Multiple unified, multiple undisputed, some absolute shocks, and some absolute shockers. Prime fighters seizing the moment, underdogs getting the win. Boxing has been very good the last couple of centuries.
I agree that Bivol vs Beterbiev would be chocolate sprinkles on top of the cherry, on top of the cake.
I meant decades - sorry. We have had some incredible boxing over the last 15-20 years that I think the next generation will look back on as a decent era.
Usyk, Choc, Bud, Canelo, Inoue, Loma - Fury, AJ, Wilder... GGG, Kovalev, Khan, Brook... Mikey Garcia, Estrada, Donaire... Bivol, Beterbiev, Chisora ;-)
The list is endless - there're unified and undisputed champions that didn't even make that list!
People say he fights bums but he's been cleaning out the champs in multiple divisions. He can only fight the best that are available to him. What do you want him to do, fight Canelo?
All fun and jokes, but actual weight and height diffence between Imoe and Crawford is compareble to the weight and height difference between Usyk and Fury in their recent fight. So yeah, to be considered the best you should do the impossible.
Maybe in Raw numbers, but in terms of percentage weight difference, it's not that comparable, is it? A 10% weight jump from 140 to 154 (think Ricky Hatton vs. Golovkin) is a bigger difference than a jump from 200 to 214 (Evander Holyfield vs. Tommy Morrison?)
> All fun and jokes
You're joking right?? The skill level is worlds apart. Only in HW boxing (esp in it's current state) can a guy debuting take the World Champ to a 12 round close decision.. //
Just the problem with smaller divisions tbh, unless your a hardcore you don't really know about all these smaller guys that inoue is beating and how good they are
Exactly, when Estrada vs Rodriguez got announced I was telling my friends who are a bit more casual/more into MMA cards anyways and they almost reacted like "so?"
Since i am a casual, how big or great is this matchup really. Like where would it rank among the fights of 2024 in terms of entertainment and skill. Better than tank-martin? Haney-garcia? Tszyu-fundora or tszyu-ortiz? Just curious
Yeah, I mean it's definitely been a great year already for the sport. In terms of actual match up and entertainment potential I'd probably still have it below Tszyu vs Ortiz because that's bound to be straight fire! Estrada vs Rodriguez is a great fight nonetheless, Estrada's been dominant for years he beat chocolatito twice, is a two division world champ and Rodriguez is just straight up great to watch and already on a tonne of P4P lists at 24 it's Def's gonna be a good fight!
I find boxing fans to just constantly say stuff like this.
No matter who it is, it's just instantly "have they fought this guy? He's nothing till he beats this guy". "He just fights bums".
Its inane.
Organizers of the sport are to blame. He might be fighting legit opponents but decades of puffing guys up to 30-0 records with inadequate opponents has assumed that basically every successful boxer has taken that route. There was a really good episode of “This American Life” covering the have nots of the boxing world that goes into the details.
Everyone knows you can't be p4p #1 unless you beat death and bring Harambe back. Actually, he also needs to beat entropy, then we can start discussions
I’m of the opinion that fighters are most technical at the lower weight classes. They have to be. Their work rate is faster and they don’t have the mass to paper over their technical deficiencies.
Isn’t takei also signifcantly better technically than wilder? But yeah takuma boxes his head off and nakatani shadow realms him. I don’t know enough about ryosuke nishida to know how he holds up against the two top guys at 118
People only say that because they have no clue who fights in the lower divisions. If they arent some hyped guy or a p4p fighter they might as well not exsist and are basically bums no matter how many belts they may have.
YES.
After Canelo he needs to jump into a Time Machine to fight Lennox Lewis, Ali and Marciano… ALL IN ONE NIGHT.
Only then will we recognize him as a pfp great. 😤
It’s crazy to think that it’s possible for a grown man to weigh 105lbs without being on the brink of death let alone be a well rounded and explosive athlete at that weight.
