{"id":630922,"date":"2025-09-18T21:06:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T20:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=630922"},"modified":"2025-09-18T21:06:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T20:06:32","slug":"ring-v-night-of-the-samurai-inoue-headlines-epic-riyadh-clash-on-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/ring-v-night-of-the-samurai-inoue-headlines-epic-riyadh-clash-on-december\/","title":{"rendered":"Ring V: Night of the Samurai – Inoue Headlines Epic Riyadh Clash on December 27, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boxing<\/a>‘s global stage is heating up as Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Season delivers another blockbuster. On December 27, 2025, the Mohammed Abdo Arena in Riyadh will host “The Ring V: Night of the Samurai,” a high-stakes card headlined by Japan’s undisputed junior featherweight king Naoya Inoue. <\/p>

Fresh off dimantling Murodjon Akhmadaliev last weekend to retain his undisputed titles, Inoue eyes his most active year in over a decade. Ranked third pound-for-pound by The Ring behind Terence Crawford and Oleksandr Usyk, “The Monster” faces his third unbeaten opponent in Mexico’s Alan David Picasso. This matchup sows seeds for a potential megafight against fellow unbeaten Japanese star Junto Nakatani in early 2026, promising an all-Japanese showdown of champions. <\/p>

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𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐃: Naoya Inoue will be taking on Alan Picasso on Dec. 27th in Riyadh 🥊

This will mark Inoue’s 4th fight of the year and see Junto Nakatani step up to 122 pounds, the same division as Inoue.

Via (@Turki_alalshikh<\/a>) pic.twitter.com\/PPWrfBlUKL<\/a><\/p>— Source of Boxing (@Sourceofboxing) September 18, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>