{"id":164219,"date":"2025-09-19T14:57:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T20:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/inoue-vs-picasso\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T14:58:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T20:58:32","slug":"inoue-vs-picasso-to-headline-star-studded-card-in-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/inoue-vs-picasso-to-headline-star-studded-card-in-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"Inoue vs Picasso to Headline Star-Studded Card in Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Inoue vs Picasso to Headline Star-Studded Card in Saudi Arabia<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0On December 27, the city of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, will host one of the most anticipated fight cards of the year, featuring the bout between undisputed champion Naoya \u201cMonster\u201d Inoue and undefeated Mexican Alan David \u201cRey\u201d Picasso as the headliner.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0The fight will take place at the Mohammed Abdo Arena, a venue with a capacity for over 20,000 spectators, and is part of the event called \u201cThe Ring V: La Noche del Samurai.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inoue (31-0, 28 KOs), considered one of the potent\u00a0 pound-for-pound fighters in the world, will put his four super bantamweight world titles and The Ring title on the line. This will be his sixth defense as the undisputed champion of the division.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Picasso (32-0-1, 17 KOs), 25, comes in as Mexico\u2019s top hope to pull off an upset and become an undisputed world champion, in what will be the most important fight of his career. 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