Comments Thread For: Inoue On Accomplishing Undisputed Goal At 118: I Plan To Do The Same At Super Bantamweight

[jackblack008]

Tell me you never watched boxing without telling me you never watched boxing.

Good one..lol

[tkoboxingscene]

WBO practically guarantees him a title shot. He should go straight into it, but I've got a sneaking su****ion he is going to avoid Fulton, that seek and destroy style does not work that easily against boxers who actually have skills.

[JOITATS]

There weren't boos in the audience.

But the commentators, hozumi hasegawa and shinsuke yamanaka were making similar comments to tim bradley.
They said butler didn't come to fight, he was just running away... They said butler probably tasted inoue's power and decided to run for the rest of fight.
hasegawa said, it's extremely hard to land anything when your opponent is moving away like that for the entire fight... they also said butler's purpose was prob not to win, but to just sign the contract...
i'm sure most of the crowd felt the same way.

but on the other hand, hasegawa & yamanaka said it's rare to see inoue for so many rounds. it was cool to watch all the different techniques he has.

[harry-greb]

Go for it Minster. A tough ask though

[Rebelrbg]

He is the bigger man, but I didn't see much adjustment against Figureroa. Anyway, he better not fight Inoue in the same way he fought Figueroa. He showed he could stand his ground and fight tough, but he was getting tagged far too much and made the fight closer than necessary. He won't have that luxury against Inoue whose ring IQ is high, higher than Figueuroa's for sure. If Fulton boxes smart, controls distance, and interrupts Inoue's rhthym, I see Inoue having difficulty closing the gap. If he gets cute, Inoue could fold Fulton in half with that left to the body.

Fulton tried to take away Figueroa's biggest weapon, which is his size. Brandon normally walks down his opponent, bullies his way inside, and volume punches until they fall. Fulton tried to show that Figueroa was not going to be able to push him around, and that he could beat him staying in the pocket, rather than his usual movement. Cool Boy wouldn't dare fight that type of fight against a fighter known for his power and punch placement. He would go back to his usual bag of skills, maybe even turn it up a notch because of the guaranteed larger audience.

[topo5358]

I doubt that Fulton will avoid anything, he's extremely confident in his skillset. Butler isn't close to the level of Cool Boy, and Inoue couldn't cut off the ring well until the late rounds. Naoya can come with his Monster attacks and get clipped by beautiful counters and combinations. Fulton is that guy when it comes to skills at that weight class.

I don't believe that for a minute. I think Fulton's only adjustment will be going from the standing position to horizontal.

[Rebelrbg]

I don't believe that for a minute. I think Fulton's only adjustment will be going from the standing position to horizontal.

Clearly you must mean well after the fight. I 'm sure, Cool Boy will take some time to relax after celebrating his taming of the Monster.

[topo5358]

Clearly you must mean well after the fight. I 'm sure, Cool Boy will take some time to relax after celebrating his taming of the Monster.

If Fulton decides he wants to defend against Monster rather than move up, I'd be surprised. If he goes the distance I'd be impressed. If he actually wins the fight, I'll be flabbergasted. I hope the fight actually happens, but 90% of the fighters today don't want to risk their "0" as they feel that is a stamp of greatness,(and helps financially) but really, how many of the greatest fighters finish undefeated? Has Monster ever even had a fight that was questionably close? Even the 1st Donaire fight when he suffered a broken orbital bone in the 2nd round wasn't very close. A normal human would have boxed, moved and gotten defensive but Monster barely slowed his attack.