Naoya Inoue, who became the first Japanese player to become a unified champion of three groups in professional boxing, met at the Foreign Correspondents' Association of Japan and said, "The final point as a professional boxer is 35 years old, and it is ideal to finish undefeated until then." He talked about his vision.
Inoue became the first Japanese player to become a three-group unified champion by fighting a bantamweight three-group unified battle with Filipino Nonito Donaire on the 7th of this month and winning a technical knockout.
In addition, he became the first Japanese player to rank first in the ranking "Pound for Pound" that determines the strongest player in all classes of the prestigious boxing magazine "The Ring" in the United States.
Inoue met at the Foreign Correspondents' Association of Japan in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo on the 27th, and looked back on the unification match, saying, "The condition was well finished and I was confident. I was satisfied with the content of the match." I told you.
Regarding being ranked first in "Pound for Pound", he mentioned that 20 of them were knockout wins without losing 23 professional games in total. I think we can enter the ranking with many players. "
Furthermore, regarding the future vision, he said, "The goal of this year is to unify the four groups, but next time I want to challenge the super bantamweight class," he said, "I think that the final point as a professional boxer is 35 years old. It is ideal to reach the goal undefeated until then. "