Naoya Inoue will challenge Stephen Fulton for the unified super bantamweight titles on Tuesday as the Japanese star aims to become a four-division champion.
Inoue, 30, has already won a world title at light flyweight, unified gold at super flyweight and was recently the undisputed champion at bantamweight. “Monster”, that is Indie gameThe pound-for-pound No. 1 vacated his undisputed titles and advanced to the division to face Fulton.
Fulton, 29, is as undefeated as his opponent here, and the American will take the WBC and WBO titles to Tokyo this week, where Inoue awaits.
Last time out, Inu made a mockery of Paul Butler in December before beating the Briton to reach undisputed bantamweight status. Meanwhile, Fulton last fought in June, defeating David Roman to retain his super bantamweight belts.
Here’s everything you need to know.
When is that?
Inoue v Fulton takes place on Tuesday, July 25th at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.
The main card starts at 9:30am BST (1:30am PT, 3:30am CT, 4:30am ET), with the ring walk for the main event expected at 12pm BST (4am PT, 6am CT, 7am ET).
How can I see?
In the UK, the event will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Action. Subscribers can also watch the fights on the Sky Go app.
In the US, ESPN+ will broadcast the event live.
opportunities
Inu – 1/4
Fulton – 5/16
Tie – 16/1
Full Card (Subject to Change)
Stephen Fulton (C) vs Naoya Inoue (WBC and WBO super bantamweight titles)
Robeisy Ramirez (C) vs Satoshi Shimizu (WBO featherweight title)
Chihiro Iwashita vs Hiroyuki Takahara (Super Featherweight)
Kanamu Sakama vs Ryu Horikawa (Superfly)
Taiga Imanaka vs Heavyweight (Lightweight)
Yoshiki Takei vs Ronnie Baldonado (Super Bantamweight)
Yuki Kajitani vs Masato Shinoda (Super Fly)
Kenta Yamagawa vs Ryosuke Nakamura (Featherweight)
Takero Kitano vs Kenta Kawakami (Featherweight)
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