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BOX:Aussie nears shot at Japan's pound-for-pound king

Sam Goodman Naoya Inoue IBF

An overdue date with pound-for-pound king Naoya Inoue is one win away for Sam Goodman after the IBF mandated a super bantamweight date between the Australian and another former Japanese champion.

The 27-year-old Goodman (22-1) will face Ryosuke Nishida (11-1) for the IBF's interim belt, with the winner to battle undisputed champion Inoue (33-0, 27 KOs).

Twice Goodman was forced to pull out of blockbuster Tokyo bouts with Inoue due to a badly-cut eye suffered in sparring.

He then lost to Nick Ball after taking a world title shot up a division at featherweight, before beating Rodrigo Fabian Ruiz in Wollongong in April.

Victory over Ruiz shot Goodman back to No.2 in the super bantamweight rankings behind the 29-year-old Nishida, who relinquished his IBF belt to countryman Junto Nakatani.

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