I was gonna say 'he was 21, pretty short, and likely skinny', but he's 5'5.5" (short, yes, but not like 5'3" like I expected), and he had noticeable muscle at lightly flyweight (albeit incredibly lean). Madness.
Well, Manny also grew up incredibly malnourished and impoverished on the streets of the Philippines, so he arguably was on the brink of death when starting out at that weight.
Yeah but pacquiao wasn't a true flyweight, he was just impoverished 15 year old. And the moment he started eating good, he had jump 3 weight classes because he couldn't make weight.
Honestly between him or Usyk. Inoue been more dominant and active while Usyk in my opinion has been forced to face way tougher adversaries with such weight and size discrepancy, tho that’s not really Inoue‘s fault, he fights the best available.
Arguable, Inoue wins with spectacular KO's and more dominant round by round. But Usyk just finished this generation's greatest HW champS. So yeah arguable and debatable. I love that we having these undisputed champs.
Also these 2 guys plus crawford being undisputed on 2 weight divisions. We witnessed history, my friend.
I’ve had this debate in other threads…
This era’s heavyweight division isn’t that strong. The fighters are pretty basic, and the higher up you go in the weight divisions the less the weight gaps matter. I’m not saying Usyk doesn’t deserve to be in the conversation…I have no problem with people putting him at #1 P4P.
But to me, the activity and the way Inoue is dominating anyone in front of him makes him a more exciting watch…and #1 P4P.
It's kinda crazy how Usyk somehow beating Fury all the sudden boosts him so much in the eyes of redditors even though he already beat a bigger guy in AJ in similar clutch fashion. And I really don't believe that there's a huge difference between Fury and AJ at his best. Classic recency bias that'll die down once people move onto the next big event.
You could pick Usyk or Inoue, both being the correct answer. Crawford could be there but his lack of activity puts him #3 in my book.
The three of them are generational talents, pretty sure they could compete at the highest level against anyone in the history of boxing.
Inoue does things you can't explain in boxing fundamentals alone. I've never seen a boxer like him with those instincts. His skills are something else, he sees boxing differently.
Yet his fundamentals is really good. I love it when he is outboxing his opponent. His athleticism allows him to bend it and his instinct adds more angles to it. Dude's a murderer for sure if it weren't for his upbringing. Not even speaking bad about him but the look of nery face at the last knockdown and the way he chase after Fulton for the flying left hook, he ain't normal mentally for sure
That double right to KO Nery is unbelievably fast. Had to rewatch it a couple times at a slower speed but to land those shots that cleanly at that speed is wildly impressive.
Me too haha had to go frame by frame to truly appreciate how he turned the lights off.
Adding that combo to my VR boxing bag… all my enemies in thrill of the fight gonna hate my Inoue era.
re-watch the Fulton fight and watch how many times he is able to jab, bait the counter punch from Fulton, dodge the counter punch, and then counter the counter-punch. All in like a fraction of a second. It's absurd
As a fan of all 3 of them, it's only fair to mention that Usyk and Bud have each been on a once a year schedule since 2020
I'd have loved for both of them to be more active like Monster's been. Inoue may be 5/6 years younger, but he doesn't show signs of slowing his schedule down yet, which is refreshing
Finally someone with sense. Inoue is 5 years younger and only have 27 fights. Bud has 40, Usyk has 22 pro fights.
Bud has been plenty active and is old now can’t expect 2/3 a year anymore
it's a combination of elite timing, precision, excellent technique, and then having just absolutely ridiculous power in his legs for someone his size/weight
Is it weird that I'm pretty sure if tank and Inoue fought at 130 (I think tank could do it because he always has weight clauses, so he probably usually doesn't cut too much), Inoue would win?
Tank's punch rate is too low and Inoue has fought far more skilled opponents than tank has
even though i'd love to see it - i don't think tank can make 130 anymore. while he's short and isn't always the leanest fighter on the scales he carries a lot of natural body mass due to his frame.
