Inoue vs Carrington

When is Inoue vs Carrington?

Naoya Inoue could fight Bruce Carrington in late 2025 the United States.

The fight would take place over 12 rounds in the Featherweight division, which means the weight limit would be 126 pounds (9 stone or 57.1 kg).

Carrington would be defending his WBC Interim World Featherweight Championship for the first time. He won this belt against Mateus Heita in July 2025. He has held this belt for 5 days.

Inoue vs Carrington stats

Naoya Inoue would step into the ring with an undefeated record of 30 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws, 27 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Bruce Carrington would make his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 16 wins and 0 draws, with 9 of those by knockout.

The stats suggest Inoue would have a massive power advantage over Carrington, boasting a 90% knockout percentage compared to Carrington's 56%.

Naoya Inoue is the older man by 4 years, at 32 years old.

Carrington has a height advantage of 3 inches over Inoue. This also extends to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Both Naoya Inoue and Bruce Carrington fight out of an orthodox stance.

Inoue is currently the more experienced professional fighter, having had 14 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 9 years earlier than Carrington, whose first professional fight was in 2021. He has fought 87 more professional rounds, totaling 181 compared to Carrington's 94.

Bruce Carrington is currently ranked number 2 by the WBA, 1 by the WBC, and 7 by The Ring in the 126lb division.

Inoue vs Carrington form

Inoue remains undefeated as a professional, stopping 5 of his recent opponents.

In his last fight, he won against Ramon Cardenas on May 4, 2025, by technical knockout in the 8th round in their WBO World Junior Featherweight, IBF World Junior Featherweight, WBC World Super Bantamweight and WBA Super World Super Bantamweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States.

Prior to that, he had won against Ye Joon Kim on January 24, 2025, by knockout in the 4th round in their IBF World Junior Featherweight, WBC World Super Bantamweight, WBO World Junior Featherweight and WBA Super World Super Bantamweight championship fight at Ariake Arena, Tokyo, Japan.

Going into that contest, he had beaten TJ Doheny on September 3, 2024, by technical knockout in the 7th round in their IBF World Junior Featherweight, WBA Super World Super Bantamweight, WBC World Super Bantamweight and WBO World Junior Featherweight championship fight at Ariake Arena, Koto-Ku.

Before that, he had defeated Luis Nery on May 6, 2024, by knockout in the 6th round in their IBF World Junior Featherweight, WBA Super World Super Bantamweight, WBC World Super Bantamweight and WBO World Junior Featherweight championship fight at Tokyo Dome, Tokyo.

He had won against Marlon Tapales on December 26, 2023, by knockout in the 10th round in their IBF World Junior Featherweight, WBA Super World Super Bantamweight, WBC World Super Bantamweight and WBO World Junior Featherweight championship fight at Ariake Arena, Tokyo.

Carrington remains undefeated as a professional, stopping 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight, he defeated Mateus Heita on July 26, 2025, by unanimous decision in their WBC Interim World Featherweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden Theater, New York, United States.

Prior to that, he had defeated Jose Enrique Durantes Vivas on March 29, 2025, by technical knockout in the 3rd round in their WBC World Featherweight championship fight at Fontainebleau Las Vegas, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Dana Coolwell on November 15, 2024, by unanimous decision in their 8 round contest at AT&T Stadium, Arlington.

Before that, he had won against Sulaiman Segawa on September 27, 2024, by majority decision in their 10 round contest at Madison Square Garden Theater, New York.

He had beaten Bryan De Gracia on June 8, 2024, by technical knockout in the 8th round at Madison Square Garden Theater, New York.

Activity check

In terms of recent activity, Bruce Carrington has been fighting more than Naoya Inoue.

Naoya Inoue last fought 7 months and 19 days ago, while Bruce Carrington's last outing was 4 months and 27 days ago.

Inoue's last 5 fights have come over a period of 1 year, 11 months and 27 days, which means he has been fighting approximately every 4 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 35 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 7 rounds on average.

Carrington's last 5 fights have come over a period of 1 year, 6 months and 15 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 3 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 41 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 8.2 rounds on average.

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