Today, one of the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world returns to the ring. Naoya Inoue puts his undisputed super-bantamweight titles on the line, with his next move possibly determined by a key undercard fight, too.
In a main-event bout in Saudi Arabia, Inoue defends his belts against Alan Picasso, who looks to stay unbeaten and hand the Japanese “Monster” his first professional defeat. Inoue will enter the ring with a 31-0 (27 KOs) record, as one of boxing’s smallest but most-consistent knockout artists, while Picasso (who also goes by his middle name, David) is 32-0-1 (17 KOs).