Unless it involves Naoya Inoue, Japanese boxing rarely makes international headlines. Saturday was one of those rare exceptions when the Japanese Boxing Commission confirmed the near-simultaneous ...

SAGAMIHARA, Japan (AP) — One is known as “The Monster,” the other “Big Bang.” The bout between champion boxers Naoya Inoue (30-0-0, 27 KOs) and Junto Nakatani (31-0-0, 24 KOs) is already being billed ...

Filmmaker Peter Michael Dowd has revealed that production is underway on his new feature documentary about Japanese world champion boxer Mizuki Hiruta, titled "I Want to Be a Superstar." Hiruta has ...

On May 6, Mexican star Luis Nery will enter the arena at the Tokyo Dome to face arguably the toughest challenge in world boxing. His opponent will be rampaging knockout artist and undisputed super ...

TOKYO (AP) — Billed as “The Day,” May 2 is turning out to be the biggest-ever occasion for Japanese boxing. It’s when Naoya Inoue (32-0, 27 KOs), the undisputed super-bantamweight world champion, ...

Four women have refereed men’s bouts at the Asian Games so far, carrying forward a decades-long history of women in boxing officiating.

Raul Rosas Jr. came away with the knockout win against Raoni Barcelos at UFC Vegas 121. MMA Weekly Takuma Inoue vs. Tenshin Nasukawa 2 live results update Welcome to the live results update for the ...

Now a three-weight world champion and a pound-for-pound entrant, the explosive Junto Nakatani returns to action for the maiden defense of his WBC bantamweight title against Filipino-born challenger ...

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