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Pound-for-pound superstar Naoya Inoue is the main attraction on the Ring V: Night of the Samurai fight card in Riyadh.
Inoue (31-0, 27 KOs) makes the sixth defence of his undisputed super bantamweight against undefeated Mexican Alan Picasso (32-0-1, 17 KOs).
It will be 'The Monster's fourth outing of 2025 — a superb level of activity for an elite championship fighter in the modern era — but there is also intrigue over what might lie ahead.
Compatriot Junto Nakatani (31-0, 24 KOs), a former three-weight world champion, steps into Inoue's division for the first time when he takes on Sebastian Hernandez in the chief support.
If Inoue and Nakatani come through unscathed, the plan is for them to meet in a superfight at Tokyo Dome next May.
There are Japanese fighters in every contest on the card, although Kenshiro Teraji will not challenge Willibaldo Garcia for the IBF super flyweight title after the champion was taken ill following Friday's ceremonial weigh-in. Teraji was aiming to become a three-weight world champion.
AllSportsPeople is providing live coverage and results from the Inoue vs. Picasso card and round-by-round coverage of the main event.
Naoya Inoue vs. Alan Picasso results
- Naoya Inoue (c) vs. Alan Picasso for the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and Ring super bantamweight titles
- Junto Nakatani vs. Sebastian Hernandez; Super Bantamweights
- Taiga Imanaga vs. Eridson Garcia; Lightweights
- Reito Tsutsumi def. Leobardo Quintana (TKO 4/8); Super Bantamweights
Naoya Inoue vs. Alan Picasso live fight updates, highlights from 2025 boxing card
11:10 a.m. GMT/ 6:10 a.m. ET: It's been pretty exploratory stuff from the two southpaws through three. Garcia will probably be marginally the happier of the two fighters. He landed a nice uppercut to the body late in round two. In the third, Imanaga began to close the distance more effectively, but Garcia then started to catch him coming in. Round four began with a huge Garcia left, followed up by a pair of right hooks after Imanaga fired back. This one just heating up.
10:54 a.m. GMT/ 5:54 a.m. ET: Ringwalks are underway for our next contest. Eridson Garcia is ranked No. 10 at lightweight by the WBO and building towards world honours. The rangy Japanese champion at 135 pounds, Taiga Imanaga, is in the other corner for what feels like an evenly matched 10-rounder.
Reito Tsutsumi beats Leobardo Quintana via 4th round TKO!
Crisis, what crisis? Tsutsumi took Quintana taking that breather on the deck as a cue that his opponent might be flagging under his stabbing southpaw body jabs. He upped the work rate, steadied Quintana with a lead right hook and was unrelenting from that point. A left hook to the jaw shuddered Quintana and two follow-up rights pummelled him to the canvas. The Mexican rose groggily to his feet to just about beat the count but the referee had seen enough. Given the facial damage he sustained in the previous round, that's seriously impressive from Tsutsumi, who moves to 4-0 with 3 KOs. The target is a world title shot by his 10th bout. Quintana slips to 12-2 but can definitely come again.
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10:34 a.m. GMT/ 5:34 a.m. ET: Tsutsumi is definitely going through the first crisis of his young career. Quintana is relentless and the Japanese youngster is bleeding from the nose and the mouth. He landed some more nice body shots towards the end of the round and will hope those pay dividends in the second half of the fight. Early in round five, Quintana goes to clinch and goes down to the canvas. Calm down, Jake Paul.
10:28 a.m. GMT/ 5:26 a.m. ET: Lively action in the first round, with Quintana enjoying success before Tsutsumi caught him off balance with a left and sent him tottering back towards the ropes. The Mexican flies straight out for round two. He's bang up for this. Tsutsumi is trying to slow his foe's advances with some smart work to the body.
10 a.m. GMT/ 5 a.m. ET: Our first preliminary fight of this reduced card will be underway shortly when rising star Reito Tsutsumi takes on Leobardo Quintana over eight super bantamweight rounds. It will be Tsutsumi's fourth outing as a professional, having turned over this year. There are high hopes for the 23-year-old Tsutsumi, a former youth amateur standout who has been named as a Ring ambassador.
9:30 a.m. GMT/ 4:30 a.m. ET: Our world title action today has been trimmed after IBF super flyweight champion Willibaldo Garcia was taken ill following the ceremonial weigh-in for his clash with Kenshiro Teraji and declared medically unfit to fight. There was brief talk of securing a late replacement for Teraji, but the limited time to work with means those attempts have come to nought. Teraji was aiming to become a three-weight world champion, and losing a title fight at the 11th hour was a further blow to the card after Hayato Tsutsumi withdrew from his challenge to WBA super featherweight champion James 'Jazza' Dickens with a facial injury.
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9 a.m. GMT/ 4 a.m. ET: Hello and welcome to AllSportsPeople' live coverage of Naoya Inoue's sixth defence of his undisputed super bantamweight title against Mexico's Alan Picasso. Inoue vs. Picasso tops the Ring V: Night of the Samurai card in Riyadh, with fellow Japanese superstars Junto Nakatani and Kenshiro Teraji also in action.
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Naoya Inoue vs. Alan Picasso start time
- Start time: 4 a.m. ET | 1 a.m. PT | 9 a.m. GMT
- Main event start time (approx.): 7:55 a.m. ET | 4:55 a.m. PT | 12:55 p.m. GMT
- Location: Mohammed Abdo Arena — Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
The Inoue vs. Picasso fight is at Mohammed Abdo Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on December 27. The event starts at around midday local time, a start time to align with prime time viewing in Japan, where Inoue, Nakatani and Teraji all have huge followings.
Japan Standard time is six hours ahead of Riyadh. The timings of GMT, ET and PT are noted above.
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