A cut sustained by unbeaten Australian Sam Goodman has put paid to his original date against pound-for-pound stalwart Naoya Inoue. The Sporting News looks at the current state of play with his undisputed title fight.

Undisputed junior featherweight champion Naoya Inoue's planned Christmas Eve title defense against Sam Goodman has been postponed. Goodman suffered a cut over his left eye in his final pre-fight sparring session.

Naoya Inoue's third defense of his undisputed junior featherweight championship has been pushed back to Jan. 24 after his opponent, Sam Goodman, suffered a serious cut over his eye.

The 31-year-old made two defenses of his championships in 2024. In May, Inoue was knocked down for the first time in his career but recovered to stop Mexico's Luis Nery in the sixth round. In September, he delivered a seventh-round knockout of Irishman TJ Doheny.

Fight fans have heard the news that Sam Goodman suffered a cut eye in a sparring session, forcing him to withdraw from his December 24th date with unified

Sam Goodman's title fight against Naoya Inoue has been postponed, after the Australian picked up a heartbreaking injury while sparring.

Naoya Inoue is seeking a replacement opponent on Christmas Eve after Sam Goodman pulled out with an injury to his left eye.

Ben Damon of FOX Sports Australia had this on X, including a photo of the cut: While that cut isn’t, like, massive or anything, it’s definitely enough that you wouldn’t go into a fight against Naoya Inoue in 11 days sporting it,