I just watched 4 of his fights: roman(ring #1), Iwasa(ring #4), rios(ring #8), and tapales(ring #5) and had him winning them all. The roman and tapales fights were very close but I had both 7-5 MJ.
Not seeing an easy walk over for inoue but if that does happen it's because hes great, not because MJ isn't good. This is a better fight then say fury agaisnt wilder but hype is different than reality i suppose.
MJ is a top fighter.
he just hasn't been consistent (roman). But who really has?
And he'll be in one of Inoue's top 10 opponents.
I think the x-factor is joel diaz.
Can MJ follow through on a good gameplan.
Inoue's gonna work on his mistakes. He's way too smart.
And MJ can't stand and trade with the Monster.
From what I seen in MJ's fight with Tapales, he seems to be a fighter that is easily discouraged when under pressure. He was dominantly beating Tapales until he got rocked a few times, then he started to throw low output punches with quite less precision. Then late in the fight he seemed to win rounds convincingly again after he adjusted.
Even in his recent bout, it seemed like he was surprised that a deaf man like Luis Castillo was putting up a fight and was willing to engage. Then MJ clipped him and took over in the last 2-3 rounds where he got the stoppage.
MJ also is a fighter that steadily work until a opportunity presents itself to hurt his opponent, however he isn't primarily a counter puncher though nor is he that busy when pressuring. So doesn't create the opportunities himself by attempting to take risks and hurt his opponents. He lacks the killer instinct to aim to finish the fight.
Former world champion at 122, athletically gifted fighter with a size advantage over Inoue, is heavy handed, is experienced and is a southpaw like Tapales/Nery. Just doesn't have the right mindset that complements his style.
This is exactly what I was trying to articulate.
Belts are silly but MJ is ranked 1 at tbrb and 2 at tbe ring. Why wouldnt a belt org also have him highly ranked?
He lost a dubious decision to tapales. If he got kod or something ok i understand but he performed well and didnt get the decision, giving him another shot seems to make perfext sense in this case, as opposed to rabking someone who hasnt fought anyone in hopes they might be good.
we know MJ is good. His resume proves it. Maybe he hasnt been dominant every fight but fury almost lost to ngannou, Crawford to madrimov, etc...doesn't mean they aren't top fighters. Same applies to MJ.
inoue has fought everyone else in the top 5 cept goodman and picasso who both ducked him. It would look bad if he said no i don't have to fight the guy who has been the 2nd best fighter at 122 for the past 5 years(inoue already beat the first) because he lost a split decision to a top 5 opponent.
If MJ gets the tapales decision it's a super fight but because he didn't, meh fight. The reverse of fury usyk. If fury doesn't get the ngannou decision...meh fight but since he did super fight. Perception and reality are often different.
If MJ didn't get a gift against Danny Roman in the first place nobody would care who he is.
He's good enough to be a ranked contender but he won't even be a top 10 win for Inoue.
He ran a good PR campaign sitting on an undeserved WBA ranking follow his loss to Tapales. He's done after Inoue KOs him.
Belts are silly but MJ is ranked 1 at tbrb and 2 at tbe ring. Why wouldnt a belt org also have him highly ranked?
He lost a dubious decision to tapales. If he got kod or something ok i understand but he performed well and didnt get the decision, giving him another shot seems to make perfext sense in this case, as opposed to rabking someone who hasnt fought anyone in hopes they might be good.
we know MJ is good. His resume proves it. Maybe he hasnt been dominant every fight but fury almost lost to ngannou, Crawford to madrimov, etc...doesn't mean they aren't top fighters. Same applies to MJ.
inoue has fought everyone else in the top 5 cept goodman and picasso who both ducked him. It would look bad if he said no i don't have to fight the guy who has been the 2nd best fighter at 122 for the past 5 years(inoue already beat the first) because he lost a split decision to a top 5 opponent.
If MJ gets the tapales decision it's a super fight but because he didn't, meh fight. The reverse of fury usyk. If fury doesn't get the ngannou decision...meh fight but since he did super fight. Perception and reality are often different.
MJ is a perfectly good fighter but every time I've watched him I always felt like he lacked something special. Very athletic guy, good power with decent skills but something in his temperament and his pace just doesn't seem elite.
From what I seen in MJ's fight with Tapales, he seems to be a fighter that is easily discouraged when under pressure. He was dominantly beating Tapales until he got rocked a few times, then he started to throw low output punches with quite less precision. Then late in the fight he seemed to win rounds convincingly again after he adjusted.
Even in his recent bout, it seemed like he was surprised that a deaf man like Luis Castillo was putting up a fight and was willing to engage. Then MJ clipped him and took over in the last 2-3 rounds where he got the stoppage.
MJ also is a fighter that steadily work until a opportunity presents itself to hurt his opponent, however he isn't primarily a counter puncher though nor is he that busy when pressuring. So doesn't create the opportunities himself by attempting to take risks and hurt his opponents. He lacks the killer instinct to aim to finish the fight.
Former world champion at 122, athletically gifted fighter with a size advantage over Inoue, is heavy handed, is experienced and is a southpaw like Tapales/Nery. Just doesn't have the right mindset that complements his style.
He won't last 6 rounds against Inoue. He'll be the 9th or 10th best win on Inoue's resume at best.
He ran a good PR campaign sitting on an undeserved WBA ranking follow his loss to Tapales. He's done after Inoue KOs him.
MJ is a perfectly good fighter but every time I've watched him I always felt like he lacked something special. Very athletic guy, good power with decent skills but something in his temperament and his pace just doesn't seem elite.
Became Mando in his return against Gonzalez in 2023, following the loss to Tapales and has persevered his position with minimal risk.
Side note: Of course OP finds a way to bring wilder into the subject :lol1: obsessed
If it ain’t Wilder , it’s Tank
:rolleyes::p:rolleyes:
Do you know why he has been so inactive?
Became Mando in his return against Gonzalez in 2023, following the loss to Tapales and has persevered his position with minimal risk.
Side note: Of course OP finds a way to bring wilder into the subject :lol1: obsessed