By Isaac Nyamungu Sam Goodman has been injured. He has a cut during training. This comes ahead of his December 24th bout leading to the likelihood that his clas

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.

Sam Goodman will have to wait until next month to get his shot at fighting Japanese great Naoya Inoue after the Australian boxer was injured during a sparring session.

Sam Goodman won’t be fighting undisputed junior featherweight champion Naoya Inoue – not in 2024, at least. The unbeaten contender suffered an injury in training camp

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.

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

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

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.

Sam Goodman’s world title fight against Naoya Inoue has been postponed after the Australian suffered a cut in his last training session before he was due to fly out to Japan.

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