Here is a list of Inoue's best fights.
On August 25, 2013 Naoya Inoue faced off against Ryoichi Taguchi in a light-flyweight bout at age 20. He was coming in with a record of 4-0 (3), and Taguchi was 26 years old and with a record of 18-1-1 (8). Inoue won the fight via 10-round unanimous decision.
On September 14, 2025 Naoya Inoue met Murodjon Akhmadaliev in a super-bantamweight (WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO and The Ring) world-title defense fight. Inoue was 32 years old and with a record of 31-0 (27), and Akhmadaliev was 30 years old and with a record of 14-1 (11). Inoue won the fight via 12-round unanimous decision and successfully defended his titles.
On May 8, 2016 Naoya Inoue met David Carmona in a super-flyweight (WBO) world-title defense fight. Inoue was 23 years old and with a record of 10-0 (8), and Carmona was 25 years old and with a record of 20-3-5 (8). Inoue won the fight via 12-round unanimous decision and successfully defended his title.
On November 7, 2019 Naoya Inoue, the WBA (Unified), IBF and The Ring champion, met Nonito Donaire, the WBA (Super) champion, in a bantamweight world-title unification fight. Inoue was 26 years old and with a record of 19-0 (16), and Donaire was 36 years old and with a record of 40-5 (26). Inoue won the fight via 12-round unanimous decision and and is crowned the unified WBA (Unified), IBF, The Ring and WBA (Super) champion.
On December 30, 2014 Naoya Inoue fought Omar Narváez in a super-flyweight world-title fight for Narváez' WBO title. Inoue was 21 years old and with a record of 8-0 (7), and Narváez was 39 years old and with a record of 43-1-2 (23). Inoue stopped Omar Narváez via 2nd-round KO and is crowned the new super-flyweight world champion.
On September 4, 2016 Naoya Inoue met Petchbarngborn Kokietgym in a super-flyweight (WBO) world-title defense fight. Inoue was 23 years old and with a record of 11-0 (9), and Kokietgym was 31 years old and with a record of 35-7 (16). Inoue stopped Petchbarngborn Kokietgym via 10th-round KO and successfully defended his title.
On April 6, 2014 Naoya Inoue fought Adrián Hernández in a light-flyweight world-title fight for Hernández' WBC title. Inoue was 20 years old and with a record of 6-0 (5), and Hernández was 28 years old and with a record of 29-2-1 (18). Inoue stopped Adrián Hernández via 6th-round KO and is crowned the new light-flyweight world champion.
On December 6, 2013 Naoya Inoue faced off against Jerson Mancio in a light-flyweight bout at age 20. He was coming in with a record of 5-0 (4), and Mancio was 26 years old and with a record of 18-3-3 (9). Inoue stopped Jerson Mancio via TKO.
On May 25, 2018 Naoya Inoue fought Jamie McDonnell in a bantamweight world-title fight for McDonnell's WBA (Regular) title. Inoue was 25 years old and with a record of 16-0 (14), and McDonnell was 32 years old and with a record of 29-2-1 (13). Inoue stopped Jamie McDonnell via 1st-round KO and is crowned the new bantamweight world champion.
On September 5, 2014 Naoya Inoue met Samartlek Kokietgym in a light-flyweight (WBC) world-title defense fight. Inoue was 21 years old and with a record of 7-0 (6), and Kokietgym was 29 years old and with a record of 17-4 (5). Inoue stopped Samartlek Kokietgym via 11th-round TKO and successfully defended his title.
