Naoya Inoue vs Ye Yun Kim. Fight Prediction

Current form

Naoya Inoue is the WBC, IBF, WBO and WBA world champion. The Japanese was supposed to make the third defense of his absolute title in the first featherweight division against the undefeated mandatory challenger of the American Sam Goodman. But in late 2024, the boxer from the USA suffered a serious cut of the eyelid during sparring and withdrew from the fight due to an eye injury.

Naoya became one of only three boxers in history (along with Terrence Crawford and Oleksandr Usyk) to achieve undisputed champion status in two weight classes during the four-belt era. Monster Early in his career, he won the WBC minimumweight title in 2014 and became the first Japanese boxer to reach number one in the pound for pound world rankings in 2022.

In his last fight, the boxer from the Land of the Rising Sun defeated Australian TJ Doheny (technical knockout, seventh round) and retained the absolute champion title. 31-year-old Inoue has 28 wins (25 by knockout) and zero losses.

Interesting trends for betting

Inoue knockout win rate is 90 percent.

Current form

In May 2024, Yee Yong Kim defeated Rakesh Lochchab (TKO, round five) from India and won the WBO Oriental championship belt. Before that, he defeated Indonesian John Basan (TKO, round one). But in April 2023, he lost to American Rob Diesel (split decision). The South Korean boxer also has the IBF Asia championship belt. The 32-year-old Kim has 21 wins (13 by knockout), two losses and two draws. Troublemaker is ranked 57th in the division according to BoxRec and first in the national ranking.

Interesting trends for betting

Kim knockout win rate is 62 percent.