The highly anticipated undisputed world super bantamweight championship showdown between reigning king Naoya Inoue and former two-belt champion Murodjon “MJ” Akhmadaliev, taking place Sunday morning (US time), Sept. 14th at IG Arena in Nagoya, Japan will stream live and exclusively in the U.S. and UK on the Top Rank Facebook channel. The three-fight streaming broadcast begins at 4 a.m. ET/1 a.m. PT/9 a.m. BST, with Inoue and Akhmadaliev expected to make their ring walks at approximately 6:40 a.m. ET/3:40 a.m. PT/11:40 a.m. BST.

 

Inoue (30-0, 27 KOs) will make the fifth defense of the undisputed title since December 2023, when he knocked out fellow unified champion Marlon Tapales to unify all the belts. This marks the 26th consecutive world title appearance for Inoue, who returns to Japan following May’s stirring eighth-round TKO of Ramon Cardenas at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Akhmadaliev (17-3 including the World Series of Boxing), the WBA interim belt holder, has won three consecutive bouts by stoppage since a split decision defeat to Tapales.

 

In other streaming action, WBO bantamweight world champion Yoshiki Takei (11-0, 9 KOs) aims to defend his title for a third time when he battles Mexico’s Christian “Chispa” Medina (25-4, 18 KOs) and the vacant WBA regular minimumweight belt will be on the line when Yuni Takada (16-8-3, 6 KOs) fights southpaw standout Ryusei Matsumoto (6-0, 4 KOs).