Naoya Inoue’s planned defense of his super bantamweight world title on Christmas Eve has been postponed after Australian challenger Sam Goodman suffered an injury in training.
On Saturday, Goodman’s fitness club announced that he had cut his eye open while sparring reports that he needed four stitches., external
The new date is set for Friday, January 24, at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo.
“I apologize to everyone who was looking forward to it,” Inoue, 31 X wrote on his account., external.
“We hope you will come again on new dates. Let’s fight as best we can.”
Both fighters have a 100% record, with Japanese champion Inoue scoring 25 of his 28 wins by knockout.
He puts his IBF, WBC, WBA and WBO belts on the line against 26-year-old Goodman, who has eight knockouts in 19 victories.
