Comments Thread For: Naoya Inoue Drops, Stops Stephen Fulton In 8th Round To Become Four-Division Champion

[P4P Forever]

What's with all the anger? The point about a glove or gloves touching is that would have started a countdown. As everyone said - - it really wouldn't have made a difference as Fulton was rocked pretty bad after that solid right by Inoue. I prefer to look at this fight as praising Naoya more that criticizing Fulton. I see no need to denigrate Fulton.

I'm not mad. I think it's funny that you bring up gloves touching when the only gloves touching that mattered were Inuoe touching Fulton all night at ease. Even if he got a standing 8 or 12 or 20 it would not of made a difference would it? So why be so petty to bring it up if it didn't matter? Your sounding butt hurt about Fulton Losing and pretending he came prepare when that dint seem the case.. That was a terrible performance and I did expect more from Fulton then that , yup. Again not sure what he was working on in the gym but dint even seem to have a plan. No output and Inuoe saw everything he was throwing so easy. Inoue easily adjusted and pop shot Fulton over and over. Till he started putting power behind thos shots and Bye Bye Fulton.
If you thought that was a good performance from Fulton that's your opinion. I definitely blame his team as he had no answers none and they don't seem to have a clue about any of it. Other then getting out landed 4-1 and KTFO in 8. Lossing both your belts, having to travel for this sure. No offense no defense no ring IQ none. Yeah it went great really well. it Fulton sure did everything he could lol

[wileyhemi]

Originally posted by wileyhemi View Post
It looks like Fulton's gloves hit the canvas after the right hand which means it was a knockdown and an eight count should have started at that point. Inoue hit him as soon as he got up ... just saying

If after hours it just seems to you, you think Inoue or the ref could know it at that split second?

May I ask if you saw a replay from an angle showing clearly whether he touched the canvas or not? I haven't found such a video. The referee was 5 feet away so he could see ... as could the Monster

[Wacked_Out]

Originally posted by wileyhemi View Post
It looks like Fulton's gloves hit the canvas after the right hand which means it was a knockdown and an eight count should have started at that point. Inoue hit him as soon as he got up ... just saying



May I ask if you saw a replay from an angle showing clearly whether he touched the canvas or not? I haven't found such a video. The referee was 5 feet away so he could see ... as could the Monster

He did but it was all in the continuation of the attack. If there was any real moment of action stoppage and then he hit him, then yeah but it was so fast. Im not sure it was seen by Inoue or the ref. Maybe , maybe not. Not dirty in my opinion. Didnt matter cause he got his standing and then given a chance and got sparked.

[Rockenator]

I'm not mad. I think it's funny that you bring up gloves touching when the only gloves touching that mattered were Inuoe touching Fulton all night at ease. Even if he got a standing 8 or 12 or 20 it would not of made a difference would it? So why be so petty to bring it up if it didn't matter? Your sounding butt hurt about Fulton Losing and pretending he came prepare when that dint seem the case.. That was a terrible performance and I did expect more from Fulton then that , yup. Again not sure what he was working on in the gym but dint even seem to have a plan. No output and Inuoe saw everything he was throwing so easy. Inoue easily adjusted and pop shot Fulton over and over. Till he started putting power behind thos shots and Bye Bye Fulton.
If you thought that was a good performance from Fulton that's your opinion. I definitely blame his team as he had no answers none and they don't seem to have a clue about any of it. Other then getting out landed 4-1 and KTFO in 8. Lossing both your belts, having to travel for this sure. No offense no defense no ring IQ none. Yeah it went great really well. it Fulton sure did everything he could lol

I do not know what your problem is but cut down on your meds. My only reference to the gloves touching was to another post, period. I never said it was a good performance by Fulton. And I've been exhaustive in my praise of Inoue. But you obviously need somewhere to vent, uncontrollably, about who knows what for whatever reasons you have. You've demonstrated a real need to criticize Fulton. Perhaps that makes you feel better.

[P4P Forever]

I do not know what your problem is but cut down on your meds. My only reference to the gloves touching was to another post, period. I never said it was a good performance by Fulton. And I've been exhaustive in my praise of Inoue. But you obviously need somewhere to vent, uncontrollably, about who knows what for whatever reasons you have. You've demonstrated a real need to criticize Fulton. Perhaps that makes you feel better.

I explained it in detail, even if it not to your liking. It's clear you write one thing and act differently but I'm not going say more.
Inoues not my guy weather you give him props or not. I do think Inoues one of the best, there's others. All this talk about he never fought a guy like Fulton and he to small bla blah blah. I hope Fultons well and can go with on his career in a positive manner maybe get some different eyes on his training

[P4P Forever]

Originally posted by wileyhemi View Post
It looks like Fulton's gloves hit the canvas after the right hand which means it was a knockdown and an eight count should have started at that point. Inoue hit him as soon as he got up ... just saying



May I ask if you saw a replay from an angle showing clearly whether he touched the canvas or not? I haven't found such a video. The referee was 5 feet away so he could see ... as could the Monster

If it was a close fight be one thing a very different thing but there was about 15 mins left of ring time in this fight 4-1/2 rounds
But your pretending the gloves even matter. Let it go. Inuoe won fair and square and Fulton was gonna get hurt if this fight went on. Again the fight wasn't even remotely close. Unless you want Fulton To get killed maybe it was enough. Fulton was landing 6 punches a Rd so probably for the better

[The Common Man]

These "smaller man" narratives have reached nauseating levels. As limited as he was, Deontay Wilder just fought a man 44 pounds heavier and taller 3 times. Never got the benefit of this narrative. Mayweather fought opponents with double-digit fight night weight advantages for 13 years. Never got the benefit of these narratives. Whitaker didn't get one against Vazquez and neither did the greats of yesteryear.

Love boxing, but the sport gets softer and softer by the year...

[Sparktrek]

Finally caught the fight. Inoue made that look easy. I’m looking forward to him becoming undisputed at 122 later this year.

[shawnkemp804]

lol. all over internet ppl were saying Fulton wins because he a slick black Philly fighter. once he gets destroyed ppl say "why you bring race into this, they just wanna see black man lose" hahahaha. can't make this up

I never heard anybody say Fulton would win because he was black. People said they thought he would win because he was the bigger man. The thing is 99 percent of the people on this Forum, other Forums, or out in the real world who wanted Fulton to lose were white males who wanted Fulton to lose because he is black. Just like the same whites wanted Mayweather to lose because he is black like the same whites who dislike Deontay Wilder only dislike him because he is black and I could go on. I can't make this up.

[Levity]

Some of yall are totally f@cking ******. And some of yall spend way too much time replying to people who are totally f@cking ******.

The result is a thread like this lol


Anyway, Inoue is fantastic and I had no doubt he'd beat Fulton. Where I got it wrong was in thinking Fulton could use his length and the timing he'd used in previous fights to frustrate Inoue, go 12 rounds, and maybe put 4 or a generous 5 of them in the bank. Instead, Inoue easily outboxed him, showed superior timing, never had any problems with his movement or reach, and splatted him brutally to cap it off. Better in every respect. An elite P4P performance that you see only rarely.

Fulton was a divisional #1, unified champ, probably top 25 P4P. He had shown good timing, defense, stamina, and adaptability, and aside from power can pretty much do it all at a high level. He is no mug and the people saying he was overrated are failing to grasp just how f@cking impressive it was for Inoue to make him look so feeble.