NAOYA Inoue and Ye Joon Kim have both weighed in below the 122 lb limit ahead of tomorrow’s undisputed super bantamweight clash.
The pair will square off at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan, with Inoue, 28-0 (25 KOs), putting his WBC, WBO, IBF, WBA and Ring Magazine titles on the line.
Kim, 21-2-2 (13 KOs), has stepped in on less than two weeks’ notice after WBO and IBF mandatory challenger Sam Goodman was forced to pull out with an eye injury.
And so, with South Korea’s Kim being the only non-Japanese combatant on the card, the almighty underdog has undoubtedly been presented with the most formidable test of his career.
Official weights for Naoya Inoue vs Ye Joon Kim card
12 x 3 mins – WBC, WBO, IBF, WBA and Ring Magazine super bantamweight championships
Naoya Inoue – 121¾ lbs
Ye Joon Kim – 121¾ lbs
12 x 3 mins – WBO Asia Pacific minimumweight championship
Goki Kobayashi – 105 lbs
Yuni Takada – 104¾ lbs
12 x 3 mins – WBO Asia Pacific and Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation welterweight championships
Jin Sasaki – 147 lbs
Shoki Sakai – 146 lbs
10 x 3 mins – Japan Boxing Commission Japanese super bantamweight championship
Toshiki Shimomachi – 121½ lbs
Misaki Hirano – 121½ lbs
10 x 3 mins – lightweight contest
Tsubasa Narai – 132½ lbs
Kai Watanabe – 132¼ lbs
