{"id":138004,"date":"2025-09-12T15:45:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T15:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/138004\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T15:45:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T15:45:07","slug":"naoya-inoue-vs-murodjon-akhmadaliev-undercard-complete-list-of-fights-before-main-event-in-2025-undisputed-boxing-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/138004\/","title":{"rendered":"Naoya Inoue vs. Murodjon Akhmadaliev undercard: Complete list of fights before main event in 2025 undisputed boxing match"},"content":{"rendered":"

Naoya Inoue<\/a> faces what many good judges expect to be the toughest test of his undisputed super bantamweight reign against Murodjon Akhmadaliev<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After his Las Vegas excursion against Ramon Cardenas<\/a> last time out, Japanese hero Inoue (30-0, 27 KOs)\u00a0 is back on home soil at Nagoya’s IG Arena.<\/p>\n

That fight ended in an 11th consecutive stoppage for the lethal knockout artist, but not before he had been down heavily himself in round two.<\/p>\n

Luis Nery also decked ‘The Monster’ in a thrilling May 2025 firefight<\/a> and Rio Olympic bronze medalist Akhmadaliev, who has claimed 11 of his 14 professional wins inside the distance, will fancy his chances of springing the upset.<\/p>\n

On the undercard, one of Inoue’s compatriots is in world title action, while domestic honours are also on the line.<\/p>\n

MORE:\u00a0Best boxers of the 21st century, ranked: Sporting News’ list of top male fighters ahead of Canelo vs. Crawford<\/a><\/p>\n

Naoya Inoue vs. Murodjon Akhmadaliev undercard<\/p>\n

Here’s a breakdown of all the action\u00a0on the Inoue vs. Akhmadaliev card.<\/p>\n

Yoshiki Takei vs. Christian MedinaDivision\/Weight: BantamweightTakei record: 11-0Medina record: 25-4Belts at stake: WBO Bantamweight title<\/p>\n

Takei makes the fourth defence of the WBO bantamweight title he won with a unanimous decision triumph over Australia’s Jason Moloney on the Inoue vs. Nery undercard.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old is a familiar fixture on Inoue bills and edged perennial nearly-man Daigo Higa before Inoue beat TJ Doheny.<\/p>\n

Moloney and Higa are the only Takei opponents to hear the final bell, and he took out Yuttapong Tongdee inside a round in his previous fight. Medina is coming into this one on a run of four consecutive stoppages and looks ready to fight fire with fire.<\/p>\n

Yuni Takada vs. Ryusei MatsumotoDivision\/Weight: MinimumweightTakada record: 16-8-3Matsumoto record: 6-0Belts at stake: WBA ‘Regular’ Minimumweight title<\/p>\n

Takada is enjoying a stunning career turnaround. Having suffered four of his eight defeats by knockout, the 27-year-old has hit a rich run of form. A split-decision win over Goki Kobayashi on the Inoue vs. Ye Joon Kim undercard was his eighth consecutive victory.<\/p>\n

The Kobayashi fight earned Takada a regional WBO title and he now gets a shot at the organisation’s vacant ‘regular’ championship.<\/p>\n

Matsumoto is the same age as his opponent, has similarly vacated the Japanese minimumweight title and has won four of his six pro fights by KO.<\/p>\n

Yudai Murakami vs. Taiga ImanagaDivision\/Weight: LightweightMurakami record: 6-2-1Imanaga record: 8-0Belts at stake: Japanese Lightweight title<\/p>\n

The vacant national 135-pound title is on the line. Murakami hopes it’s a case of third-time lucky, having lost a 10-round decision to Shuma Nakazato in December 2023 before boxing to a unanimous draw in their rematch four months ago.<\/p>\n

Imanaga has not put a foot wrong as a professional so far, but this will be his first time boxing above the eight-round distance.<\/p>\n

Toshiki Shimomachi vs. Han Sol LeeDivision\/Weight: Super BantamweightShimomachi record: 21-1-3Lee record: 9-7Belts at stake: N\/A<\/p>\n

Finally, Toshiki Shimomachi faces\u00a0Han Sol Lee.<\/p>\n

Unbeaten since a split-decision loss in his third pro fight back in 2016, Shimomachi is in a keep-busy contest.<\/p>\n

Lee has lost five of his past six bouts and was stopped for the third time in his career in his most recent contest.<\/p>\n

Naoya Inoue vs. Murodjon Akhmadaliev tune-in infoDate: Sunday, September 14Location: IG Arena \u2014 Nagoya, JapanTime:\u00a04:15 a.m. ET | 1:15 a.m. PT |\u00a09:15 a.m. BST | 8:15 p.m. AEST\u00a0Main event start time (approx.): 6:40\u00a0a.m. ET | 3:40\u00a0a.m. PT | 11:40\u00a0a.m. BST | 9:40 p.m. AESTHow to watch: Facebook<\/p>\n

Promoter Top Rank is streaming the fight free of charge in the UK and the US on its Facebook channel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Naoya Inoue faces what many good judges expect to be the toughest test of his undisputed super bantamweight…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-138004","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}