Editor's note: This story was originally published in July 2023, ahead of Naoya Inoue's junior featherweight debut against Stephen Fulton. His opponent, Paul Butler, was in survival mode the ...

To watch Naoya Inoue in a mismatch is to watch Aretha do a vocal warm-up, or Hendrix tune his guitar, or Dylan scribble what he can recall of last night’s dream on a restaurant napkin.

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese boxing superstar Naoya Inoue is headed to the United States after another devastating knockout. His promoter wants Americans to cherish Inoue as much as they do Shohei Ohtani.

Naoya Inoue (L) of Japan and Kim Ye-joon of South Korea pose during the official weigh-in ahead of their world super-bantamweight title boxing bout in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan on January 23 ...