Naoya Inoue title defence postponed after injury to challenger Sam Goodman

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Naoya Inoue title defence postponed after injury to challenger Sam Goodman

Naoya Inoue’s planned Christmas Eve defence of his world super-bantamweight titles has been postponed after *********** challenger Sam Goodman suffered an injury in training.

Goodman’s gym announced on Saturday that he had cut his eye while sparring, with

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A new date has been set for Friday, 24 January, at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo.

“I’m sorry to everyone who was looking forward to it,” 31-year-old Inoue

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“We hope you will come again on the new dates. Let’s fight at our best.”

Both fighters have a 100% record, with Japanese champion Inoue claiming 25 of his 28 wins via knockout.

He is putting his IBF, WBC, WBA and WBO belts on the line against 26-year-old Goodman, who has eight knockouts in his 19 victories.

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