fulton in the eighth ...

In the biggest Japanese boxing match of this generation, Naoya Inoue beat Junto Nakatani on Saturday, handing his compatriot ...

TOKYO (AP) — Billed as “The Day,” May 2 is turning out to be the biggest-ever occasion for Japanese boxing. It’s when Naoya Inoue (32-0, 27 KOs), the undisputed super-bantamweight world champion, ...

TOKYO (AP) — Naoya Inoue retained his undisputed super-bantamweight crown with a unanimous decision victory over Junto Nakatani on Saturday in one of the biggest bouts in Japanese boxing history. Two ...

The next generation of the bantamweight division is officially underway. Unbeaten contender Tenshin Nasukawa and former titleholder Takuma Inoue are set to meet for the vacant WBC 118lbs title, Teiken ...