After a Might pit cease within the States, undisputed tremendous bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue is formally set to face former unified titlist Murodjon Akhmadaliev on September 14th in Nagoya, Japan.
Inoue (30-0, 27 KO) had supposed to spend the final short time clearing out his obligatory challengers forward of a 2026 superfight with countryman Junto Nakatani, however discovered himself foiled by circumstances past his management. Winter showdowns with Sam Goodman fell by means of when the Aussie suffered a pair of cuts in fast succession, leaving “The Monster” to smash Ye Joon Kim on brief discover, after which Alan Picasso mentioned “no gracias” and teed up Inoue’s shootout with Ramon Cardenas.
Barring anymore unlucky turns of occasions, he’ll face what appears to be the hardest problem this at the moment Nakatani-free division has to supply in Akhmadaliev (14-1, 11 KO). Needs to be a very good one.
As beforehand revealed, the co-feature will see common Inoue accomplice in crime Yoshiki Takei (11-0, 9 KO) defend his WBO bantamweight belt towards fellow bruiser Christian Media (24-4, 17 KO)
