Naoya Inoue has been within the awards once more, having been named Japan’s Boxer the of the 12 months on the annual Japanese Boxing Fee and Sportswriters Membership ceremony in Tokyo.
The sensible tremendous bantamweight champion, dubbed ‘The Monster’, loved an excellent 2023, with decisive wins over Stephen Fulton and Marlon Tapales, and for a lot of he was boxing’s Fighter of the 12 months.
Inoue is now 26-0 (23 KOs) and the 30-year-old is reportedly in line to face Luis Nery in Could, however the wins over Fulton and Tapales noticed him change into the undisputed champion at tremendous bantamweight having already achieved it at bantamweight.
“I want to maintain successful till the tip of my profession,” stated Inoue.
The choice to current Inoue with the award was unanimous by the Japanese sports activities writers and the Japan Boxing Fee (JBC).
Inoue defeated Fulton in a one-sided combat in July, the identical week Terence Crawford defeated Errol Spence in Las Vegas, and Tapales lasted into the tenth in December.
In different awards, Inoue-Fulton gained Battle of the 12 months (world) and Kenshiro Teraji, WBC and WBA gentle flyweight champion, gained the Method award for the second consecutive yr.
Junto Nakatani gained the Precious Victory award, and Kazuto Ioka, Takuma Inoue, Ginjiro Shigeoka and Yudai Shigeoka all gained Wonderful Boxer awards. The home Battle of the 12 months was awarded to Seiya Tsutsumi vs. Kazuki Anaguchi, the combat that noticed Anaguchi go away from accidents sustained within the contest.
Shingo Inoue, father of Naoya and Takuma, gained Coach of the 12 months.