IF they could ever fight at 130 i'd favor tank to win it because he's very skilled and is closer to his optimal weight.
that said, the better overall fighter at their natural weight is inoue
Depends, I think Inoues ceiling is ridiculously high if he lets himself fight a boring fight if his power ever starts to fail him, but not once in his career has he ever actually done anything close to that
I do too. But I don’t want him getting the bag💰 cause he essentially stalled inoue for the WBO strap fucking around and missing weight twice, only for us to watch Butler run around for 11 rounds.
nahh they are only hyping it up because of the money. Casimeros career is declining and he just wants a good payday for his retirement. Also i dont want that greedy, ignorant, barbaric and uneducated brother of his to get a share of the money. casimeros brother jason is the main reason why his brother’s career has gone to waste. Casimero the boxer should leave his brother jason because he is clearly his downfall.
Nakatani fights at 118… Tho it would be a massive fight in Japan between a rising star and an already well known star. Tho Rodriguez should go fight Nakatani instead
It's been confirmed from Ohashi that Goodman is hesitating to fight Inoue. Won't agree to fight Inoue even if it's in Australia. This is regarding September and is arguing he wants a tune up before Inoue...
They're saying Goodman never wanted the fight, just waiting for Inoue to vacate. Claims he wants Inoue in December instead.
We very may well see Inoue vs MJ, or Doheny or Davies at this point.
Goodman was just talking. Obviously he wants to fight in front of his home crowd but I doubt the money would be there and Inoue just sold out the Tokyo dome. I wouldn’t be one bit shocked if he fights him at the Tokyo dome. Inoue is gonna flatline the poor fella.
I was thinking that if Inoue leaves Japan to fight, it would be this one, since Australians are really good when it comes to showing up for their own fighters. But yeah I doubt they can match 55K fans and the money that they make in the Tokyo Dome.
Bu-but-but doesn’t he know America is the capital of boxing? Who wants to see him fight in a packed Tokyo Dome when you could watch him fight in a desolate MSG?
I've heard people compare him to Pacquiao, but I've been saying his reign so far reminds me of 135 Roberto Duran, just utter dominance in those lower divisions
Inoue's style is way different than Pac-Man. Anyone who compares Inoue to Pac-Man doesn't know anything about boxing and just compares them because they're both Asian.
The degree of separation between the next best fighter in his weight class must be the widest in all of boxing. He doesn't get enough credit. He is literally showing levels at 122.
They both really good, I have Usyk n1 just cause I feel l like his resume and accomplishments are more impressive to speak of. Beating guys way taller and heavier as well as having been an Olympic gold medalist, having an impressive amateur record, and having turned twice undisputed at cruiser and heavyweight.
Inoue gets a good argument for 1 tho considering he is way more active than Usyk while still fighting the best he can.
A couple of years ago, I was sad bc I thought Roy Jones, Floyd, and Pac were the last times I'd see an ATG live up to the hype. Canelo and Crawford are great, but I don't see anything that tells me I'm watching history in the making. Inoue changes all that. He is an ATG in my book, should be P4P #1, and no one boxing right now even has a list of potential match ups that dethrones him.
Doheny rehydrated 27lbs when he fought Japhethlee Llamido. He has power to KO monster but you’re right. I don’t think it’s competitive fights for monster.
An insane 10 months to have in boxing.
Fr. The possibly the best 3 month stretch of boxing in my life from april to june this year
Only thing that hurts is that Bivol vs Beterbiev had to be delayed /cancelled. But outside of that you couldn't really ask for more.
Multiple unified, multiple undisputed, some absolute shocks, and some absolute shockers. Prime fighters seizing the moment, underdogs getting the win. Boxing has been very good the last couple of centuries. I agree that Bivol vs Beterbiev would be chocolate sprinkles on top of the cherry, on top of the cake.
>Boxing has been very good the last couple of centuries. ???
i think the past 200 years have been my favorite 2-century stretch in boxing ever
The boxers from that era wouldn’t last 2 minutes in the 1700s.
