Naoya Inoue vs. Ye Joon Kim: The Undercard

On January 24 in Tokyo, Japan, a boxing event will take place featuring local undisputed super bantamweight (up to 55.3 kg) champion Naoya Inoue (28–0, 25 KOs) and South Korea’s Ye Joon Kim (21–2–2, 13 KOs) in the main event. Kim steps in for Australia’s Sam Goodman (19–0, 8 KOs), who withdrew due to a recurrent eye injury.

Undercard Matchups

– Goki Kobayashi (8–1, 5 KOs) vs. Yuni Takada (15–8–3, 6 KOs)

WBO Asia Pacific title fight in the minimumweight division (up to 47.6 kg)

– Jin Sasaki (18–1–1, 17 KOs) vs. Shoky Sakai (29–14–3, 15 KOs)

WBO Asia Pacific and Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation welterweight (up to 66.7 kg) title fight

– Tsubasa Narai (14–2, 10 KOs) vs. Kai Watanabe (13–1–1, 7 KOs)

Lightweight (up to 61.2 kg)

– Toshiki Shimomachi (19–1–3, 12 KOs) vs. Misaki Hirano (11–1, 4 KOs)

Super bantamweight (up to 55.3 kg)