Sam Goodman Injures Left Eye, Cancels Duel Monster KOs Naoya Inoue

Sam Goodman cancels combat in opposition to undisputed tremendous bantamweight global champion, Naoya Inoue no less than in 2024. The undefeated contender suffered an harm right through coaching camp, in step with Brendan Bradford of CODE Sports activities.

“He injured his eye in his closing apply fit ahead of flying to Tokyo,” wrote Bradford, who additionally uploaded two pictures.

A detailed-up picture of the harm used to be equipped by way of Australian boxing broadcaster Ben Damon. Inoue vs Goodman is scheduled to happen on December 24 in Tokyo.

Inoue holds all 4 tremendous bantamweight global titles. Goodman, 19-0 (8 KOs), is the IBF necessary challenger and may be ranked primary within the WBO.

This would be the 3rd combat of the 12 months for Inoue, 28-0 (25 KOs). He defeated challenger Luis Nery by the use of technical knockout within the 6th around in Would possibly.

His seventh-round TKO win over TJ Doheny in September used to be thought to be a memorable combat, and saved Inoue energetic ahead of he confronted every other higher-ranked challenger, Goodman.

It continues to be observed at the moment whether or not Inoue-Goodman might be rescheduled and what that suggests for Inoue’s 2025 plans, which would possibly come with dealing with Alan David Picasso in April in the USA, a large combat in opposition to reigning bantamweight global champion Junto Nakatani. , on the finish of this 12 months in Japan, and most likely – someplace in between – a combat in opposition to WBA necessary challenger Murodjon Akhmadaliev (if Akhmadaliev wins this Saturday’s combat)

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