is a Japanese professional boxer. He is the older cousin of boxers Naoya Inoue and Takuma Inoue.
Professional career Inoue made his professional debut on 29 December 2015, scoring a first-round knockout (KO) victory over Jackson Koel Lapie at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan.
After compiling a record of 12–0 (10 KOs) he defeated Valentine Hosokawa on 6 April 2019 at the Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, capturing the Japanese light-welterweight title via ten-round unanimous decision (UD), with the scorecards reading 98–92, 98–93 and 97–93.
After retaining his title with a fifth-round technical knockout (TKO) against Ryuji Ikeda in July, Inoue defeated Jheritz Chavez on 2 December 2019 at the Korakuen Hall, capturing the vacant WBO Asia Pacific light-welterweight title via seventh-round KO.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes20Win18–2Mikhail LesnikovKO3 (8), 31 Mar 202519Loss17–2Daishi Nagata1222 Feb 202418Win17–1Abdurasul IsmoilovTKO10 (12), 30 Aug 202317Win16–1Phakorn AiemyodTKO2 (8), 16 Feb 202316Loss15–1Daishi NagataTKO7 (10), 16 Jul 202015Win15–0Jheritz ChavezKO7 (12), 2 Dec 201914Win14–0Ryuji IkedaTKO5 (10), 1 Jul 201913Win13–0Valentine HosokawaUD106 Apr 201912Win12–0Marcus SmithUD812 Oct 201811Win11–0Petkhaikaew P. PetkhaikaewKO2 (8), 26 Mar 201810Win10–0Dong Hee KimTKO4 (8), 30 Dec 20179Win9–0Cristiano Aoqui2 (8), 30 Aug 20178Win8–0Ni WisoramKO1 (10), 25 Jun 20177Win7–0Mitsuyoshi FujitaTKO5 (8), 27 Mar 20176Win6–0Futoshi UsamiTKO3 (8), 30 Dec 20165Win5–0Heri AndriyantoTKO2 (8), 4 Sep 20164Win4–0Hyun Woo Yuh626 Jun 20163Win3–0Bima Prakosa1 (8), 8 May 20162Win2–0Wuttichok InjunKO1 (6), 28 Mar 20161Win1–0Jackson Koel Lapie1 (6), 29 Dec 2015
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