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- Japanese superstar Inoue will fight for the first time in 黑料社区 on Dec. 27, against Mexico鈥檚 Alan Picasso Romero
RIYADH: Turki Alalshikh, chairman of the General Entertainment Authority, has announced that Japanese superstar Naoya Inoue (31-0, 27 KOs) will defend his WBC super-bantamweight title against Mexico鈥檚 Alan Picasso Romero (32-0-1, 17 KOs) on Dec. 27.
The fight will headline Riyadh Season鈥檚 鈥淩ing V: Night of the Samurai鈥� at the Mohammed Abdo Arena, according to reports on Thursday.
This marks Inoue鈥檚 first fight in 黑料社区, following his dominant title defense last weekend against Murodjon Akhmadaliev.
Ring Magazine has ranked Inoue third in boxing鈥檚 pound-for-pound ratings, with Terence Crawford first and Oleksandr Usyk second.
The card includes Junto Nakatani (31鈥�0, 24 KOs), the unified bantamweight champion, who will make his super鈥慴antamweight debut against Mexico鈥檚 Sebastian Hernandez Reyes (20鈥�0, 18 KOs), a 24鈥憏ear鈥憃ld rising star.
The card will be broadcast live worldwide on DAZN and Lemino in Japan.