Naoya Inoue
| Naoya Inoue | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Nickname(s) | The Monster |
| Rated at | |
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Reach | 1.72 m (68 in) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Born |
April 10, 1993 Zama, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 12 |
| Wins | 12 |
| Wins by KO | 10 |
| Losses | 0 |
Naoya Inoue (井上 尚弥 Inoue Naoya?, born 10 April 1993) is a Japanese professional boxer. He is a two-weight world champion, having held the WBO junior-bantamweight title since 2014 and previously the WBC light-flyweight title, also in 2014. Nicknamed "The Monster", Inoue is known for his devastating punching power and brutal body attack. As of May 2017, he is ranked as the world's best junior-bantamweight by The Ring magazine and the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, and third by BoxRec.
Inoue won the Japanese Interscholastic Athletic Meeting and the Japanese Junior National Championships in 2009. In 2010, he took the bronze medal in the Asian Youth Championships in Tehran, Iran, and won the Japanese Junior Selection Tournament. He then participated in the AIBA Youth World Championships, but lost to Yosvany Veitía in the third preliminary round. He finished in the second place at the Japanese National Championships in the same year.
In July 2011, he took the gold medal in the 21st President's Cup in Jakarta, Indonesia. He subsequently won the first place in the Japanese Interscholastic Athletic Meeting in that year. However, he was eliminated in the third round by Yosvany Veitía in the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Exhibition Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan, and lost to Birzhan Zhakypov in the final at the 2012 Asian Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament in Astana, Kazakhstan. His amateur record was 75-6 (48 KOs and RSCs).
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