Key Fights of the Week: Inoue’s Defense, Tournaments in Kyiv, Nottingham, and Las Vegas

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January 24

Tokyo, Japan

Broadcast: ESPN

– Naoya Inoue (28-0, 25 KOs) vs. Ye Joon Kim (21-2-2, 13 KOs):

Bout for the undisputed super bantamweight championship (up to 122 lbs / 55.3 kg).

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

Fight for the WBO Asia Pacific minimumweight title (up to 105 lbs / 47.6 kg).

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

Battle for the WBO Asia Pacific and OPBF welterweight titles (up to 147 lbs / 66.7 kg).

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

Lightweight clash (up to 135 lbs / 61.2 kg).

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

Super bantamweight bout (up to 122 lbs / 55.3 kg).

January 25

Kyiv, Ukraine

– Aram Faniyan (25-2, 6 KOs) vs. Nicolas Jara (13-6, 6 KOs):

Super lightweight bout (up to 140 lbs / 63.5 kg).

– Viktor Postol (31-5, 12 KOs) vs. Fernando Saucedo (64-10-3, 10 KOs):

Super lightweight clash (up to 140 lbs / 63.5 kg).

– Stanyslav Skorokhod (21-3, 18 KOs) vs. Marat Hryhorian (3-0, 3 KOs):

Light heavyweight showdown (up to 175 lbs / 79.4 kg).

– Taras Bondarchuk (3-0, 1 KO) vs. Cesar Paredes (18-14-1, 5 KOs):

Lightweight bout (up to 135 lbs / 61.2 kg).

– Oleksandr Ivkov (4-0-1, 2 KOs) vs. Evgeny Kalenyuk (2-7-1, 1 KO):

Super middleweight fight (up to 168 lbs / 76.2 kg).

– Dmytro Lovchinsky (debut) vs. Paata Aduashvili (10-36-3, 5 KOs):

Heavyweight bout (over 200 lbs / 90.7 kg).

Nottingham, UK

Promoter: Eddie Hearn (Matchroom Boxing)

Broadcast: DAZN

– Dalton Smith (16-0, 12 KOs) vs. Walid Ouizza (19-2, 8 KOs):

Fight for the WBC Silver and vacant EBU European super lightweight titles (up to 140 lbs / 63.5 kg).

– Harry Scarff (13-3, 3 KOs) vs. Conah Walker (14-3-1, 5 KOs):

Bout for the BBBofC British and Commonwealth Boxing Council welterweight titles (up to 147 lbs / 66.7 kg).

– Ellie Scotney (9-0, 0 KOs) vs. Mea Motu (20-0, 8 KOs):

Fight for the WBO, IBF, and IBO super bantamweight world titles (up to 122 lbs / 55.3 kg).

Las Vegas, USA

Promoter: Eddie Hearn (Matchroom Boxing)

– Diego Pacheco (22-0, 18 KOs) vs. Steven Nelson (20-0, 16 KOs):

Fight for the WBC USA and WBO International super middleweight titles (up to 168 lbs / 76.2 kg).

– Andy Cruz (4-0, 2 KOs) vs. Omar Salcido (20-1, 14 KOs):

Battle for the IBF International lightweight title (up to 135 lbs / 61.2 kg).

– Ernesto Mercado (16-0, 15 KOs) vs. Jose Pedraza (29-6-1, 14 KOs):

Super lightweight clash (up to 140 lbs / 63.5 kg).

Get ready for a thrilling week of boxing action around the globe!