Boxing: Naoya Inoue returns to top of pound-for-pound rankings

Japanese boxer Naoya Inoue reached the top of the prestigious Ring magazine's pound-for-pound rankings Thursday for the first time in two years.His rise above Terence Crawford of the United States came just days after Inoue retained his undisputed super bantamweight championship with a sixth-round knockout of Mexico's Luis Nery at Tokyo Dome."I will make the Tokyo Dome fight a stepping stone and accelerate my career," said the 31-year-old, nicknamed "the Monster."In June 2022, Inoue became the first Japanese to top the list of the world's best boxers, irrespective of their weight.The Ring i…READ FULL ARTICLE