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To Craig Daly: Naoya Inoue and WBC and WBO super bantamweight champion Stephen Fulton are gearing up for April, according to Top Rank promoter Bob Arum.

Inoue (24-0, 21 KOs) will move up to the 122-pound division in hopes of winning the fourth-weight world title and becoming the undisputed second-weight champion in 2023.

If successful, the Inoue-Fulton match will take place in Japan. Fulton (21-0, 8 KOs) is confident of beating 29-year-old ‘monster’ Inoue with his superior physique and technical prowess. Japanese star.

“My Japanese partner is working on it, and that’s also what we’re trying to accomplish in April.Top Rank promoter Bob Arum told Secondsout when asked about the fight between Stephen Fulton and WBC/WBO super bantamweight champion Stephen Fulton.

Fulton aiming for stardom

If Fulton, 28, beats Inoue, he’ll be an overnight star in America and take his career to the next level.

The Philadelphia native has a shot at stardom if he can decisively beat “monster” Inoue, despite fighting in a weight class that isn’t well-regarded by American boxing fans.

That being said, Fulton is likely to be a big underdog when his fight with superstar Inoue takes place, and he needs to be shaken up to shock the world.

The question is whether Inoue, who started his career at the age of 112 in 2012, overstepped himself by finally choosing to move up to the fourth division. in the middle.

Inoue doesn’t mix it with the best

Less scrutinized is the less than spectacular opposition Inoue faced. Although he has won many titles, he has never faced elite opposition in his career.

Arguably the best fighter Inoue has faced in his 10-year professional career is Nonito Donaire, and he was 37 when he first fought him in a tough fight in 2019. This wasn’t the prime version of Donaire that Inoue fought, but he still got a lot of punishment in the fight.

Aside from Donaire, the rest of the fighters on Inoue’s resume are a mix of paper champions and B-level fighters.

Inoue’s best matches: