Boxing: Inoue to fight for 3rd world title in 3rd weight class

Japan's Naoya Inoue announced Tuesday that he will seek a title in his third weight class when he challenges WBA bantamweight champion Jamie McDonnell of Britain in May.In his 16th professional bout, Inoue, a former WBC light flyweight champion and WBO super flyweight champion, will face McDonnell in the Briton's seventh defense of his WBA crown on May 25 in Tokyo.Should the 24-year-old Inoue win, he will become the fifth Japanese three-division world champion after Koki Kameda, Kazuto Ioka, Akira Yaegashi and Hozumi Hasegawa.Inoue will vacate his WBO belt in the 115-pound (52.16-kilogram) …READ FULL ARTICLE