Following the Las Vegas super fight between Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Terence Crawford, another boxer with a claim to be the very best on the planet puts his titles on the line.
Naoya Inoue what could be the toughest test of his super bantamweight reign to date, against Rio Olympic bronze medalis Murodjon Akhmadaliev. ‘The Monster’s WBC, WBA, IBF, WBO and Ring Magazine title are
After his Las Vegas excursion against Ramon Cardenas last time out, Japanese hero Inoue (30-0, 27 KOs) is back on home soil at Nagoya’s IG Arena.
That fight ended in an 11th consecutive stoppage for the lethal knockout artist, but not before he had been down heavily himself in round two.
Luis Nery also decked Inoue in a thrilling May 2025 firefight. Akhmadaliev (14-1, 11 KOs) will fancy his chances of springing the upset.
The Sporting News will update live results from the Inoue vs. Akhmadaliev card and provide a full report on the main event.
Naoya Inoue vs. Murodjon Akhmadaliev full card results
- Naoya Inoue (c) vs. Murodjon Akhmadaliev for the WBC, WBA, IBF, WBO and Ring Magazine super bantamweight titles
- Yoshiki Takei (c) vs. Christian Medina for the WBO bantamweight title
- Yuni Takada vs. Ryusei Matsumoto for the vacant WBA ‘regular’ minimum title
- Taiga Imanaga def. Yudai Murakami (UD 10) to win the vacant Japanese lightweight title
- Shunpei Ohata def. Ei Go (TKO 4/8); super featherweights
- Toshiki Shimomachi def. Han Sol Lee (UD 8); super bantamweights
- Taisei Ayano def. Yusuke Nawa (TKO 2/4); bantamweights
Naoya Inoue vs. Murodjon Akhmadaliev tune-in info
- Date: Sunday, September 14
- Location: IG Arena — Nagoya, Japan
- Time: 4:15 a.m. ET | 1:15 a.m. PT | 9:15 a.m. BST | 8:15 p.m. AEST
- Main event start time (approx.): 6:40 a.m. ET | 3:40 a.m. PT | 11:40 a.m. BST | 9:40 p.m. AEST
- How to watch: Facebook
Promoter Top Rank is streaming the fight free of charge in the UK and the US on its Facebook channel
