TOKYO, June 27 — Japan’s Naoya Inoue wants to prove he is worthy of his status as boxing’s new pound-for-pound king, by becoming undisputed bantamweight world champion, the man known as “Monster” said today.
“People were saying that me becoming the number one pound-for-pound fighter all depended on what happened in the Donaire fight, and things worked out as well as I could have imagined,” said Inoue, who is unbeaten in all his 23 fights, winning 20 by knockout.“In order to do that, I need to unify the bantamweight world titles and then take on the super-bantamweight division.”
“If it happens by the end of this year, I don’t care whether it happens in Japan, the US or Britain,” he said. He said “satisfying the fans” was just as important to him as winning and he wants to “show everyone who comes to watch me what I can do”.
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