Naoya Inoue
Japanese professional boxer
井上 尚弥 · 井上尚彌 · 井上尚弥 · 이노우에 나오야
- Born
- 10 April 1993, Zama
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Sport
- boxing
- Discipline
- super bantamweight
- Occupation
- boxer
- Height
- 163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Naoya Inoue (井上 尚弥), Inoue Naoya; born (10 April 1993) is a Japanese professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in four weight classes, and is one of only three male boxers to become the undisputed champion in two weight classes in the "four-belt era" (alongside Terence Crawford and Oleksandr Usyk). Nicknamed "The Monster" (怪物 Kaibutsu), he is widely regarded as the greatest Japanese boxer of all time and one of the greatest boxers of his era. Inoue is known for his exceptional punching power and excellent technical skill, possessing a knockout-to-win percentage of 81.82%.
He is the first and only boxer to win the undisputed championship at super bantamweight, having held all four major world titles since 2023, as well as the Ring magazine title. Previously he held the undisputed championship and the Ring title at bantamweight between 2022 and 2023. He became the first undisputed bantamweight champion since Enrique Pinder in 1972, and the first boxer in history to do so in the four-belt era.
Competitions
| Competition | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Naoya Inoue vs. Kim Ye-joon | ||
| Naoya Inoue vs. Luis Nery | ||
| Naoya Inoue vs. Marlon Tapales | ||
| Naoya Inoue vs. Paul Butler | ||
| Stephen Fulton vs. Naoya Inoue |
Awards and honours
- The Ring magazine Knockout of the Year 2018
- Ali–Frazier Award 2019
- Sugar Ray Robinson Award 2023
- The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year 2023
- IBF World Bantamweight Champion
- IBF World Junior Featherweight Champion
- The Ring World Bantamweight Champion
- The Ring World Junior Featherweight Champion
- WBA World Bantamweight Champion
- WBA World Bantamweight Champion (secondary)
- WBA World Super Bantamweight Champion
- WBC World Bantamweight Champion
- WBC World Light Flyweight Champion
- WBC World Super Bantamweight Champion
- WBO World Bantamweight Champion
- WBO World Junior Bantamweight Champion
- WBO World Junior Featherweight Champion
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q11372978 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.