Inoue vs Akhmadaliev <\/a>takes place on Sunday September 14, 2025 at the 17,000-capacity Aichi International Arena – IG Arena – in Nagoya, Japan – a venue which was only opened in July.<\/p>\nIt is Inoue\u2019s first fight outside of the Tokyo area since he rematched Nonito Donaire in nearby Saitama in 2022.<\/p>\n
Inoue vs Akhmadaliev fight time and ring walks<\/p>\n
Ring walks for Sunday\u2019s main event are expected at approximately 11:40am BST in the UK, which is 7:40pm local time in Nagoya. That is 6:40am ET and 3:40am PT in the United States.<\/p>\n
How to watch Inoue vs Akhmadaliev <\/p>\n
TV channel: Inoue vs Akhmadaliev does not have a live TV broadcaster in either the UK or the USA.<\/p>\n
Live stream: However, Inoue\u2019s promoters Top Rank have confirmed that they will be showing the event live for free in the UK and USA via their official Facebook page from 4am ET on Sunday morning, which is 9am BST.<\/p>\n
Live blog: You can follow the event on fight day with Standard Sport\u2019s live blog.<\/p>\n
Inoue vs Akhmadaliev undercard<\/p>\n
Sunday\u2019s undercard sees Yoshiki Takei make the third defence of his WBO bantamweight title against Mexico\u2019s Christian Medina.<\/p>\n
Yuni Takada and Ryusei Matsumoto also clash for the vacant WBA \u2018regular\u2019 strawweight belt, while the Japanese lightweight title is on the line between Yudai Murakami and Taiga Imanaga.<\/p>\n
Yoshiki Takei vs Christian Medina<\/p>\n
Yuni Takada vs Ryusei Matsumoto<\/p>\n
Yudai Murakami vs Taiga Imanaga<\/p>\n
Toshiki Shimomachi vs Han Sol Lee<\/p>\n
Taisei Ayano vs Yusuke Nawa<\/p>\n
Inoue vs Akhmadaliev prediction<\/p>\n
Sunday\u2019s main event has the tagline \u2018be careful what you wish for\u2019, with Akhmadaliev having long sought a fight against Inoue.<\/p>\n
Uzbekistan\u2019s first-ever unified world champion is a highly dangerous opponent who carries significant power, with 11 of his 14 professional wins to date coming by knockout.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a clear step up for Inoue, who insists that Akhmadaliev will be the toughest opponent he has ever faced, in any division.<\/p>\n
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Caught cold: Inoue was knocked down early by Ramon Cardenas in Las Vegas in May<\/p>\n
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Inoue remains at the top end of pound-for-pound lists and is still one of the sport\u2019s most fearsome KO artists, though there have been some slight weaknesses exposed during his undisputed run at 122 pounds – with Nery and Cardenas inflicting his first career knockdowns against the odds.<\/p>\n
He responded comprehensively to win by stoppage on both occasions, but will need to adopt a far less aggressive and more tactical, thought-out approach against Akhmadaliev, who has the power to put him away if he gets careless.<\/p>\n
We expect an entertaining battle that should see \u2018The Monster\u2019 come through late on to keep his winning record intact.<\/p>\n
Inoue to win by late stoppage.<\/p>\n
Inoue vs Akhmadaliev weigh-in<\/p>\n
Weigh-ins for Saturday\u2019s card will take place in Nagoya on Saturday. Check back in then for the results.<\/p>\n
Inoue vs Akhmadaliev latest odds<\/p>\n
Inoue to win on points or by decision: 7\/2<\/p>\n
Inoue to win by knockout or technical knockout: 1\/3<\/p>\n
Akhmadaliev to win on points or by decision: 12\/1<\/p>\n
Akhmadaliev to win by knockout or technical knockout: 17\/2<\/p>\n
Odds via Betfair (subject to change).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Home favourite Inoue is making a fifth defence of his undisputed super-bantamweight world titles in Nagoya as he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133291,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,62575,58133,9552,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-133290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-inoue-vs-akhmadaliev","tag-murodjon-akhmadaliev","tag-naoya-inoue","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}