IBF, WBC, and WBO tremendous bantamweight champion Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue might be defending substitute opponent Ye Joon Kim (21-2-2, 13 KOs) rather than his injured necessary Sam Goodman on January twenty fourth on the Ariake Area, Koto-Ku in Tokyo, Japan.
Inoue’s administration discovered the 32-year-old South Korean Ye Joon Kim and inserted him because the alternative for Naoya to defend his three belts in 13 days on January twenty fourth. Goodman (19-0, 8 KOs) pulled out of his battle towards Inoue attributable to a reoccurrence of a watch damage. Inoue is predicted to reschedule towards Goodman at a later date in 2025.
Rocky Story?
Followers’ one challenge, moreover by no means having heard of Kim earlier than, is how he may be allowed to battle for Inoue’s three world titles at tremendous bantamweight when he’s unranked within the prime 15 by any of the 4 sanctioning our bodies. Apart from that, Yoon Kim is nearly nearly as good an choice as Naoya’s unpopular authentic selection, Sam Goodman.
Inoue’s workforce has made a ‘Rocky’- kind choice, selecting an unranked fighter few individuals have ever heard of and placing him within the highlight to problem for 3 world titles. It might be extra palatable if this had been a non-world title battle with none of Inoue’s belts at stake. Crew ‘Monster’ Inoue has chosen a ham & egger as his alternative. That’s nice for Kim and Naoya however awful for the followers.
Permitting a non-contender to battle for 3 world titles is off-putting and completely unfair to the followers and the highest 15 contenders who’ve been ready for his or her shot on the world title towards the Japanese star.
Boxing followers weren’t concerned with seeing Inoue defend towards Goodman (19-0, 8 KOs), seeing that as a typical mismatch for the Japanese star. The Aussie Goodman is a finesse fighter with no energy and would have been meals for Naoya.
Nonetheless, Goodman seems like an actual expertise in comparison with the alternative opponent, Ye Joon Kim, who misplaced two years in the past to journeyman Sam Diezel (15-10, 4 KOS0 by an eight-round majority resolution on April 15, 2023.
Ye Joon Kim’s Final Six Opponents:
Rakesh Lohchab
John Basan
Sam Diezel
Ruben Montoya Ramirez
Ryo Kosaka
Anocha Phuangkaew
These information of these fighters are simply plain terrible, full of losses towards obscure fighters. Once more, how on the planet is Naoya Inoue being allowed to defend towards Ye Joon Kim somewhat than a reputable contender?
