Naoya Inoue, who has unified the throne of four groups in the professional boxing bantamweight division and has decided to switch to the super bantamweight division, which is one class higher, participated in an event to interact with fans in his hometown of Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, and said, "New I'm going to challenge the class, so I'm going to do my best," he said.
Inoue, who unified the 4 major bantamweight groups last month, will return all the belts and switch to the super bantamweight class, one level higher, aiming to unify the 4 group thrones in the world's first two classes. This was announced on the 13th.
On the 14th, he and his younger brother Takuma, a professional boxer, participated in a fan exchange event held in his hometown of Zama, and held a talk session in front of about 600 people.
During this time, when asked how he maintains his motivation to compete, he answered, "Fighting against strong opponents. Without a sense of urgency that if you don't practice, you can't win." rice field.
After that, the students from his alma mater's junior high school introduced the banner he had created to commemorate the unification of the throne, and Inoue signed and expressed his gratitude.
And when the students asked him what he would be happy to have in his lunch box, Inoue immediately answered, "Fried chicken," making him laugh.
Furthermore, at the end of the event, he said, "I'm going to challenge a new class, so I'll do my best."
Inoue, who responded to the interview after the event, said, "I felt happy to be able to interact with the fans after a long time. I feel even more excited, so I want to do my best from next week."