Comments Thread For: Arum: I've Never Seen Anyone With Concussive Power Like Naoya Inoue

[Boricua181]

Not sure Plant punching harder than Inoue, pound for pound, is a hill I'd want to be dying on.

That's not what I said, to be clear I said was that their is many more concussive power punching fighter's in the sport of boxing.
Then stated that Wilder, and Tank, are a couple (then I gave an honorable mention to Plant's monstrous knockout of Dirrell).
Which was a once in a career thing for Plant, at least up to this point in his career.
So I don't know where you got that Plant is a bigger puncher than Inoue, but it wasn't from my post.
I'll further clarify it for you by stating that Wilder does, and Tank might have more concussive power than Inoue.

[Oldskoolg]

If Francis Ngannou gets his wish to do some boxing, I'd love to see him vs Wilder. That would be way more interesting to me than Ngannou v Fury. A bit more equal in terms of skill, and the two hardest hitting guys on the planet.

Are you being serious here or taking the mick

[JACS]

I guess Bob, in his old age, forgot about Wilfredo “Bazooka” Gomez. I get it, he is promoting his fighter, but there are a lot of us still around that remember Wilfredo very well!

[deathofaclown]

I was at the Rodriguez fight in Scotland and you can literally hear the weight behind Inoue’s shots. I’ve experienced that in the bast with bigger fighters like Golovkin or Wilder but never with a Bantamweight. He has freakish power.

Naseem Hamed at Featherweight might’ve been one of the closest down at those lower weights before his hands were shot to bits. He had freakish power in both hands, he could starch people with either hand in a single shot. People like to slate him for losing to Barrera on points but his hands were badly damaged by that point, that wasn’t the best Naseem.

I still think Inoue is a bit of a different animal though, where every short looks hurtful and has a lot of variation to the head and body.

that fight in Scotland you were talking about, a lot of people were saying that was a 50-50 fight before it happened

[Monty Fisto]

Naseem Hamed at Featherweight might’ve been one of the closest down at those lower weights before his hands were shot to bits. He had freakish power in both hands, he could starch people with either hand in a single shot. People like to slate him for losing to Barrera on points but his hands were badly damaged by that point, that wasn’t the best Naseem.

I still think Inoue is a bit of a different animal though, where every short looks hurtful and has a lot of variation to the head and body.

that fight in Scotland you were talking about, a lot of people were saying that was a 50-50 fight before it happened

Good post.

Agree about Hamed having one-punch power but being a different beast. He was a knob, but his speed and power were phenomenal and opponents tended to get starched with a shot they never saw coming. Fighters seem to fear every single punch coming in from Inoue. Butler's plan seemd to be to cover up and go the distance, but he still got broken down with the guard in place 95% of the time. Inoue is an easy fighter to like: breaks his opponents down at will, is tough, always comes for a barney. The sky appears to be the limit.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

Naseem Hamed at Featherweight might’ve been one of the closest down at those lower weights before his hands were shot to bits. He had freakish power in both hands, he could starch people with either hand in a single shot. People like to slate him for losing to Barrera on points but his hands were badly damaged by that point, that wasn’t the best Naseem.

I still think Inoue is a bit of a different animal though, where every short looks hurtful and has a lot of variation to the head and body.

that fight in Scotland you were talking about, a lot of people were saying that was a 50-50 fight before it happened

Yeah that’s a good shout. Naz had scary power, one of my favourite ever fighters too. People who disrespect him seem to forget he absolutely cleaned out the Featherweight division in the 90’s. Possibly the most talented fighter we ever produced IMO.

[DFM]

I'm calling it right now. When he'll be retired, people are gonna call him the greatest of all time. Because he is the greatest of all time.

[topo5358]

I notice Wilfredo Gomez got a mention and it's good to see a great fighter remembered, but as far as comparisons with Inoue, Gomez wasn't close to being on Monster's level. Salvador Sanchez exposed him as he carved his own legacy of greatness into the history books..before age 23! It will take someone at Sanchez's level to even provide a threat to Inoue, and he better be at his best. Another issue has been brought up, and that is the possibility of hand injury. This is something that could be brought on by the tremendous punching power of Inoue. That would seem to be a very valid concern as that combined with small bone structure could increase the chances of a tragic injury. Let's hope using good quality gloves, hand-wraps and solid technique will help prevent anything like this from happening. In the meantime Monster seems intent on proving the extent of his greatness IN THE RING, unlike the VAST majority of today's top-ranked boxers, and history will always be kind to boxers who try to fight the best, WHILE THEY ARE STILL AT THEIR BEST, unlike Canelo, Mayweather, and SRL before them. The eyes of history see these things. Imagine Roberto Duran, Marvin Hagler, or Thomas Hearns ducking ANYONE! Good luck! I can't do it.

[ShoulderRoll]

I notice Wilfredo Gomez got a mention and it's good to see a great fighter remembered, but as far as comparisons with Inoue, Gomez wasn't close to being on Monster's level. Salvador Sanchez exposed him as he carved his own legacy of greatness into the history books..before age 23! It will take someone at Sanchez's level to even provide a threat to Inoue, and he better be at his best. Another issue has been brought up, and that is the possibility of hand injury. This is something that could be brought on by the tremendous punching power of Inoue. That would seem to be a very valid concern as that combined with small bone structure could increase the chances of a tragic injury. Let's hope using good quality gloves, hand-wraps and solid technique will help prevent anything like this from happening. In the meantime Monster seems intent on proving the extent of his greatness IN THE RING, unlike the VAST majority of today's top-ranked boxers, and history will always be kind to boxers who try to fight the best, WHILE THEY ARE STILL AT THEIR BEST, unlike Canelo, Mayweather, and SRL before them. The eyes of history see these things. Imagine Roberto Duran, Marvin Hagler, or Thomas Hearns ducking ANYONE! Good luck! I can't do it.

Lol.

Wilfredo Gomez lost because he fought a prime, elite Salvador Sanchez. When has Inoue ever fought someone like that?

Canelo's resume takes a massive dump on Inoue's. You shouldn't have gone there.

[crimsonfalcon07]

We've seen a ton of these MMA fighters these so called huge punchers in boxing gloves and not ones been able to crack an egg.
Ngannou won't be any different he'll turn into Hughie Fury Mk2

You're almost certainly right. But Wilder isn't remotely as skilled as Fury, so it could be billed as two guys who are primarily known as the hardest hitters in their sports (Ngannou holding the record for hardest punch across all combat sports), and Ngannou would still have the puncher's chance. Do you honestly think he'd even have that against Tyson Fury?