Pound-for-pound world champion Naoya Inoue revealed on social media that he's now being sponsored by Riyadh Season, and plans to showcase the brand's logos on his ring gear in the upcoming defense of his undisputed super bantamweight crown against Korean challenger Ye Joon Kim.

Inoue (28-0, 25 KOs), who holds the Ring Magazine super bantamweight title, seeks his 10th consecutive knockout.

Turki Alalshikh, the owner of The Ring and head of Riyadh Season, recently announced on social media that he's currently in talks with Inoue to stage a future fight with the Japanese star.

Inoue vs. Kim will stream live on Friday, Jan. 24, with a special early morning start time of 4:15 a.m. ET/ 1:15 a.m. PT exclusively on ESPN+ in the U.S. The event takes place at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.

The 31-year-old unified the bantamweight division in 2022 by stopping Paul Butler, then claimed undisputed status in a second weight class with knockout victories over Stephen Fulton and Marlon Tapales in 2023.

In May, he made history by headlining the first boxing card at Tokyo Dome since 1990, rising from a first-round knockdown to stop former two-weight world champion Luis Nery in the sixth. Inoue followed up the Nery triumph with a seventh-round TKO of former champion TJ Doheny in September.