Look at Japan’s Naoya ‘Monster’ inoue!

Let’s look at the world champion of Japan’s world champion Naoya ‘Monster’ inoue, which is the current IBF, WBC and WBO World Super Bantamweight Champion and possibly the best pound-for-pound in the world.

Inoue’s amateur record was 75-6 before becoming professional in May 2012, and the Philippines’ Crison ‘No Surrender’ Omayao, 16-4-1, knocked out in four rounds of a scheduled eight rounds.

In his fourth fight, he won the Japanese lightweight title and defeated Ryoichi Taguchi, 18-1-1. In his fifth battle, he won the Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation’s vacant light flyweight title and stopped the Philippines’ Jerson ‘Smooth Operator’ Mancio, 18-3-3, in five rounds.

In April of 2014, Inoue won his first world title when he stopped Mexico’s WBC World Light Flyweight Champion Adrian ‘Big Bang’ Hernandez, 29-2-1, in six rounds in his sixth battle. He defended the title.

In December, he went up and won his second divisional world title and knocked out Argentina’s WBO World Super Flyweight Champion Omar ‘El Huracan’ Narvaez, 43-1-2, in two rounds. He made seven title defense.

In May 2019, he won his world title of the third division and knocked out IBF World Bantamweight Champion Puerto Rico’s Manny Rodriguez, 19-0.

In June 2022 he added the WBC World Bantamweight title, which stops Nonito Donaire, 42-6, in two rounds.

In December, he added the WBO World Bantamweight title and knocked out in his sixth defense at Bantam weight.

In July 2023 he moved up and the WBC and WBO Super Bantamweight Champion Philadelphia’s Stephen ‘Scooter’ Fulton, 21-0, stopped in 8 rounds and won his fourth divisional world title.

He added the IBF title in his next fight and knocked out the Philippines’ Marlon ‘Nightmare’ Tapales, 37-3, in ten rounds.

In his fourth defense in May 2025, he stopped San Antonio’s Ramon ‘Dinimita’ Cardenas, 26-1, in eight rounds. He improved his record to 30-0 with 27 stops and 19 overall title defense. At the age of 32, he fought four times in the US, once in the UK, and twenty-five times in Japan.