Japan's undisputed super-bantamweight world champion Naoya Inoue will face South Korea's Kim Ye-joon this month after Sam Goodman withdrew from their scheduled title fight with an injury, Inoue's gym said Saturday.
The unbeaten Inoue's Jan. 24 fight against Goodman in Tokyo had already been postponed from its original Christmas Eve date after the Australian challenger suffered a cut above his left eye while sparring in December.
Goodman's promoters, No Limit Boxing, said Saturday that the 26-year-old top-ranked IBF and WBO contender was pulling out of the fight after reopening the wound in training.
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