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Stephen Fulton vs. Naoya Inoue Junior Featherweight Super
Fight Headlines
Tues. Morning Extravaganza From Tokyo
American fight fans will be treated to “Breakfast With The
Monster” this Tuesday, July 25, as Naoya “Monster” Inoue
attempts to dethrone WBC/WBO junior featherweight world
champion Stephen Fulton at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.
Inoue (24-0, 21 KOs) aims to become a four-weight world
champion after attaining undisputed status as a
bantamweight. Many experts regard him as the world’s
pound-for-pound king, and he looks to bolster that claim
with a win over Philadelphia native Fulton (21-0, 8 KOs).
“Cool Boy Steph” has not fought since June 2022, when he
dominated former unified world champion Danny Roman over 12
rounds.
Fulton-Inoue and undercard action will stream live and
exclusively on ESPN+ in the U.S. starting at 4:30 a.m.
ET/1:30 a.m. PT.
The ESPN+ stream is also scheduled to include the following
bouts:
Cuban sensation Robeisy “El Tren” Ramirez (12-1, 7 KOs) will
make the first defense of his WBO featherweight world title
against Japanese contender Satoshi Shimizu (11-1, 10 KOs).
Ramirez snatched the vacant title in April with a one-sided
decision over former junior featherweight world champion
Isaac Dogboe. Shimizu, a 2012 Olympic bronze medalist, has
won three straight bouts since a 2019 TKO defeat to Joe
Noynay.
In an eight-round light flyweight attraction, unbeaten
knockout artist Kanamu Sakama (7-0, 6 KOs) steps up against
Ryu Horikawa (3-1-2, 1 KO), who is coming off an eight-round
draw against former flyweight world champion Sho Kimura.
Japanese junior featherweight phenom Yoshiki Takei (6-0, 6
KOs) looks to make it lucky number seven in an eight-rounder
versus Filipino veteran Ronnie Baldonado (16-4-1, 9 KOs).
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