Fans are excited about two formidable fighters entering the ring to showcase their strength in the world of boxing. The champion, Naoya Inoue, is ready to fight inside the ring against Ye Joon Kim to defend his titles. Every boxing follower expects an electrifying showdown between the formidable Kim and champion Inoue on January 24, 2025, at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan. Naoya Inoue enters the ring to maintain his record in his career, and Ye Joon Kim is ready to fight against his opponent to win the Undisputed Junior Featherweight Championship. This determination from both fighters towards the upcoming bout promises to fans that the fight will show the skill, power, and resolve to achieve their goal. While both fighters are known worldwide for their great fights and victories, fans worldwide anticipate the upcoming match whether Inoue can deliver another spectacular defense victory or if Kim can finally overcome the odds and make his own legacy. With so much excitement and expectations around the bout, fans wait for the outcome of this great battle. For more information related to boxing, check our website and find more details of your favorite sport.
Naoya Inoue is a Japanese professional boxer, born on April 10, 1993. He is one of the only three male boxers in history to hold multiple world championships in four weight classes and is known as the undisputed champion in two weight classes. During his amateur career, Inoue fought better in his bouts and won the Japanese Interscholastic Athletic Meeting and the Japanese Junior National Championships. Around 2010, he won the bronze medal in the Asian Youth Championships in the Light flyweight division. Following it, in 2011, Inoue won the gold medal in the 21st President’s Cup in Jakarta Indonesia. On October 2, 2012, Naoya Inoue entered into the professional boxing career and made his debut match against Crison Omayao, winning via knockout. With his first bout, Inoue showed his excellent talent in boxing to the audience and started his own legacy.
Later, he was scheduled to fight against Ryoichi Taguchi on August 25, 2013, for the Japanese light flyweight title. With his great determination in the fight, Inoue claimed the title and victory via unanimous decision. On April 6, 2014, Inoue fought against Adrian Hernandez for the WBC Light flyweight title and claimed via knockout in the sixth round. Continuing it, he won the WBO Junior bantamweight title in a fight against Omar Narvaez. After winning the title, Inoue fought seven bouts in defending his WBO Junior Bantamweight title and succeeded in all matches with his excellent fight style and strength. On May 25, 2018, Inoue was scheduled to fight against Jamie McDonnell for the WBA Bantamweight title. As the fight entered the intense phase from the first round, Inoue won the clash via knockout. Following it, on November 7, 2019, he won his WBA Super Bantamweight title and retained the IBF title. In the following matches, Inoue fought various formidable titles for his titles. But he overcame every odd and retained his title in every bout and stands as undisputed champion with his title. On January 24, 2025, Naoya Inoue is ready to fight against Ye Joon Kim to defend his titles and maintain his undefeated record.
Ye Joon Kim is a South Korean professional boxer born on October 11, 1992. He made his professional career debut on February 29, 2012, with a match against Pil Joon Kim at Culture Center, Wanju. From the debut bout, Ye Joon Kim showed excellent strength in his fight and won. In April 2014, Kim was scheduled to fight against Akihiro Matsumoto in his upcoming vacant WBC Youth World Super Bantam title bout. Kim defeated his opponent with his strong resilience and determination and claimed the title. In March 2015, Kim entered the ring against Virgil Puton for the vacant IBF Asia Super Bantam title. While the bout goes through an intense phase of fighting from both boxers, fans are excited to witness it. With his strength and knowledge to counter his opponent, Kim won the fight and moved forward in his career. As he continued to win every defending match of his title, fans started looking forward to his match. Kim is a formidable boxer, even though he has held some losing and draw matches in his career. On January 24, 2025, every fan worldwide held high expectations about the game as two strong fighters entered the ring for the title bout. Kim was determined to claim the undisputed junior featherweight championship from his opponent, Naoya Inoue.
Naoya Inoue vs Ye Joon Kim: Event Details
Main Event: Naoya Inoue vs Ye Joon Kim
Date: January 24, 2025 (Friday)
Time: 5:00 a.m. ET | 2:00 a.m. PT | 3:30 p.m. IST
Venue: Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan
Where to Watch Naoya Inoue vs Ye Joon Kim?
