IBF, WBC, and WBO tremendous bantamweight champion Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue can be defending substitute opponent Ye Joon Kim (21-2-2, 13 KOs) rather than his injured obligatory Sam Goodman on January twenty fourth on the Ariake Enviornment, 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 combat in opposition to Inoue as a result of a reoccurrence of a watch harm. Inoue is predicted to reschedule in opposition to Goodman at a later date in 2025.
Rocky Story?
Followers’ one challenge, in addition to by no means having heard of Kim earlier than, is how he might be allowed to combat 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. Aside from that, Yoon Kim is nearly pretty much as good an choice as Naoya’s unpopular unique alternative, Sam Goodman.
Inoue’s crew has made a ‘Rocky’- kind choice, selecting an unranked fighter few folks 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 combat with none of Inoue’s belts at stake. Staff ‘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 combat 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 in opposition to the Japanese star.
Boxing followers weren’t interested by seeing Inoue defend in opposition to 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 appears 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 choice on April 15, 2023.
Ye Joon Kim’s Final Six Opponents:
Rakesh LohchabJohn BasanSam DiezelRuben Montoya RamirezRyo KosakaAnocha Phuangkaew
These data of these fighters are simply plain terrible, full of losses in opposition to obscure fighters. Once more, how on the earth is Naoya Inoue being allowed to defend in opposition to Ye Joon Kim fairly than a reputable contender?
