{"id":6132,"date":"2025-05-14T16:32:38","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T20:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/goodman-seeks-world-title-after-victory-against-inoue-in-las-vegas\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T16:32:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T20:32:38","slug":"goodman-seeks-world-title-after-victory-against-inoue-in-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/boxing\/goodman-seeks-world-title-after-victory-against-inoue-in-las-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodman Seeks World Title After Victory: Against Inoue in Las Vegas?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sam Goodman Revives His Career with a Commanding Victory<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Australian boxer Sam Goodman, after a period of challenges, has resurfaced with a points victory over Mexican C\u00e9sar Vaca in Sydney. This triumph marks a turning point in his career and opens the doors to new opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Goodman, with an undefeated record of 20-0, demonstrated his dominance at the Hordern Pavilion on Wednesday night. This performance could catapult the 26-year-old boxer to a world title fight in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Goodman&#8217;s team will seek to have the boxer, currently ranked as the best in the IBF super bantamweight category, be the mandatory challenger to face superstar Naoya Inoue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a possibility that Goodman will share the card with his No Limit teammate, Tim Tszyu, in his expected rematch against Sebastian Fundora in Las Vegas in July or August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0514%2Fr1492744_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Sam Goodman of Australia lands a punch during his unanimous points win over Mexican Cesar Vaca.\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A world title opportunity against Inoue would be a deserved reward for Goodman, who, at 26 years old, saw a million-dollar fight against the Japanese man thwarted in December due to two injuries during training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Goodman faced economic difficulties after his scheduled Christmas Eve fight against Inoue in Tokyo was postponed, after suffering a cut to his left eye during training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subsequently, Goodman was devastated when the fight rescheduled for January was canceled upon the reopening of the wound, forcing him to undergo surgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The boxer ran the risk of losing his house, acquired last year for a million dollars, if he had lost on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Goodman finished the high-stakes confrontation with cuts around both eyes, feeling relieved to have survived without major damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>It was a blow that this gave me and then, fuck, it was a headbutt that it gave me here.<\/p><cite>Sam Goodman<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Goodman was declared the winner by unanimous decision of the judges (99-92, 99-91, 100-90).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>So the next two rounds were to get it done and win the fight.<\/p><cite>Sam Goodman<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Goodman expressed that the goal was to be smart throughout the fight and regain momentum on the road to world titles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Goodman Revives His Career with a Commanding Victory Australian boxer Sam Goodman, after a period of challenges, has resurfaced with a points victory over Mexican C\u00e9sar Vaca in Sydney. This triumph marks a turning point in his career and opens the doors to new opportunities. 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