Witness the clash between Naoya Inoue and Ye Joon Kim at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan. Worldwide fans can enjoy the highly anticipated bout with streaming service support. Fans from the United States can enjoy the fight via ESPN+, and United Kingdom fans can watch via Sky Sports+ to catch up on the fight.
Naoya Inoue vs Ye Joon Kim Fight Card
Naoya Inoue vs Sam Goodman, (for Inoue’s WBC/WBO/IBF/WBA super bantamweight titles)
Jin Sasaki vs Shoki Sakai, (welterweight)
Kai Watanabe vs Tsubasa Narai, (super featherweights)
Toshiki Shimomachi vs Misaki Hirano, (super bantamweights)
Goki Kobayashi vs Yuni Takada, (minimumweights)
Naoya Inoue Stats and Bio
Nationality: Japanese
Age: 31
Height: 5’55”
Reach: 67.5”
Total Fights: 28
Record: 28-0-0 (25 KOs)
Ye Joon Kim Stats and Bio
Nationality: South Korean
Age: 32
Height: 5’4”
Reach: N/A
Total Fights: 25
Record: 21-2-2 (13 KOs)
Prediction
Naoya Inoue vs Ye Joon Kim
In this upcoming thrilling bout, fans are looking forward to Naoya Inoue’s performance against his opponent, Ye Joon Kim. With his undefeated record, Inoue steps forward in his career to defend his title. In his 28 bouts, Inoue won 25 matches through knockout, which shows his strength and potential to grow strong. With his continuous strong fight tactics, Inoue earned the nickname as ‘Monster’. True to his nickname, Inoue shows excellent battle strength inside the ring against his opponent and claims his victory with knockouts. With an 89% knockout percentage, fans expect another decisive knockout victory against Ye Joon Kim in the upcoming bout. Along with his punching power, Inoue holds remarkable precision to his punches for effective results and also has speed for clean landing against opponents. It proves his strength to overwhelm his opponents inside the ring and rise to be a winner. Also, Naoya Inoue is known for his versatility in fights, as he is adept at both offense and defense play. He can able to adapt his opponent’s fight style quickly to counter against them and win the bout. While Inoue holds extraordinary knowledge and strength to be the winner, he has some disadvantages inside the ring. Like others, Inoue also shares some injuries in the fight, which may lead to some time for the opponent to defeat Inoue. Also, in the prolonged fights, Inoue fails to secure his path towards victory as he goes all out from the start for quick dominance victory. Conserving energy is lacking for him in bouts. Fans expect an excellent performance from Naoya Inoue in this upcoming bout against Ye Joon Kim.
Ye Joon Kim is the challenger in this bout for the Naoya Inoue titles. Similar to his opponent, Kim holds considerable in-ring knowledge and is also known to be a formidable fighter. In his total fights, Kim holds 21 victories and 13 made through knockouts. Kim holds 62 % of knockout, which is lower than the knockout percentage of his opponent Inoue. Still, he prepares to face one of the toughest fighters in his career and is ready to fight without any hesitation in mind. Following his talent in boxing, Ye Joon Kim is known for his strong resilience as he is determined inside the ring to fight against his opponent. His confidence to stand toe-to-toe, even when facing a formidable opponent, shows his potential for growth. Even in intense pressure-filled bouts, Kim held better with his ability and was also never knocked out by his opponent, as he has been good at reading his opponent’s moves. Like his opponent in the upcoming bout, Kim has better technical skills to face strong challengers inside the ring. He has the ability to outmaneuver in both footwork and defense to gain an advantage over his opponent. Also, Kim uses an orthodox stance in the fight, which gives him better balance and leverage for an advantage over the opponent. As for the weaknesses, compared with his opponent Inoue, Kim lacks the power to hold knockout punches against the opponents. Due to that, Kim focuses more on accumulative damages than the decisive single-punch knockouts. While both fighters have unique strengths and weaknesses in their fight style, Inoue holds the advantage in the upcoming fight to claim victory over Kim as he has an intense battle sense and the strength to defeat his opponent. Naoya Inoue holds the higher odds of winning the bout via Knockout against Ye Joon Kim.
The Pick: Naoya Inoue via Knockout/Technical Knockout
