Inoue at a Crossroads: Crawford’s P4P Call, Carrington Callout, Retirement Talk

Naoya Inoue improved to 33-0 with 27 knockouts on May 2, retaining his undisputed super bantamweight titles (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO) with a unanimous decision over Junto Nakatani at Tokyo Dome in front of approximately 55,000 fans. Following the fight, Terence Crawford publicly named Inoue as the top pound-for-pound fighter in the sport, while callout talk from Carrington and retirement discussions have added to speculation about Inoue's future. The event was billed as the largest boxing event in Japanese history.