It was a brutal lesson for the overmatched South Korean challenger, who took the fight on just two weeks’ notice as a late replacement for Australian Sam Goodman, who has twice pulled out of fights with Inoue due to a cut suffered in sparring last month. The latest win sets up Inoue for a blockbuster 2025 that will include a spring fight in the United States and likely then a huge contest in Saudi Arabia, possibly against fellow unbeaten Japanese superstar and WBC bantamweight champion Junto Nakatani.