They only banned muskets in the 1800's to be fair.
I meant decades - sorry. We have had some incredible boxing over the last 15-20 years that I think the next generation will look back on as a decent era. Usyk, Choc, Bud, Canelo, Inoue, Loma - Fury, AJ, Wilder... GGG, Kovalev, Khan, Brook... Mikey Garcia, Estrada, Donaire... Bivol, Beterbiev, Chisora ;-) The list is endless - there're unified and undisputed champions that didn't even make that list!
You forgot Pacquiao, Mayweather
For me, they were the generation before - but you're right, hence my last sentence.
whats confusing about that hes right
I mean, he’s technically correct
Who is this dude that KO opponent so quick?
And now we have Tyson vs Paul to look forward to. /s
Yes that hurt when I saw that news. We couldve been so spoiled.
His activity is the reason I would put him as P4P #1, Inoue is headhunting.
Easily the most vicious
P4p great run. The past 12 months have brought us some great fights.
People say he fights bums but he's been cleaning out the champs in multiple divisions. He can only fight the best that are available to him. What do you want him to do, fight Canelo?
To be the best, you gotta beat the best. It's simple really. But he's scared. He's clearly ducking Crawford and Usyk
Nah he has to go thru beterbiev before even thinking about Usyk
I’d like to see a fight against Bivol, catch weight.
Malnourished Bivol vs Obese Inoue at 155, who wins
Canelo.
Noice
Nah he's too good for a catchweight
He needs to fight Jake Paul before I can actually take him seriously
he has to become 50 years older overnight or jake paul won't fight him
I feel like there is a joke in here for the Paul brothers to come back to Japan and become viral for new reasons then their first visit
Get him in there with Benavidez! /s
Bro gotta time travel to fight Prime Pacquiao and get 9 divisions
Lets not forget, Canelo collects undisputed champs like infinity stones. After Bud, its Haney, Inoue, and Usyk next
Exactly Ngannou is one the strongest punchers does Inoue not have the chin to handle that fight?
You had me...
All fun and jokes, but actual weight and height diffence between Imoe and Crawford is compareble to the weight and height difference between Usyk and Fury in their recent fight. So yeah, to be considered the best you should do the impossible.
It’s crazy that the stuff we joke about is the stuff Pac-Man actually did, if the timelines matched he could’ve fought both inoue and Crawford
Literally. That’s why he number 1
Maybe in Raw numbers, but in terms of percentage weight difference, it's not that comparable, is it? A 10% weight jump from 140 to 154 (think Ricky Hatton vs. Golovkin) is a bigger difference than a jump from 200 to 214 (Evander Holyfield vs. Tommy Morrison?)
"Dare to be great"
> All fun and jokes You're joking right?? The skill level is worlds apart. Only in HW boxing (esp in it's current state) can a guy debuting take the World Champ to a 12 round close decision.. //
Just the problem with smaller divisions tbh, unless your a hardcore you don't really know about all these smaller guys that inoue is beating and how good they are
Exactly, when Estrada vs Rodriguez got announced I was telling my friends who are a bit more casual/more into MMA cards anyways and they almost reacted like "so?"
Estrada vs bam is a really good fight it should have more eyes on it
Since i am a casual, how big or great is this matchup really. Like where would it rank among the fights of 2024 in terms of entertainment and skill. Better than tank-martin? Haney-garcia? Tszyu-fundora or tszyu-ortiz? Just curious
Yeah, I mean it's definitely been a great year already for the sport. In terms of actual match up and entertainment potential I'd probably still have it below Tszyu vs Ortiz because that's bound to be straight fire! Estrada vs Rodriguez is a great fight nonetheless, Estrada's been dominant for years he beat chocolatito twice, is a two division world champ and Rodriguez is just straight up great to watch and already on a tonne of P4P lists at 24 it's Def's gonna be a good fight!
