Japanese boxer Naoya Inoue said on Wednesday March 22 that he had injured a hand in training and had to postpone his fight against American Stephen Fulton, holder of the WBC and WBO super bantamweight belts, to July. originally scheduled for May. Inoue became the first undisputed world bantamweight champion since 1972 in December by defeating Englishman Paul Butler to add the WBO title to his WBC, WBA and IBF belts. He was previously world champion in the light flyweight and super flyweight categories and has a record of 24 wins (21 KOs).