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Boxing · Super Bantamweight · 122 lb

Who will Sam Goodman 🇦🇺 fight next?

Record 23–1 · Australia
Last fight: Sam Goodman beat Ryosuke Nishida on 27 Sep 2026 (UD)

Short answer

Most likely next opponent: Naoya Inoue🇯🇵 (8%, callout / claim).

Confidence: Medium · Updated (UAE time)

Titles held (by body) IBF interim super bantamweight

Forecast: likely next opponents NextSmash estimate

Each percentage is the estimated chance of being Sam Goodman's next opponent. These are not chances of winning.

Field / other: 92%. This covers everyone not listed above.

Last fight
Win vs Ryosuke Nishida · UD · 27 Sep 2026
Confidence
Medium (High = officially booked · Medium = credible report, sanctioning-body order, talks or a boxer's own claim · Low = model only)
Boxing factors
Mandatory challengers, vacated belts, rematch clauses, Riyadh Season / The Ring events, promoter and network ties, and crossover fights
Last updated
(UAE time)

Rankings note: belts are labelled by the body that awards them (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO or The Ring). The order of boxers on these pages is a NextSmash list, not an official ranking.

Sam Goodman: frequently asked questions

When is Sam Goodman's next fight?

No fight is officially booked as of 2 Oct 2026. The leading option is Naoya Inoue (No date).

Who did Sam Goodman fight last?

Sam Goodman beat Ryosuke Nishida on 27 Sep 2026 (UD). Source: Wikipedia.

Who is Sam Goodman likely to fight next?

NextSmash estimate of the next opponent: Naoya Inoue (8%), field / other 92%. These are chances of being the next opponent, not chances of winning. Updated 2 Oct 2026.

What is Sam Goodman's record?

23–1 (wins–losses–draws, no-contests in brackets) after the fight on 27 Sep 2026, as listed on Wikipedia.

What titles does Sam Goodman hold?

IBF interim super bantamweight. Each belt is named with the body that awards it.

Other super bantamweight boxers

More: Super Bantamweight belts and next fights · All boxing

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Sam Goodman (boxer) · record and last fight (revision 1377017374)
  2. Fox Sports AU: Sam Goodman on Nishida victory and a possible Naoya Inoue fight
  3. Wikipedia: List of current world boxing champions (revision of 1 Oct 2026) · 1 Oct 2026

Percentages are NextSmash estimates from the reports and factors above, not facts and not betting advice. Records and last fights come from Wikipedia. We do not use BoxRec data. Anything we could not verify is left out.