IBF mandatory challenger, Australian Sam Goodman (19-0, 8 KOs) withdrew from the fight against the undisputed second bantamweight champion of Japan, Naoya Inoue (28-0, 25 KOs)..

The fight was originally scheduled to take place on December 24 last year, but the Australian boxer suffered a cut above his left eye in training camp, forcing the fight to be rescheduled for January 24, 2025.

However, two weeks before the fight, it became known that Goodman would not be able to enter the ring again, as he had suffered a relapse of the injury..

Representatives of the Australian boxer reported this:.

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Inoue's representatives, in turn, decided that he would still enter the ring on January 24, and urgently began searching for another opponent for that date. The name of the new opponent of the Japanese absolute champion should be announced soon.