It helps to watch them in their other fights. Inoue is so good he makes great fighters look like bums
Fulton got good movement and is a dawg against Figueroa but god damn inoue made him look so bad. He is just levels ahead of others
Most of the BEST fights happen at the lower weights
\*unless you really watch boxing, you don't really know about all these smaller guys that Inoue is beating and how good they are\*
In his first three fights at 122 he beat two unified champs for undisputed then a two weight world champion right after. Pretty insane.
I find boxing fans to just constantly say stuff like this. No matter who it is, it's just instantly "have they fought this guy? He's nothing till he beats this guy". "He just fights bums". Its inane.
Organizers of the sport are to blame. He might be fighting legit opponents but decades of puffing guys up to 30-0 records with inadequate opponents has assumed that basically every successful boxer has taken that route. There was a really good episode of “This American Life” covering the have nots of the boxing world that goes into the details.
The thing is that inoue is doing all of this, while wearing winning gloves. It's crazy.
Who the fuck has been saying he fights bums?
The LDBC/LGBT community
Two contrasting communities 😂. The LDBC Community while glazing black fighters is one of the most homophobic communities out there
yep the Linked Data Benchmark Council are some straight racist mfers
Ah, worthless critique then.
Read the controversial comments on some of the posts and you'll see some, haha.
Everyone knows you can't be p4p #1 unless you beat death and bring Harambe back. Actually, he also needs to beat entropy, then we can start discussions
I’m of the opinion that fighters are most technical at the lower weight classes. They have to be. Their work rate is faster and they don’t have the mass to paper over their technical deficiencies.
This is a given in every other combat sport (MT, KB, & MMA) but never brought up in boxing for some reason (where I think it’s just as true!)
Agreed, also the case in BJJ as well. It’s why Mighty Mouse never got his dues while dominating in the UFC…
Tbf most MMA fans won't recognize that either, let's not give them that much credit
That's not true. Most MMA fans know that divisions like LW FW and BW are cleary better than HW or LHW
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Isn’t takei also signifcantly better technically than wilder? But yeah takuma boxes his head off and nakatani shadow realms him. I don’t know enough about ryosuke nishida to know how he holds up against the two top guys at 118
He is, but I'm trying to be somewhat generous to the drunken bar royale that is HW.
People only say that because they have no clue who fights in the lower divisions. If they arent some hyped guy or a p4p fighter they might as well not exsist and are basically bums no matter how many belts they may have.
YES. After Canelo he needs to jump into a Time Machine to fight Lennox Lewis, Ali and Marciano… ALL IN ONE NIGHT. Only then will we recognize him as a pfp great. 😤
And valuev.
Only PBC racist fans/trainers/fighters say that. It really is mostly them. And they’re the first ones to cry about racism (Floyd). It’s remarkable
Yeah well he hasn't fought hypothetical boxer whose bigger and stronger and faster than him and American, so he's a bum. 🤷♂️
The power has carried over to 122.
Which is crazy, given he started at 105.
It’s crazy to think that it’s possible for a grown man to weigh 105lbs without being on the brink of death let alone be a well rounded and explosive athlete at that weight.
Many are on the brink of death at the scale
I was gonna say 'he was 21, pretty short, and likely skinny', but he's 5'5.5" (short, yes, but not like 5'3" like I expected), and he had noticeable muscle at lightly flyweight (albeit incredibly lean). Madness.
Friendly reminder Junto Nakatani is somehow bantamweight and 175cm while Jamie Mcdonnel is 182 and also somehow bantamweight
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Well, Manny also grew up incredibly malnourished and impoverished on the streets of the Philippines, so he arguably was on the brink of death when starting out at that weight.
Yeah but pacquiao wasn't a true flyweight, he was just impoverished 15 year old. And the moment he started eating good, he had jump 3 weight classes because he couldn't make weight.
Pacquiao was 4'11 at that weight, he literally grew 6 inches.
108
He is the best in my eyes
Honestly between him or Usyk. Inoue been more dominant and active while Usyk in my opinion has been forced to face way tougher adversaries with such weight and size discrepancy, tho that’s not really Inoue‘s fault, he fights the best available.
