A long-destined collision course provided Takuma Inoue with his second tour as a bantamweight titlist. The second act came courtesy of an upset win over kickboxing legend-turned-fast-rising contender ...

Takuma Inoue became the new WBC bantamweight world champion with a unanimous points win against Tenshin Nasukawa. Inoue was awarded a 116-112, 116-112, 117-111 victory over his fellow Japanese fighter ...

Tenshin Nasukawa and Takuma Inoue will meet for the vacant WBC bantamweight title in Tokyo today, and Bad Left Hook will be here with live updates, results, and discussion down in the comments section ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Takuma Inoue beat his fellow Japanese Tenshin Nasukawa by unanimous decision to secure the WBC bantamweight title on Sunday, dishing out the first defeat of the former kickboxing star ...

Sunday's NFL Week 12 action concluded with the Rams' statement win over the Buccaneers. Before that, the Bears held on late to defeat the Steelers, the Packers blew out the Vikings, and two games -- ...

Tenshin Nasukawa (7-0, 2 KOs) and Takuma Inoue (20-2, 5 KOs) will soon clash for the vacant WBC bantamweight world title. Their bout headlines a Teiken Promotions card at the Toyota Arena Tokyo in ...

DJ Bien-Aime covers the Houston Texans for ESPN. He joined ESPN in July of 2022 after covering the New York Jets for the New York Daily News. He's a former athlete who finished his college career at ...

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