Order Now with Main Event on Kayo Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\nOn the scales, the challenger Picasso registered 121.1lbs, while Inoue was slightly heavier at 121.5lbs. <\/p>\n
For Inoue (ranked second in the world pound-for-pound), a win over Picasso has two significant implications. <\/p>\n
First of all, it will likely set up a much desired all-Japanese clash with Junto Nakatani who features in the co-main event. <\/p>\n
Secondly, a successful defence of the Ring Magazine super bantamweight title will see him match the record of the legendary Larry Holmes who defended his Ring Magazine heavyweight title four times in a calendar year. <\/p>\n
When asked by Mike Coppinger about why he likes to keep so active when a lot of boxing\u2019s superstars are lucky to fight twice a year, Inoue revealed that it\u2019s his love for the sweet science which inspires him to keep stepping into the ring. <\/p>\n
\u201cI fight for myself, I want my fans and supporters to see as many matches as possible, and I love boxing,\u201d Inoue said.<\/p>\n
Japan’s boxer Naoya Inoue (CL) and Mexico’s boxer David Picasso (CR) face off during their ceremonial weigh-in on December 26, 2025, in Boulevard Entertainment City in Riyadh, ahead of their final major fight card of the year. (Photo by Fayez NURELDINE \/ AFP)Source: AFP<\/p>\n
Inoue will be the favourite to beat Picasso, but the Mexican challenger is ready to pull off a major upset and produce one of the biggest wins in the country\u2019s boxing history. <\/p>\n
After stepping off the scales in Riyadh, Picasso was in a confident mood and urged his supporters to keep giving him the confidence come the opening bell. <\/p>\n
\u201cGive me all the confidence you\u2019ve already shown me, I\u2019m going to fight for my people tomorrow,\u201d Picasso said in a defiant tone.<\/p>\n
While there will be plenty of attention on Inoue-Picasso, the co-main event between Nakatani (ranked sixth in the world pound-for-pound) and Sebastian Hernandez will have similar focus. <\/p>\n
This will be Nakatani\u2019s first fight at super bantamweight after enjoying world title success in three lower weight classes, but securing a date with fellow countryman with a win over Hernandez will be his biggest achievement. <\/p>\n
After successfully making weight for the contest and registering 121.6lbs on the scales, Nakatani promised to produce a \u2018big bang\u2019 against the 25-year-old Mexican. <\/p>\n
\u201cMy preparation went very well, tomorrow you will see my big bang,\u201d Nakatani said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going to be my first fight at super bantamweight, I want to have a good experience and then move to the next stage.\u201d<\/p>\n
FULL INOUE v PICASSO FIGHT CARD<\/p>\n
Naoya Inoue vs Alan Picasso; Super bantamweight, for the undisputed title<\/p>\n
Junto Nakatani vs Sebastian Hernandez; Super bantamweight<\/p>\n
Taiga Imanaga vs Eridson Garcia; Lightweight<\/p>\n
Reito Tsutsumi def Leobardo Quintana at Super featherweight via TKO at 1:14 R4<\/p>\n
* Willibaldo Garcia vs Kenshiro Teraji\u2019s IBG Super Flyweight title fight cancelled with Teraji looking for a replacement fight<\/p>\n
Portions of this article were originally published at DAZN News and were republished with permission.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue and Alan Picasso successfully made weight ahead of their fight tonight. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374627,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,85,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-374626","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-top-news","12":"tag-top-stories","13":"tag-topnews","14":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374626","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=374626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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