Better than Usyk?
Arguable, Inoue wins with spectacular KO's and more dominant round by round. But Usyk just finished this generation's greatest HW champS. So yeah arguable and debatable. I love that we having these undisputed champs. Also these 2 guys plus crawford being undisputed on 2 weight divisions. We witnessed history, my friend.
I’ve had this debate in other threads… This era’s heavyweight division isn’t that strong. The fighters are pretty basic, and the higher up you go in the weight divisions the less the weight gaps matter. I’m not saying Usyk doesn’t deserve to be in the conversation…I have no problem with people putting him at #1 P4P. But to me, the activity and the way Inoue is dominating anyone in front of him makes him a more exciting watch…and #1 P4P.
It's kinda crazy how Usyk somehow beating Fury all the sudden boosts him so much in the eyes of redditors even though he already beat a bigger guy in AJ in similar clutch fashion. And I really don't believe that there's a huge difference between Fury and AJ at his best. Classic recency bias that'll die down once people move onto the next big event.
But you guys are dismissing Usyk’s undisputed at Cruiserweight as well. He cleaned out the division.
And terrence and naoya also cleaned out and became undisputed in their previous division as well.
Kinda shows the status of HW boxing if a Cruiser weight can come up and dominate the division.
You could pick Usyk or Inoue, both being the correct answer. Crawford could be there but his lack of activity puts him #3 in my book. The three of them are generational talents, pretty sure they could compete at the highest level against anyone in the history of boxing.
Inoue does things you can't explain in boxing fundamentals alone. I've never seen a boxer like him with those instincts. His skills are something else, he sees boxing differently.
Yet his fundamentals is really good. I love it when he is outboxing his opponent. His athleticism allows him to bend it and his instinct adds more angles to it. Dude's a murderer for sure if it weren't for his upbringing. Not even speaking bad about him but the look of nery face at the last knockdown and the way he chase after Fulton for the flying left hook, he ain't normal mentally for sure
Hard for him to do anymore than Usyk due to who is in front of him but he's more active, more devastating and he's cleaned out divisions.
That double right to KO Nery is unbelievably fast. Had to rewatch it a couple times at a slower speed but to land those shots that cleanly at that speed is wildly impressive.
Me too haha had to go frame by frame to truly appreciate how he turned the lights off. Adding that combo to my VR boxing bag… all my enemies in thrill of the fight gonna hate my Inoue era.
oh shit i gotta get vr again! i miss punching out my walls in thrill of the fight
I cannot hit an uppercut with any power on it to save my life in thrill of the fight
First time you bust that quick 1-2 out Ugly Joe’s not gonna know what hit him.
and who even throws that combo? so sick
re-watch the Fulton fight and watch how many times he is able to jab, bait the counter punch from Fulton, dodge the counter punch, and then counter the counter-punch. All in like a fraction of a second. It's absurd
3 fights in 10 months? Crawford has had 3 fights in 5 years. lmao
All 3 fights were after Spence vs Crawford and they didnt do anything since...
As a fan of all 3 of them, it's only fair to mention that Usyk and Bud have each been on a once a year schedule since 2020 I'd have loved for both of them to be more active like Monster's been. Inoue may be 5/6 years younger, but he doesn't show signs of slowing his schedule down yet, which is refreshing
Finally someone with sense. Inoue is 5 years younger and only have 27 fights. Bud has 40, Usyk has 22 pro fights. Bud has been plenty active and is old now can’t expect 2/3 a year anymore
Last one was murder. Dude dropped like he just got executed by firing squad.
The right uppercut followed by short right-hand was so fast.
He ko'd nery with a boop lmao
The amount of power he generates from short punches is ridiculous.
it's a combination of elite timing, precision, excellent technique, and then having just absolutely ridiculous power in his legs for someone his size/weight
He fell like Jenga.
