Comments Thread For: Inoue: I Want To Give Performances Worthy of a Number 1 Pound-For-Pound Fighter!

[tokon]

Hope they fight here in the UK, I'd have to go and see him

Can't see the money being there for a UK fight. Inoue is an absolute idol in Japan and they'll put the yen up for a full unification fight.

[War Room]

Grab all the belts then move up in weight, not hard to figure out.

[hhh1200]

He's such a dynamic exciting fighter. Imagine the attention he'd get if he was at a higher weight, like at least from lightweight upwards.

He'd be as big as he is now in Asia. Maybe he would get a buzz like Beterbiev since they stop guys similarly. The problem is, he got his eye jacked and touched up by Donaire and at the higher weights, fans would remember an aging fighter broke his orbital. That's not P4P but somehow people try to put any lame ahead of Crawford.

[Madison Boxing]

time for him to step up his level of competition, if an old washed up donaire with 4 or 5 bad losses is considered his signature win then that doesnt scream 'p4p number 1' to me

[P to the J]

When you have a smaller talent pool you get more clarity on who is truly the best : you are more likely to fight who you are supposed to fight a lot more frequently, because the options are minimal.

In contrast, at middleweight for example : you got around 1500 contenders that Gennady Golovkin had around 20 years to forge a respectable career, and we have yet to see any greats in his resume ; absolutely rubbish selection of competition in that deep pool of bums.

Interesting take, that. Would almost certainly have agreed with the other guy on the importance talent pool size, but this is a counter point that’s got me thinking

[Jrock56]

Candidate for great matches? YES. P4P best? That’s boxing writers fantasy world. The real P4P best is probably out there, being avoided, by mostly disputed title holder's that are content with not proving that they’re the best in their weight class.