Kurihara vs Inoue (Jan 14, 2021): How to Watch, Start Time, Predictions

On Thursday, January 14 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan Keita Kurihara will meet Takuma Inoue for OPBF title in a 12-round bantamweight bout.

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	Keita Kurihara	Takuma Inoue
Country	Japan Tokyo, Japan	Japan Zama, Kanagawa, Japan
Age	28 years	25 years
Pro	9 years	7 years
Height	5′ 7½″ (171 cm)	5′ 4½″ (164 cm)
Reach	-	64″ (163 cm)
Division	bantamweight (118 lbs / 53,52 kg)	bantamweight (118 lbs / 53,52 kg)
Stance	orthodox	orthodox
Titles	-	-
Record	15 - 5 - 0 (13 KOs)	13 - 1 - 0 (3 KOs)
KOs	86%	23%
Inactive	426 days	434 days
Advant.

Who has won?

Takuma Inoue won by technical decision (TD).

Date and Time

The fight night will begin on Thursday, January 14 at 4:45 a.m. ET / 1:45 a.m. PT.

Arena

The fight will be held at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

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Kurihara vs. Inoue Fight Promo

Who fights on Thursday, January 14?
Fight card subject to change.

Division	Fighter #1	Fighter #2	Notes
bantamweight (118 lbs)	Keita Kurihara	Takuma Inoue	For OPBF tit.
minimumweight (105 lbs)	Katsuki Mori	Sora Takeda
super flyweight (115 lbs)	Ryutaro Nakagaki	Yuji Okinori
super featherweight (130 lbs)	Keisuke Matsumoto	Bejita Ishikawa
super bantamweight (122 lbs)	Yushin Uchida	Shunsei Sawada

Keita Kurihara

Keita Kurihara is a Japanese boxer.
As a professional athlete, Kurihara has been performing for 9 years.

Last fight

The last fight of Keita Kurihara took place on November 15, 2019 against Sukpraserd Ponpitak.
Kurihara won by technical knockout (TKO).

Boxing record

Total fights: 20
Wins: 15
Wins by KO: 13
Wins by dec: 2
Losses: 5
Losses by KO: 3
Losses by dec: 2
Draws: 0

Professional career

How many fights did Keita Kurihara have?

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Date	Opponent	Result	Notes
2024-01-26	Froilan Saludar (34 - 7 - 1)	Win KO	IBF Pan Pacific Bantamweight (vacant) Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation Bantamweight
2023-10-12	Froilan Saludar (33 - 7 - 1)	Loss TKO	Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation Bantamweight
2023-03-04	Kai Chiba (15 - 3 - 0)	Win TKO	Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation Bantamweight
2022-09-22	Kai Chiba (14 - 3 - 0)	Loss TKO	Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation Bantamweight
2022-05-20	Yukinori Oguni (21 - 2 - 1)	Draw TD
2021-10-19	Kazuki Nakajima (10 - 0 - 1)	Win TKO	Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation Bantamweight
2021-01-14	Takuma Inoue (13 - 1 - 0)	Loss TD	Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation Bantamweight
2019-11-15	Sukpraserd Ponpitak (24 - 10 - 0)	Win TKO
2019-05-10	Warlito Parrenas (26 - 9 - 1)	Win KO	Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation Bantamweight
2018-12-24	Yuki Strong Kobayashi (14 - 7 - 0)	Win UD	Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation Bantamweight (vacant)
2018-08-11	Kazuki Tanaka (9 - 1 - 0)	Win TKO
2018-05-11	Tetsuya Watanabe (3 - 0 - 0)	Win TKO
2017-12-01	Ryan Lumacad (13 - 0 - 3)	Win KO
2017-06-19	Hiroaki Teshigawara (13 - 2 - 2)	Loss TKO
2017-03-10	Engelbert Moralde (9 - 4 - 0)	Win TKO
2016-12-12	Sonin Nihei (8 - 2 - 2)	Win TKO
2016-09-13	Jun Koseki (8 - 4 - 0)	Win TKO
2016-06-13	Yuito Yamaguchi (4 - 6 - 1)	Win TKO
2015-03-03	Hirofumi Tachibana (3 - 9 - 2)	Win TKO
2014-11-17	Satoru Morishita (3 - 6 - 0)	Win UD
2014-07-07	Hiroyasu Shiga (2 - 0 - 0)	Loss TKO
2014-03-07	Shoji Ebisawa (4 - 1 - 0)	Loss UD
2012-11-21	Takuma Okada (3 - 6 - 0)	Win KO
2012-07-13	Takahiro Fujii (2 - 1 - 1)	Loss TKO
2012-01-30	Koya Sato (3 - 0 - 0)	Loss UD
2011-10-31	Yohei Suzuki (1 - 0 - 0)	Win TKO
2011-04-06	Yoshiyuki Shimizu (0 - 0 - 1)	Win TKO

All Keita Kurihara's losses

Who all beat Keita Kurihara?