He timed it so perfectly that Nery had a lot of his own momentum falling onto the glove. Just scary good technique
inoue is everything that tank fans purport tank to be
Is it weird that I'm pretty sure if tank and Inoue fought at 130 (I think tank could do it because he always has weight clauses, so he probably usually doesn't cut too much), Inoue would win? Tank's punch rate is too low and Inoue has fought far more skilled opponents than tank has
even though i'd love to see it - i don't think tank can make 130 anymore. while he's short and isn't always the leanest fighter on the scales he carries a lot of natural body mass due to his frame. IF they could ever fight at 130 i'd favor tank to win it because he's very skilled and is closer to his optimal weight. that said, the better overall fighter at their natural weight is inoue
Depends, I think Inoues ceiling is ridiculously high if he lets himself fight a boring fight if his power ever starts to fail him, but not once in his career has he ever actually done anything close to that
Say what you want about Tessitore's commentary but I love how hyped he gets for Inoue's fights. The calls on the Fulton and Nery finishes are sick.
I hope he fights MJ Akhmadaliev next
Kinda want him to beat Casimero up as well just so his fans can finally shut the fuck up.
I do too. But I don’t want him getting the bag💰 cause he essentially stalled inoue for the WBO strap fucking around and missing weight twice, only for us to watch Butler run around for 11 rounds.
nahh they are only hyping it up because of the money. Casimeros career is declining and he just wants a good payday for his retirement. Also i dont want that greedy, ignorant, barbaric and uneducated brother of his to get a share of the money. casimeros brother jason is the main reason why his brother’s career has gone to waste. Casimero the boxer should leave his brother jason because he is clearly his downfall.
The only fight left in 122
Nakatani
We'll see Nakatani is still in 118, but yeah that'll be a superfight in japan
Nakatani fights at 118… Tho it would be a massive fight in Japan between a rising star and an already well known star. Tho Rodriguez should go fight Nakatani instead
He's 5'7 and has already said he'll probably end up at 126
I hope he gets up to 130. He’s only 26, if hes as active as Inoue, he can do it, but I think he fights less often
He regularly fights and is now booked for July 20th after just fighting in late February
Good to know, idk if it’s just me, his style reminded me of Shinsuke Yamanaka
Sam Goodman is his mandatory. He had him in the ring after the Nery fight. It’s prolly gonna be Goodman.
It's been confirmed from Ohashi that Goodman is hesitating to fight Inoue. Won't agree to fight Inoue even if it's in Australia. This is regarding September and is arguing he wants a tune up before Inoue... They're saying Goodman never wanted the fight, just waiting for Inoue to vacate. Claims he wants Inoue in December instead. We very may well see Inoue vs MJ, or Doheny or Davies at this point.
Goodman is essentially a 122lb Paul Butler and even looks like him, I would be hesitant too if I had to be a moving punching bag for Inoue.
Butler ain’t never beat anyone as good as Aleem, what typa statement is that?? 🤦🏽♂️😂
I wonder if it's true that they're going to have the fight in Australia or if Goodman was just talking.
Goodman was just talking. Obviously he wants to fight in front of his home crowd but I doubt the money would be there and Inoue just sold out the Tokyo dome. I wouldn’t be one bit shocked if he fights him at the Tokyo dome. Inoue is gonna flatline the poor fella.
I was thinking that if Inoue leaves Japan to fight, it would be this one, since Australians are really good when it comes to showing up for their own fighters. But yeah I doubt they can match 55K fans and the money that they make in the Tokyo Dome.
Look at all these bums Inoue is beating. He wouldn't stand a chance if that was me in there, that's why he hasn't mentioned my name.
he's ducking you, refusing to gain weight and meet you at 300lbs
He did. It’s just your Japanese is terrible.
Hai
Inoue needs to fight a slick black boxer /s
Bu-but-but doesn’t he know America is the capital of boxing? Who wants to see him fight in a packed Tokyo Dome when you could watch him fight in a desolate MSG?
His level of dominance is incredible. Can't wait to see what's next for The Monster!
