Inoue was born in the wrong era.

Everyone could see his talent. The only thing that sucks which is no fault of his own is the lower divisions don't have the marquee name to cement his resume. Just fighting the best rated guys close to his division but no atg fighters in his weight class. The closest big names to him are either too low in weight or too high weight. He skipped 115 while it was hot and 135 is too big for him imo. Nonito is his best win but he was past his prime at that point. Someone like Pac for example came up in a era where their were names in his division each time he moved up from 126 onwards.