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Line 36: He is the first and only boxer to win the undisputed championship{{efn|[[World Boxing Association]] (WBA) ([[WBA (Super)|Super version]]), [[World Boxing Council]] (WBC), [[International Boxing Federation]] (IBF), and [[World Boxing Organization]] (WBO) titles}} at [[super bantamweight]], having held all four major titles since 2023, as well as the ''[[The Ring (magazine)|Ring]]'' magazine title. Previously he held the undisputed championship at [[bantamweight]] between 2019 and 2023, the first boxer in history to do so in the four-belt era.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Naoya Inoue vacates undisputed bantamweight titles to move up to super-bantamweight |url=https://www.britishboxingnews.co.uk/blogs/naoya-inoue-vacates-undisputed-bantamweight-titles-to-move-up-to-super-bantamweight |access-date=13 January 2023 |website=www.britishboxingnews.co.uk|date=13 January 2023 }}</ref> Earlier in his career he held the [[World Boxing Council]] (WBC) [[light flyweight]] title in 2014, and the [[World Boxing Organization]] (WBO) [[junior bantamweight]] title from 2014 to 2018.<ref name="koizumi201404"/> Inoue has also held the [[lineal championship]] at bantamweight<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linealboxingchampion.com/new-page-13|title= Lineal Bantamweight Champion|website=www.linealboxingchampion.com/new-page-13|access-date=2022-07-06}}</ref> and super bantamweight,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linealboxingchampion.com/junior-featherweight-lineal-champions|title= Lineal Super Bantamweight Champion|website=www.linealboxingchampion.com|access-date=2023-12-26}}</ref> and won the 2018–2019 [[World Boxing Super Series]] bantamweight tournament.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2019/11/07/more-sports/boxing-2/naoya-inoue-outpoints-nonito-donaire-world-boxing-super-series-bantamweight-final/#:~:text=Inoue%20(19%2D0%2C%2016,Trophy%20for%20the%20tournament%20victory.|title= World Boxing Super Series Winner|website=www.japantimes.co.jp|date= 7 November 2019|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref> As of May 2024, Inoue is ranked as the world's second best active boxer, [[pound for pound]], by ''[[Boxing pound for pound rankings#The Ring|The Ring]]'';<ref>{{Cite news|title=Ratings - The Ring|url=https://www.ringtv.com/ratings/|website=The Ring|access-date=5 August 2023}}</ref> the [[boxing pound for pound rankings#Boxing Writers Association of America|Boxing Writers Association of America]] (BWAA);<ref>{{Cite news|title=Terence Crawford Is The BWAA's New No. 1 Pound-For-Pound King|url=https://www.bwaa.org/single-post/terence-crawford-is-the-bwaa-s-new-no-1-pound-for-pound-king|website=The Boxing Writers Association of America|access-date=5 August 2023}}</ref> the [[boxing pound for pound rankings#Transnational Boxing Rankings Board|Transnational Boxing Rankings Board]] (TBRB);<ref>{{Cite news|title=P4P – Transnational Boxing Rankings Board|url=https://tbrb.org/p4p|website=Transnational Boxing Rankings Board|access-date=5 August 2023}}</ref> and [[boxing pound for pound rankings#BoxRec|BoxRec]];<ref>{{Cite news|title=BoxRec: Ratings|url=https://boxrec.com/en/ratings|website=BoxRec|access-date=5 August 2023}}</ref> and third best by [[ESPN]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-22 |title=Boxing pound-for-pound rankings: Move over, Terence Crawford, because we have a new No. 1 |url=https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/40190964/boxing-pound-pound-rankings-usyk-tops-crawford |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> == Amateur career == | |||