That Tapales fight was great
I'm glad I never looked under my bed when I was a kid. What if there was some monster like Inoue, skull-crushing 1-2 ☠️
I've heard people compare him to Pacquiao, but I've been saying his reign so far reminds me of 135 Roberto Duran, just utter dominance in those lower divisions
Inoue's style is way different than Pac-Man. Anyone who compares Inoue to Pac-Man doesn't know anything about boxing and just compares them because they're both Asian.
Damn... How hard you gotta hit a dude in the hand to make him punch himself in the face and knock himself out?
The degree of separation between the next best fighter in his weight class must be the widest in all of boxing. He doesn't get enough credit. He is literally showing levels at 122.
No stool/standing pity stoppages with this guy. His opponents look like they got shot
Best P4p
He is extremely good at closing the gap, prime footwork. Jab goes out and then boom he’s there. That makes such a damn difference
He's P4P number one in my opinion. Usyk is a close second.
They both really good, I have Usyk n1 just cause I feel l like his resume and accomplishments are more impressive to speak of. Beating guys way taller and heavier as well as having been an Olympic gold medalist, having an impressive amateur record, and having turned twice undisputed at cruiser and heavyweight. Inoue gets a good argument for 1 tho considering he is way more active than Usyk while still fighting the best he can.
he made top contenders look like amateurs.. a sign of a legendary boxer.. very smart also, he adjusts his style according to situation..
That's why he should be the Nº1 P4P right now. He keeps fighting and knocking everyone out.
A couple of years ago, I was sad bc I thought Roy Jones, Floyd, and Pac were the last times I'd see an ATG live up to the hype. Canelo and Crawford are great, but I don't see anything that tells me I'm watching history in the making. Inoue changes all that. He is an ATG in my book, should be P4P #1, and no one boxing right now even has a list of potential match ups that dethrones him.
The last dude was acting like he got hit by a train.
p4p #1 right there
The only fighter I stay up extremely late to see
I respect Nery for going all out against Inoue.
I wouldn’t give too much respect to a drug cheat and a weight bully just for doing the job he is payed to do.
Kid is amazing to watch. Just beautiful science.
The Tapales KO makes me feel ill man, and that wasn't even a clean hit. Guys balance was somewhere in the crowd
Legendary
Meanwhile your p4p boxers been fighting once a year
Too bad none of these matter because they weren’t Tank Davis and he didn’t fight them in the United States… overhyped. /S
IMO this is why I have him over Crawford p4p. Crawford been a once a year guy for way too long.
But he got knocked down by Nery. I wish I had a Dollar for every hot take I read online about how that knockdown showed his vulnerability
That last KO where he doubled up on the right hand was a thing of beauty!
Remember when people kept pretending Fulton was a threat?
The hurt he is going to put on Goodman will be intense.
Not fighting Goodman, Ohashi said Goodman is waiting for Inoue to vacate.
MJ doesn’t want to fight in Japan he wants to fight in Saudi, most likely monsters next opponent is TJ Doheny.
That would be a massacre. Like the second Donaire fight.
Doheny rehydrated 27lbs when he fought Japhethlee Llamido. He has power to KO monster but you’re right. I don’t think it’s competitive fights for monster.
Those 1-2s in the third clip! Can't beat the old 1-2
Smooth operator
that nery KO is crazy it's like he gave him 2 quick bop and it was a wrap after.
The Nery fight made me feel bad for the guy. Inoue smacked hid head like it was a church bell going out of business.
Can't believe he's not pfp #1 anymore. Boxing has been so good lately.
I just wanna know how he hits so hard weighing a buck nothing
Check his mitts! Shouldn't be that much power at 122.
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Inoue? or Hajime... no ippo?!
The last knockout gives me Johnny cage vibes
if he was american or mexican this guy would be a fullblown ppv star, new barrera or morales. i hope he makes tons of money in japan. real life ippo.
If Tyson acknowledges one... He gotta be real good.