What Is Inoue's Flaw?

[Lance98]

All of his opponents including fulton fought scared. His defence wasn't the best, no active guard and his probing is basic, but he gets away with so many things. His style is not going to last when he gets older.

[Jsmooth9876]

He's 30...That's about all I could come up with. If you were building a fighter in a lab, this guy would be it. I don't think he lacks in any aspect of his game. He's got the speed, power, athleticism, chin, punch variation, jab, footwork etc etc....

And he wants to be great, unlike alot of current fighters who just want to make money and coast along.

I just wish he was like 25 so I could watch his prime for another 8 or 9 years instead of only the next handful if we are lucky

[Noelanthony]

when did i brought up race??????? why do you always have to resort to this?

i called you out on your post which is typical of you. instead of giving the fighter props you will say he has a flaw that will give him problem if he goes to 135-140, knowing it's a very slim chance of that happening.

so now you painted this shadow over him that he has this flaw that will be his downfall at 135-140, but since he will never make it to that weight, the shadow will linger over him. why cant you juse show the same respect you do to the fighters you root for?

i mean, we aint gonna hear this from you on a fighter that you root for after him just beating the best guy in the division in a weight class that he moved up too...

I thought the thread was about his flaws so he named it. It wasn’t even a major put down. I watched Inoue for the first time and it was an impressive win I have never seen Fulton fight either but I thought he was tailor made for Inoue. Offered nothing offensively, tentative and can’t punch. I didn’t see any noticeable flaws but I was not mesmerised.

[jas]

keeps his head same position when throwing the left hook with his 1-2 let hook combo

[The Big Dunn]

I mean age and he is 30

Ok I thought he was 24. I must he thinking of Nakatani. Sorry about that.

[smith3536]

you are bringing up the reach knowing he will never make it to 135-140. before all this, it was "inoue never face a slick boxer"... now it's "when he goes up to 135-140 and face guys with a reach of 72-74"... it's like the goal post always move further. like you said in the other post, why dont we just enjoy his victory?

straight to the point

[BoxingParadigm]

He's open to right hands, we just don't knownif there's people good enough around his weight class to take advantage of that consistently.

[smith3536]

when did i brought up race??????? why do you always have to resort to this?

i called you out on your post which is typical of you. instead of giving the fighter props you will say he has a flaw that will give him problem if he goes to 135-140, knowing it's a very slim chance of that happening.

so now you painted this shadow over him that he has this flaw that will be his downfall at 135-140, but since he will never make it to that weight, the shadow will linger over him. why cant you juse show the same respect you do to the fighters you root for?

i mean, we aint gonna hear this from you on a fighter that you root for after him just beating the best guy in the division in a weight class that he moved up too...

nice answer

[deathofaclown]

For me he's similar to Bivol, not that they fight similar but they do everything very very well.

Bivol isnt really a big puncher though but clearly enough to keep fighters wary. But I think he's better defensively.

But when I look at those two fighters, there's seemingly not much to exploit, nothing too obvious. You could argue neither actually move their heads a lot but they don't really need to, they have incredible distance control with their feet. The one true "flaw" with Bivol is he fights to the level of his opponents, which means he can be lacklustre if he doesn't feel too challenged. I don't see that with Inoue.

People will say they have no inside game but who knows if nobody is good enough to get them in that situation because they're always controlling the distance.

Inoue can sometimes get a bit careless defensively in moments and you can land on him, but doing it consistently enough without leaving yourself exposed is another thing. Plus we know he's tough, he won a fight with a broken orbital bone...

If you're training a fighter to fight Inoue, I think you're kind of clutching at straws to find real holes to exploit. And even if you did find something (i.e him sometimes being open to a right hand), you still have to proceed with extreme caution because you know he can put your lights out in a split second, which is obviously going to hinder any game plan to a degree.

Thats why I feel Inoue is the most formidable fighter in boxing today. How often do you find a fighter with that level of technical ability, ring IQ and one punch power? Not very often.

[Bermuda]

This could be real. it's an ethnic thing too.

Yes it could be a real problem for him if he ever decides to fight bigger punchers at higher weights.