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Boxing: Inoue to fight Doheny in September

TOKYO, Japan, July 16 Kyodo - Naoya Inoue, the undisputed super bantamweight world champion, poses at a press conference in Tokyo on July 16, 2024, as it is announced that the Japanese boxer will defend his four belts against former IBF title holder TJ Doheny of Ireland on Sept. 3. (Kyodo)

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Boxing: Inoue to fight Doheny in September

Naoya Inoue, the undisputed super bantamweight world champion, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on July 16, 2024, as the Japanese boxer will defend his four belts against former IBF title holder TJ Doheny of Ireland on Sept. 3.

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Boxing: Inoue to fight Doheny in September

Naoya Inoue, the undisputed super bantamweight world champion, meets the press in Tokyo on July 16, 2024, as the Japanese boxer will defend his four belts against former IBF title holder TJ Doheny of Ireland on Sept. 3.

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Boxing: Inoue to fight Doheny in September

Naoya Inoue, the undisputed super bantamweight world champion, poses at a press conference in Tokyo on July 16, 2024, as it is announced that the Japanese boxer will defend his four belts against former IBF title holder TJ Doheny of Ireland on Sept. 3.

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Boxing: Inoue vacates 4 belts, moves up to super bantam

Undefeated Japanese boxer Naoya Inoue announced his decision Friday to relinquish all four bantamweight belts and move up to the super bantamweight division. The 29-year-old, nicknamed "Monster," completed a sweep of the WBA, WBC, WBO and IBF belts last month with an 11th-round knockout of Britain's Paul Butler, who came in as the World Boxing Organization's bantamweight champion. "The real battle starts from here," Inoue said at a press conference in Yokohama. "I'm very excited." He became the first Japanese to top the pound-for-pound rankings published by the prestigious Ring magazine in June 2022 and now has a 24-0 record, with 21 knockouts.

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Boxing: Inoue to go up to super bantam

Japanese boxer Naoya Inoue poses for photos with his WBA, WBC, WBO and IBF champion belts in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 13, 2023. Inoue announced the same day that he will relinquish all of the four bantamweight belts and move up to the super bantamweight division.

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Boxing: Inoue to go up to super bantam

Japanese boxer Naoya Inoue poses for photos with his WBA, WBC, WBO and IBF champion belts in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 13, 2023. Inoue announced the same day that he will relinquish all of the four bantamweight belts and move up to the super bantamweight division.

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Boxing: Inoue to go up to super bantam

Japanese boxer Naoya Inoue poses for photos with his WBA, WBC, WBO and IBF champion belts in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 13, 2023. Inoue announced the same day that he will relinquish all of the four bantamweight belts and move up to the super bantamweight division.

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Boxing: Inoue to go up to super bantam

Japanese boxer Naoya Inoue poses for photos with his WBA, WBC, WBO and IBF champion belts in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 13, 2023. Inoue announced the same day that he will relinquish all of the four bantamweight belts and move up to the super bantamweight division.

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Japan pro boxer Takayama shows off 4 world champ belts

NAGOYA, Japan - Japanese professional boxer Katsunari Takayama shows off world minimumweight champion belts won from all four major boxing sanctioning bodies in Nagoya, central Japan, on Jan. 7, 2015.

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Boxing: Inoue becomes undisputed bantamweight champion

Japan's Naoya Inoue poses with his four champion belts after defeating Britain's Paul Butler in their bantamweight title unification boxing match at Tokyo's Ariake Arena on Dec. 13, 2022. (Pool photo)

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Boxing: Inoue becomes undisputed bantamweight champion

Japan's Naoya Inoue poses with his four champion belts after defeating Britain's Paul Butler in their bantamweight title unification boxing match at Tokyo's Ariake Arena on Dec. 13, 2022. (Pool photo)

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Boxing: Inoue becomes undisputed bantamweight champion

Japan's Naoya Inoue poses with his four champion belts after defeating Britain's Paul Butler in their bantamweight title unification boxing match at Ariake Arena in Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2022.

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Boxing: Inoue becomes undisputed bantamweight champion

Japan's Naoya Inoue poses with his four champion belts after defeating Britain's Paul Butler in their bantamweight title unification boxing match at Ariake Arena in Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2022.

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Boxing: Inoue becomes undisputed bantamweight champion

Japan's Naoya Inoue waves to the crowd holding his four champion belts after defeating Britain's Paul Butler in their bantamweight title unification boxing match at Ariake Arena in Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2022. (Pool photo)

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Boxing: Inoue becomes undisputed bantamweight champion

Japan's Naoya Inoue waves to the crowd holding his four champion belts after defeating Britain's Paul Butler in their bantamweight title unification boxing match at Ariake Arena in Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2022. (Pool photo)

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Boxing: Inoue becomes undisputed bantamweight champion

Japan's Naoya Inoue (C) stands between ring girls with his four champion belts after defeating Britain's Paul Butler in their bantamweight title unification boxing match at Tokyo's Ariake Arena on Dec. 13, 2022. (Pool photo)

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Boxing: Naoya Inoue vs. Paul Butler in Japan

Japanese boxer Naoya Inoue (L) and Britain's Paul Butler pose with their champion belts after stepping on the scales in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Dec. 12, 2022, a day before their four-belt bantamweight unification fight in Japan.