Naoya Inoue's title fight against Sam Goodman this month has been canceled after the Australian challenger reopened a cut above his eye, his promoters said Saturday.
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Goodman out of Inoue title fight after reinjuring eye
The Jan. 24 fight in Tokyo had already been rescheduled from its original Christmas Eve date after Goodman was injured while sparring in December.
The Japan TimesNaoya Inoue's Christmas Eve super-bantamweight world title fight against Sam Goodman in Tokyo has been postponed to Jan. 24, his gym announced Saturday after the Australian cut his eye in sparring.
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Inoue world title fight off after Goodman suffers cut in training
Sam Goodman, the mandatory challenger for Inoue's WBO and IBF titles, needed four stitches and was told he could not fight for four weeks.
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