WBO featherweight champion Rafael Espinoza from Mexico hopes to face unified champion Naoya Inoue from Japan in the junior ...

LAS VEGAS – Marco Antonio Barrera considers Naoya Inoue “pretty close to invincible” – but wants to see him fight Rafael Espinoza next. The Mexican icon is in Las Vegas to support Espinoza ...

Naoya Inoue (c) def. Ramon Cardenas via TKO for the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring super bantamweight titles (0:45 into round eight) Rafael Espinoza (c) def. Edward Vazquez via TKO for the WBO ...

Naoya Inoue (c) def. Ramon Cardenas via TKO for the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring super bantamweight titles (0:45 into round eight) Rafael Espinoza (c) def. Edward Vazquez via TKO for the WBO ...

The co-main event saw Mexico’s Rafael Espinoza (27-0, 23 KOs) retain his WBO featherweight belt with a TKO of Edward Vazquez (17-3) at 1:47 of the seventh round.

The co-main event is another title bout. WBO featherweight champion Rafael Espinoza (26-0, 22 KOs) of Mexico goes against Edward Vazquez (17-2, 4 KOs) of Fort Worth, Texas.

Naoya Inoue enters his first stateside fight since 2021 as a massive, -5000 favorite to win, while Ramon Cardenas is a +1500 underdog. The over/under is set at 5.5 rounds.

Espinoza, 31, spoke before he stopped Vazquez in seven rounds of his hopes to one day fight Inoue, who is expected to move to featherweight in the coming months.

Naoya Inoue hits Ramon Cardenas in a junior featherweight title boxing match Sunday, May 4, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) Naoya Inoue hits Ramon Cardenas in a junior featherweight ...

Inoue (30-0, 27 KOs), who was knocked down in the second round, played the aggressor much of the fight by using precision and power to carve his way through Cardenas (26-2), frequently sending the ...