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Best of Naoya Inoue: Top 10 Fights

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Naoya Inoue has had 26 fights with 23 KO wins. Some of his best fights among these so far have been against Nonito Donaire, Omar Narváez, Jamie McDonnell, Emmanuel Rodríguez, and Stephen Fulton Jr. The following are Inoue's top 10 fights.

Naoya Inoue's boxing career

  1. Naoya Inoue defeats Nonito Donaire in their 2nd fight

    On Naoya Inoue defeated Filipino boxer Nonito Donaire in the rematch via 2nd round TKO. Inoue was 29 years old with a record of 23-0 (20 KOs). Donaire was 39 years old with a record of 42-6 (28 KOs). Inoue successfully defended his WBA (Super), IBF, and Ring Magazine bantamweight titles, and won the WBC bantamweight title. The performance in this fight is the number one among all of Inoue's fights.

  2. Naoya Inoue defeats Omar Narváez

    On Naoya Inoue defeated Argentinian boxer Omar Narváez via 2nd round KO. Inoue was 21 years old with a record of 8-0 (7 KOs). Narvaez was 39 years old with a record of 43-1-2 (23 KOs). Inoue won the WBO super-flyweight title. This fight is the second best performance in Inoue's career.

  3. Naoya Inoue defeats Nonito Donaire

    On Naoya Inoue defeated Filipino boxer Nonito Donaire via 12 round unanimous decision. Inoue was 26 years old with a record of 19-0 (16 KOs). Donaire was 36 years old with a record of 40-5 (26 KOs). Inoue successfully defended his IBF and Ring Magazine bantamweight titles, and won the WBA (Super) bantamweight title.

  4. Naoya Inoue defeats Jamie McDonnell

    On Naoya Inoue defeated British boxer Jamie McDonnell via 1st round TKO. Inoue was 25 years old with a record of 16-0 (14 KOs). McDonnell was 32 years old with a record of 29-2-1 (13 KOs). Inoue won the WBA (Regular) bantamweight title.

  5. Naoya Inoue defeats Emmanuel Rodríguez

    On Naoya Inoue defeated Puerto Rican boxer Emmanuel Rodríguez via 2nd round TKO. Inoue was 26 years old with a record of 18-0 (16 KOs). Rodríguez was 26 years old with an undefeated record of 19-0 (12 KOs). Inoue won the IBF and vacant Ring Magazine bantamweight titles.

  6. Naoya Inoue defeats Stephen Fulton Jr.

    On Naoya Inoue defeated American boxer Stephen Fulton Jr. via 8th round TKO. Inoue was 30 years old with a record of 25-0 (22 KOs). Fulton Jr. was 29 years old with an undefeated record of 21-0 (8 KOs). Inoue won the WBC and WBO super-bantamweight titles.

  7. Naoya Inoue defeats Adrián Hernández

    On Naoya Inoue defeated Mexican boxer Adrián Hernández via 6th round TKO. Inoue was 20 years old with a record of 6-0 (5 KOs). Hernández was 28 years old with a record of 29-2-1 (18 KOs). Inoue won the WBC light-flyweight title — his first world title.

  8. Naoya Inoue defeats Marlon Tapales

    On Naoya Inoue defeated Filipino boxer Marlon Tapales via 10th round KO. Inoue was 30 years old with a record of 26-0 (23 KOs). Tapales was 31 years old with a record of 37-3 (18 KOs). Inoue successfully defended his WBC and WBO super-bantamweight titles, and won the WBA (Super), IBF, and vacant Ring Magazine super-bantamweight titles.

  9. Naoya Inoue defeats Michael Dasmariñas

    On Naoya Inoue defeated Filipino boxer Michael Dasmariñas via 3rd round KO. Inoue was 28 years old with a record of 21-0 (18 KOs). Dasmarinas was 28 years old with a record of 29-2-1 (20 KOs). Inoue successfully defended his WBA (Super), IBF, and Ring Magazine bantamweight titles.

  10. Naoya Inoue defeats Jason Moloney

    On Naoya Inoue defeated Australian boxer Jason Moloney via 7th round KO. Inoue was 27 years old with a record of 20-0 (17 KOs). Moloney was 29 years old with a record of 21-1 (18 KOs). Inoue successfully defended his WBA (Super), IBF, and Ring Magazine bantamweight titles.