There was nothing objective about the rooting interest of Jaron Ennis last month. Stephen Fulton, his good friend and fellow Philly resident, packed his bags and made the trip halfway across the world to Japan. Defeating Naoya Inoue may have been on...
The lower-weight classes normally fly under the radar. They often house lesser-known names and simply don’t receive the hoopla that fighters from heavier divisions frequently receive. Naoya Inoue, however, is changing that storyline.
Naoya Inoue, the pound-for-pound great from Japan, knocked out WBC/WBO junior featherweight world champion Stephen Fulton in the eighth round Tuesday at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan. Inoue is now a four-weight world champion and is 20-0 in world titl...
Naoya inoue delivered another reminder of why he has been regarded for years as among the best pound-for-pound fighters. The latest instance came in a fight week that features championships between four of the best fighters in the world spanning two...
The bantamweight division contains good fighters, but no one truly caught the attention of Naoya Inoue. During his time there, the 30-year-old Japanese native effortlessly blasted through his competition while barely breaking a sweat.
Stephen Fulton feels he will gain Naoya Inoue’s respect relatively early in their fight Tuesday night. The WBC/WBO 122-pound champion has won only 38 percent of his professional bouts by knockout, yet Philadelphia’s Fulton thinks his power is underra...
The skills and intangibles that Stephen Fulton brings to the table is not at all lost on Naoya Inoue. It is why the unbeaten former three-division titlist targeted the reigning WBC/WBO junior featherweight titlist for his first fight at a fourth weig...
There is a strategic reason Robeisy Ramirez will appear on the Stephen Fulton-Naoya Inoue undercard Tuesday night in Tokyo. According to Bob Arum, whose company co-promotes Inoue, if Inoue and Ramirez continue to win Inoue eventually will move up to...
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