Mexican boxer Alan ‘Rey David’ Picasso will face Japanese Naoya Inoue in a bout for the four super bantamweight world titles. The fight, part of The Ring V event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, marks Picasso's biggest career opportunity. Inoue arrives as the undisputed champion and heavy favorite.
Alan ‘Rey David’ Picasso, undefeated with a record of 32 wins, one draw, and 17 knockouts at age 25, turned professional in March 2017 in Naucalpan, Mexico State. Orthodox stance, standing 1.73 meters with a 178-centimeter reach, he has fought in Mexico and the United States, gaining experience in 33 bouts. He holds the WBC Silver super bantamweight title after a unanimous decision win over Azat Hovhannisyan, and his latest victory was a majority decision against Kyonosuke Kameda abroad.
Picasso, a scholarship recipient from the Ring Telmex-Telcel program and a university student in Neuroscience, has been praised by WBC president Mauricio Sulaimán as a future star in Mexican boxing. He faces Naoya Inoue, 32 years old with 31 wins, no losses, and 27 knockouts, the undisputed champion in four divisions. In 2025, Inoue secured knockouts over Ye Joon Kim and Ramón Cárdenas, and a decision over Murojdon Akhmadaliev.
The main event of The Ring V ‘Night of the Samurai’ takes place on December 27 at the Mohammed Abdo Arena in Riyadh. In Mexico, the card starts at 3:00 a.m. (central time) and the main fight around 7:00 a.m. It airs on DAZN pay-per-view for $366 MXN or included with a DAZN Ultimate subscription. The stakes are the WBC, WBA, IBF, and WBO titles. A Picasso win would make him the first Mexican to claim all four in a single bout, per The Sporting News.
The undercard features Junto Nakatani vs. Sebastián Hernández in super bantamweight, Wilibaldo García vs. Kenshiro Teraji for the IBF super flyweight title, and other matchups.
