Japanese fighter unifies super-bantamweight titles 30-year-old previously won all four bantamweight belts Japan's Naoya Inoue became the second male boxer to be a four-belt undisputed champion in two weight divisions with a 10th-round knockout of Marlon Tapales in Tokyo on Tuesday. Inoue unified the super-bantamweight titles of all four major sanctioning bodies, taking the WBA and IBF crown from Tapales and retaining the WBC and WBO belts he won in July.
Inoue KOs Tapales to become second male two-weight undisputed champion
The Guardian - 26 Dec 2023 16:17
Japanese fighter unifies super-bantamweight titles 30-year-old previously won all four bantamweight belts Japan's Naoya Inoue became the second male boxer to be a four-belt undisputed champion in two weight divisions with a 10th-round knockout of Marlon Tapales in Tokyo on Tuesday. Inoue unified the super-bantamweight titles of all four major sanctioning bodies, taking the WBA and IBF crown from Tapales and retaining the WBC and WBO belts he won in July.
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