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    ‘It’s a horrific mismatch’ – Eddie Hearn condemns Naoya Inoue’s next fight

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    ‘It’s a horrific mismatch’ – Eddie Hearn condemns Naoya Inoue’s next fight

    Naoya Inoue will return to the ring again in September.

    The undisputed super-bantamweight world champion was initially expected to face IBF mandatory challenger Sam Goodman in his next fight.

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    Inoue faces Doheny on September in TokyoCredit: Top Rank

    However, Goodman opted to take an interim bout against Chainoi Worawut on July 10 and suffered a hand injury during the unanimous decision win.

    As a result, Doheny, who lost to Goodman in March of last year, will face Inoue on September 3 at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.

    The announcement hasn’t gone down too well with Mathchroom Boxing chief Eddie Hearn, who took to X to post a pile of poo emoji underneath a poster for the fight.

    When reports first emerged that Doheny was the frontrunner to box Inoue next, Hearn told BoxNation: “Gutted, devastated, disappointing for boxing. Disappointing for Japan.

    “If I hadn’t worked with TJ Doheny five or six years ago I would really go in on this fight.

    “But I don’t want to disrespect TJ because he’s a nice guy.”

    Hearn was hoping for Inoue to take a mandatory defence against his client and WBA No.1 Murodjon Akhmadaliev, but it wasn’t to be.

    “It’s a horrific mismatch,” he added. “I don’t understand why, for some reason, Team Inoue and Mr. Honda and everyone, I know for a fact, they don’t like the Akhmadaliev fight.

    Hearn thinks the fight is a 'mismatch'

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    Hearn thinks the fight is a ‘mismatch’Credit: Mark Robinson/Matchroom

    “I don’t understand that you’ve got a pound-for-pound arguably number one, who has the opportunity to fight his mandatory.

    “I wouldn’t expect him to pick Akhmadaliev in a voluntary… It’s hard to say Inoue is ducking Akhmadaliev, but he actually is.”

    Doheny upset the odds in 2018 by beating Ryosuke Iwasa to claim the IBF super-bantamweight title.

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    He made one defense against Ryohei Takahashi and then dropped the belt to Daniel Roman.

    Defeats to Ionut Baluta, Michael Conlan, and Goodman thereafter seemed to spell the end of his time at the top.

    But the Irishman has managed to bag the biggest fight in the division after stringing together three consecutive wins in Japan against Kazuki Nakajima, Japhethlee Llamido, and Bryl Bayogos.

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