A Complete Unknown: Naoya Inoue makes even mismatches compelling

To watch Naoya Inoue in a mismatch is to watch Aretha do a vocal warm-up, or Hendrix tune his guitar, or Dylan scribble what he can recall of last night’s dream on a restaurant napkin, writes Elliot Worsell

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A Complete Unknown: Naoya Inoue makes even mismatches compelling

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