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Naoya Inoue

Age

32

Nationality
Japan Flag Japanese

Contract

Last Fight 2025
Weight Class Bantamweight
Last Opponent Murodjon Akhmadaliev
Last Fight Purse
$19m
Total Earnings
$57m

Contract

Naoya Inoue is undefeated in his boxing career since 2012. He is currently on winning streak of 31 fights which include 27 wins by knockout. In 2019, after winning his fight against "Nonito Donaire" Inoue and Ohashi Promotions signed multi-year co-promotional deal with Top Rank promotion. His average purse payout increase rapidly in 2024.

Highest Paid Japenese Boxer Of All-Times: He became the highest paid Japanese boxer in history after his fight against Luis Nery which earned him $6.4 million (1 billion yen) according to his manager Hideyuki Ohashi. Since then he has fought three-times in 2025 earning $7 million against Ye Joon Kim, $5 million against Ramon Cardenas and his career best purse of $15m against Akhmadaliev.

Career Earnings

Year Earnings Opponent
2025 $19m Inoue vs Akhmadaliev
2025 $7m Ramon Cardenas
2024 $4m TJ Doheny
2024 $8.5m Luis Nery
2023 $2m Marlon Tapales
2023 $5m Stephen Fulton
2022 $1.5m Paul Butler
2022 $500k Nonito Donaire
2021 $500k Aran Dipaen
2025 $9m Ye Joon Kim

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