Boxing: Naoya Inoue 1st Japanese to top Ring's pound-for-pound ranking

Naoya Inoue on Friday became the first Japanese boxer to top the pound-for-pound ranking published by the prestigious Ring boxing magazine.Inoue beat Nonito Donaire of the Philippines with a second-round technical knockout Tuesday in their bantamweight world title unification bout, becoming the first boxer from Japan to hold a world title from three different sanctioning bodies in a weight division."I've come to a place where no Japanese has ever reached," Inoue tweeted after topping the pound-for-pound standing.The magazine panel voted the 29-year-old, who goes by the nickname "Monster," i…READ FULL ARTICLE