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Naoya Inoue's planned Christmas Eve defence of his satellite super-bantamweight titles has been postponed aft Australian challenger Sam Goodman suffered an wounded successful training.
Goodman's gym announced connected Saturday that helium had chopped his oculus portion sparring, with reports saying helium needed 4 stitches., external
A caller day has been acceptable for Friday, 24 January, astatine the Ariake Arena successful Tokyo.
"I'm atrocious to everyone who was looking guardant to it," 31-year-old Inoue wrote connected his X account., external.
"We anticipation you volition travel again connected the caller dates. Let's combat astatine our best."
Both fighters person a 100% record, with Japanese champion Inoue claiming 25 of his 28 wins via knockout.
He is putting his IBF, WBC, WBA and WBO belts connected the enactment against 26-year-old Goodman, who has 8 knockouts successful his 19 victories.
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