Stephen Fulton vs Naoya Inoue postponed fight may june new date cancelled training injury Yokohama Arena in Yokohama Japan july

Stephen Fulton vs Naoya Inoue postponed

Published On Wednesday, March 22, 2023By Global Boxing News

Naoya Inoue injured

Bout will be rescheduled until a to-be-announced date in July

Stephen Fulton’s WBO/WBC junior featherweight world title defense against Naoya Inoue — originally scheduled for Sunday, May 7, at Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan — has been postponed due to a training injury suffered by Inoue.

Fulton-Inoue will be rescheduled for July, with a new date to be announced in due course.

The main event and undercard bouts will stream live and exclusively in the U.S. on ESPN+.

Fulton (21-0, 8 KOs) will make his third world title defense and second as a unified champion since defeating Brandon Figueroa in one of the best fights of 2021. Inoue (24-0, 21 KOs), the sport’s pound-for-pound king, is a three-division world champion who is making his junior featherweight debut after defeating Paul Butler last December to become the undisputed bantamweight world champion.

 

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