Naoya Inoue Earns Record Purse for Picasso Fight
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On 27 December in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Japanese undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue faced Mexican contender Alan David Picasso.
The fight went the full distance and ended with a unanimous decision win for Inoue. The judges’ scorecards read 120–108, 119–109 and 117–111 in favour of the Japanese undisputed champion.
Inoue’s purse for this bout totalled around 4 billion yen (approximately 25.7 million US dollars) — a record-breaking figure in the history of Japanese sports. Previously, his highest payday for a single fight was in the range of 1–1.1 billion yen (6.4–7 million dollars).
Full punch-by-punch statistics for the clash between Inoue (32-0, 27 KOs) and Picasso (32-1-1, 17 KOs) from Ready to Fight can be found via the link.