LAS VEGAS – Marco Antonio Barrera considers Naoya Inoue “pretty close to invincible” – but wants to see him fight Rafael Espinoza next. The Mexican icon is in Las Vegas to support Espinoza ...

Naoya Inoue (c) def. Ramon Cardenas via TKO for the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring super bantamweight titles (0:45 into round eight) Rafael Espinoza (c) def. Edward Vazquez via TKO for the WBO ...

Naoya Inoue (c) def. Ramon Cardenas via TKO for the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring super bantamweight titles (0:45 into round eight) Rafael Espinoza (c) def. Edward Vazquez via TKO for the WBO ...

The co-main event saw Mexico’s Rafael Espinoza (27-0, 23 KOs) retain his WBO featherweight belt with a TKO of Edward Vazquez (17-3) at 1:47 of the seventh round.

The co-main event is another title bout. WBO featherweight champion Rafael Espinoza (26-0, 22 KOs) of Mexico goes against Edward Vazquez (17-2, 4 KOs) of Fort Worth, Texas.

Naoya Inoue enters his first stateside fight since 2021 as a massive, -5000 favorite to win, while Ramon Cardenas is a +1500 underdog. The over/under is set at 5.5 rounds.

But Arum is every bit as effective at promoting fighters as Inoue is at stopping them; he will also know that Inoue is subtly declining, that his 6ft 1ins featherweight Rafael Espinoza might prove ...

Updated: May 4, 2025 / 11:23 PM CDT Rafael Espinoza hits Edward Vazquez in a featherweight title boxing match Sunday, May 4, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) W.G. RAMIREZ, Associated Press ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Naoya Inoue remained undefeated after retaining the undisputed junior featherweight title with an eighth-round technical knockout of Ramon Cardenas on Sunday night in front of a ...

Inoue (30-0, 27 KOs), who was knocked down in the second round, played the aggressor much of the fight by using precision and power to carve his way through Cardenas (26-2), frequently sending the ...