Boxing Challenge

     The boxing season begins to move out of the starting gate this weekend, starting with a Friday morning card from Tokyo with another appearance from "The Monster" Naoya Inoue.

Inoue, holder of all four titles at junior featherweight, was scheduled to face Australia's Sam Goodman in December. The fight was postponed due to a cut suffered by Goodman in training.

Goodman, the IBF's mandatory challenger, re-opened the cut in training for Friday's bout. This time, a substitute was found on a few weeks'' notice.

South Korea's Ye Joon Kim will step in for Goodman and even though his record is 21-2-2 and he's never been knocked out, Kim hasn't defeated anyone of world-class caliber and appears far out of his league, as most are, against Inoue.

Kim isn't likely to provide more than a few rounds of work for Inoue but it's a chance to see one of the best fighters in the world at work.

World Junior Featherweight Title.12 Rds 

Naoya Inoue vs Ye Joon Kim

Ramon Malpica: Inoue KO 7

TRS: Inoue KO 2
Vince Samano: Kim Unanimous Decision