Moments after witnessing his fighter despatch yet one more sufferer, promoter Bob Arum was all smiles as he spoke to the viewers contained in the sold-out Ariake Enviornment in Tokyo, Japan. Arum took the mic and spoke about what is going to come subsequent for the 31-year-old undisputed super-bantamweight king. As anticipated, Arum said that Inoue’s subsequent battle will happen in Las Vegas, whereas Inoue himself mentioned he may even battle in Saudi Arabia this 12 months.
Inoue, who barely broke a sweat in knocking out a recreation however over-matched and outclassed Ye Joon Kim inside 4 rounds to enhance to 29-0(26), signed a take care of Riyadh Season a short time in the past, and followers are very to see who he might battle, maybe on one of many stacked playing cards we’ve grown accustomed to watching in Saudi Arabia.
First up, it will likely be Vegas, more than likely in opposition to unbeaten however considerably unknown Mexican fighter Alan David Picasso. However after that, who is aware of?
“I simply need to say one other nice efficiency by our champion right here,” Arum mentioned to the gang, celebrating Inoue’s newest KO win. “And at the least for one battle, the good nation of Japan will give this nice Inoue to town of Las Vegas for one battle this spring.”
Inoue himself spoke about how excited he’s to be set to take his “Monster” present on the street to overseas international locations right here in 2025.
“Sure, 2025 would be the 12 months for me to go to abroad international locations to have a battle,” Inoue mentioned. “So in spring of 2025, I’ll be going to Las Vegas to point out you the good match. I’m planning to battle in Las Vegas and Saudi Arabia this 12 months. So please give me massive applause and welcome me all over the place I am going.”
The way in which he fights, in merely electrifying model, Inoue has no want to fret about being given applause. Inoue is, within the opinion of some, a flawless, good fighter. Inoue can do all of it, and what he wants now, what all of us need to see now, is Inoue examined laborious. However who at 122 kilos, and probably past, is as much as the duty? Picasso will maybe enter the ring as massive an underdog as Kim was as we speak, whereas fellow Japanese star Junto Nakatani, who might face Inoue in a large all-Japanese battle this 12 months, would even be the outsider.
That battle appears doubtless for Japan, although, so who may Inoue battle on an enormous card in Riyadh? Murodjon Akhmadaliev is insistent that Inoue is ducking him, so this battle could also be one Turki Alalshikh tries to make, just because “MJ” is the final hurdle Inoue has to recover from to completely clear out the 122-pound division. After that, assuming Inoue beats Nakatani and Akhmadaliev if these fights do occur, it might be that oft-talked about (by the followers largely) transfer to featherweight.
