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A Monster 2025: Naoya Inoue-Sam Goodman Undisputed Super Bantamweight Title Fight Postponed to January 24 at Tokyo’s Ariake Arena LIVE on ESPN+ PhilBoxing.com Tue, 17 Dec 2024  The original December 24 date was postponed after Goodman suffered a cut above his left eye in sparring (Dec. 16, 2024) – “The Monster” is ready for a banner 2025. Naoya Inoue will defend his undisputed super bantamweight crown against unbeaten Australian contender Sam Goodman on Friday, Jan. 24, at Ariake Arena in Tokyo. The two were initially scheduled to fight on Dec. 24, but Goodman suffered a cut above his left eye in sparring shortly before he was scheduled to depart for Tokyo. Inoue-Goodman will headline a loaded bill streaming live and exclusively in the U.S. on ESPN+. This special early-morning broadcast will also feature the return of Yoshiki Takei (10-0, 8 KOs), who will defend his WBO bantamweight world title against Thailand’s Yuttapong Tongdee (15-0, 9 KOs). Inoue (28-0, 25 KOs) began his four-belt legacy in December 2022 when he stopped Paul Butler to unify all the bantamweight titles. Then, within a little over a year, the 31-year-old knocked out WBC/WBO champ Stephen Fulton in July 2023 and WBA/IBF king Marlon Tapales that December to achieve undisputed glory in a second weight class. He made history again in May by headlining the first boxing card at the Tokyo Dome since the historic Mike Tyson-Buster Douglas showdown, overcoming a first-round knockdown before icing former two-division world champion Luis Nery in six. In September, he registered a seventh-round TKO over one-time junior featherweight king TJ Doheny. Goodman (19-0, 8 KOs) is a 26-year-old Australian who entered the paid ranks in 2018. He went 4-0 in 2023, earning points victories over Doheny as well as then-unbeaten talents Ra’eese Aleem and Zhong Liu. He authored a fourth-round TKO against Mark Schleibs in March before decisioning previously unbeaten Thachtana Luangphon across 12 in July.  |
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