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Date	Opponent	Result	Notes
2023-10-12	Froilan Saludar (33 - 7 - 1)	Loss TKO	Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation Bantamweight
2022-09-22	Kai Chiba (14 - 3 - 0)	Loss TKO	Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation Bantamweight
2021-01-14	Takuma Inoue (13 - 1 - 0)	Loss TD	Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation Bantamweight
2017-06-19	Hiroaki Teshigawara (13 - 2 - 2)	Loss TKO
2014-07-07	Hiroyasu Shiga (2 - 0 - 0)	Loss TKO
2014-03-07	Shoji Ebisawa (4 - 1 - 0)	Loss UD
2012-07-13	Takahiro Fujii (2 - 1 - 1)	Loss TKO
2012-01-30	Koya Sato (3 - 0 - 0)	Loss UD

Keita Kurihara Highlights

Takuma Inoue

Takuma Inoue is a Japanese boxer.
As a professional athlete, Inoue has been performing for 7 years.

Last fight

The last fight of Takuma Inoue took place on November 7, 2019 against Nordine Oubaali.
Inoue lost by unanimous decision (UD).

Boxing record

Total fights: 14
Wins: 13
Wins by KO: 3
Wins by dec: 10
Losses: 1
Losses by KO: 0
Losses by dec: 1
Draws: 0

Professional career

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Date	Opponent	Result	Notes
2024-02-24	Jerwin Ancajas (34 - 3 - 2)	Win KO	WBA World Bantamweight
2023-04-08	Liborio Solis (35 - 6 - 1)	Win UD	WBA World Bantamweight (vacant)
2022-12-13	Jake Bornea (14 - 3 - 1)	Win TKO
2022-06-07	Gakuya Furuhashi (28 - 8 - 2)	Win UD	Japan Boxing Commission Japanese Super Bantamweight WBO Asia Pacific Super Bantamweight
2021-11-11	Shingo Wake (27 - 6 - 2)	Win UD	WBO Asia Pacific Super Bantamweight (vacant)
2021-01-14	Keita Kurihara (15 - 5 - 0)	Win TD	Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation Bantamweight
2019-11-07	Nordine Oubaali (16 - 0 - 0)	Loss UD	WBC World Bantamweight
2018-12-30	Tasana Salapat (48 - 0 - 0)	Win UD	WBC Interim World Bantamweight
2018-09-11	Mark John Yap (29 - 12 - 0)	Win UD
2018-05-25	Waldo Sabu (12 - 11 - 0)	Win KO
2017-12-30	Kentaro Masuda (27 - 8 - 0)	Win UD
2017-08-30	Hiroyuki Kudaka (25 - 16 - 1)	Win UD
2016-09-04	Froilan Saludar (23 - 1 - 1)	Win UD
2016-05-08	Afrizal Tamboresi (11 - 4 - 0)	Win TKO	Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation Super Flyweight
2015-12-29	Rene Dacquel (15 - 5 - 1)	Win UD	Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation Super Flyweight
2015-07-06	Mark Anthony Geraldo (31 - 6 - 3)	Win UD	Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation Super Flyweight (vacant)
2014-12-30	Nestor Daniel Narvaes (20 - 2 - 2)	Win UD
2014-09-05	Chalerm Kotala (debut)	Win KO
2014-04-06	Teeraphong Utaida (25 - 2 - 0)	Win UD
2013-12-06	Tatsuya Fukuhara (12 - 3 - 3)	Win UD

All Takuma Inoue's losses

Who all beat Takuma Inoue?

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Date	Opponent	Result	Notes
2019-11-07	Nordine Oubaali (16 - 0 - 0)	Loss UD	WBC World Bantamweight

Takuma Inoue Highlights

Latest Odds

Inoue to win: 1/9
Kurihara to win: 6/1
Draw: 22/1

Prediction

Who will win: Kurihara or Inoue?

Kurihara and Inoue are worthy opponents.
It is difficult to predict which of the boxers will win.

Nevertheless, I think that Takuma Inoue will win by unanimous decision.

- Jacob Baker,
sports editor

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