Sources: Inoue-Tapales title bout in the works A bout between Naoya Inoue and Marlon Tapales to crown an undisputed junior featherweight champion is being planned for Dec. 26 in Tokyo, sources confirmed to ESPN.

Inoue wins WBO, WBC junior featherweight titles Naoya Inoue claimed the WBO and WBC junior featherweight titles in an eight-round TKO of Stephen Fulton, while Robeisy Ramirez retained his WBO featherweight title with a fifth-round KO of Satoshi Shimizu.

Why Naoya ‘The Monster’ Inoue should be your favorite fighter “The Monster” is a quick, hard-hitting champion, and there’s a reason why he’s on the pound-for-pound list.