Naoya Inoue’s unique problems are not of his making – but this plan could fix them

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Inoue, Crawford and Usyk – The Independent’s top three pound-for-pound boxers, in that order – are the only fighters in the four-belt era to have been undisputed champions at two weights. The American is one of the few modern boxers with a KO record to match Inoue’s, yet “Tank” predominantly fights at lightweight, and even his past ventures at super-featherweight came two divisions above Inoue’s current – and career-heaviest – weight. He’s NOWHERE near my weight,” Davis wrote online, while Inoue told The Ring last year: “I wouldn’t fight at featherweight or super-featherweight just because the money is good. Stream now open image in gallery Inoue will defend all the super-bantamweight gold versus Ye Joon Kim So, boxing’s matchmakers must be wary of pushing Inoue beyond his reasonable limit in pursuit of finding him the “right” opponent, when that boxer may not exist.