Local fighters look to impress in Japan on the Naoya Inoue vs. Ye Joon Kim undercard. Here's a breakdown of all the action on the Inoue vs. Kim card.

The new year has a growing number of events set for the first few months. Many of the sport's biggest names already have fights on the 2025 calendar, including several members of the pound-for-pound elite.

Date, fight time, undercard, latest odds, prediction and ring walks - ‘The Monster’ defends his undisputed super-bantamweight titles against late replacement opponent in Tokyo

No. 2 pound-for-pound boxer by The Ring and undisputed super bantamweight champion of the world, Naoye Inoue of Japan, makes the third defense of his 122-pound titles when he takes on South Korean Ye Joon Kim at his beloved Ariake Arena in Tokyo,

JUST when Naoya Inoue was preparing to tackle Sam Goodman in a hastily rescheduled affair, a recurrence of the Aussie’s cut eye meant postponement number two

Inoue vs Kim is scheduled to take place on Friday 24 January, at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan. The undercard is due to begin at approximately 8am GMT (12am PT / 2am CT / 3am ET), with main-event ring walks expected at around 11am GMT (3am PT / 5am CT / 6am ET).

Naoya Inoue (28-0, 25 KOs) will defend his WBC/WBO/IBF/WBA super bantamweight title against the late replacement Ye Joon Kim (21-2-2, 13 KOs).

The bout will mark the third undisputed title defense for Inoue (28-0, 25 KOs). In May 2024, the 31-year-old knocked out Luis Nery with 50,000-plus in attendance at a sold-out Tokyo Dome. Inoue then retained his four 122-pound belts in September with a seventh-round TKO of TJ Doheny.