Comments Thread For: Stephen Fulton: "I Am Amongst The Elite, Disappointed In Myself"

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He went there chasing greatness! Fulton (and Al Haymon) could've done to Inoue, what Kambosos (and Bob Arum) did to Devin Haney! He did not! As CHAMPION, he had all right to do so, but he didn't. If anyone doesn't see that as significant, then don't cry if you never see it again!

Defending your belt isn’t “chasing greatness.” I’ve never even seen a Joshua nutcase claim he was chasing greatness by defending his titles against Usyk.

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Did Usyk demand a rematch clause for Fury? Did Steph demand a rematch clause from Inoue? What's the chance that Beterbiev fights Bivol on DAZN, without a rematch clause, and no co-promotion?

I don’t even get what you’re arguing here. Fights happen without rematch clauses all the time. This fight doesn’t require a rematch, and the only people who think it deserves one are the Fulton fans with excuses like “Steph didn’t have to go there! But he did!” And “Steph didn’t train!”

I’ve never seen you say that Tank/Ryan needs to be run back, and that fight actually had Ryan win rounds. Steph got shut out and battered. Haney/Loma no rematch, that was close. Cruz/Tank was close, no rematch. But this one needs a rematch because Steph travelled and didn’t have to.

guess what? The fight would have never happened in the USA because it wouldn’t have sold tickets. THAT is why it happened in Japan. Steph didn’t do Inoue a favor, he got paid.

[Bronx2245]

7 of Beterbiev’s 8 title defences have been on the road
Usyk won his first belt 11 fights ago, and has ONLY fought on the road since then.

stop acting like Steph is a god because he took a ****ing airplane if Steph and Inoue had that fight in Philly the only difference would have been an empty arena.

Did Usyk demand a rematch clause for Fury? Did Steph demand a rematch clause from Inoue? What's the chance that Beterbiev fights Bivol on DAZN, without a rematch clause, and no co-promotion? Stop acting like what Steph did is some regular, ordinary, everyday type s**t!

[Bronx2245]

Again, that’s what a champion is supposed to do.

he went to Japan because that’s where the money for this fight was. And I guarantee he made far more than he did in any other fight of his career.

He went there chasing greatness! Fulton (and Al Haymon) could've done to Inoue, what Kambosos (and Bob Arum) did to Devin Haney! He did not! As CHAMPION, he had all right to do so, but he didn't. If anyone doesn't see that as significant, then don't cry if you never see it again!

[archiemoore1]

I think Fulton just underestimated Inoue and didn't train hard enough. He thought Inoue wouldn't be able to hurt him, being a smaller man moving up and thought his speed and power wasn't real and that even if it was real, it wouldn't carry over to 122lbs. But Inoue is a very hard worker. You fight the way u train, and he is very explosive so he is obviously doing tons of sprints and plyometrics. He's strong from the inside out, and can carry his speed and power as he moves up in weight just like Pacquiao did. Fulton knows this now firsthand and will train much better next time. He wasn't prepared for what Inoue was bringing because he didn't think Inoue would bring that much in his Tank and didn't think his power was like that. To beat Inoue, at a minimum a fighter has to be in dog shape. U better train to do at least 15 hard fast paced rounds, and when he punches, u have to always be able to return fire and not worry about getting tired against him. You also have take it to him at times and be able real hit him hard. Because Inoue has those legs. He closes distance fast, explodes, moves around, feints, explodes again, and can do this all night long, and he cracks for real. He is plain old dangerous and not to ever be taken lightly by anyone. He's really real fellas get that thru ur heads. No more underestimating him. But this will raise the bar in boxing. Guys will see this and realize that the only way to get on top is to be in 15 round condition. This will make guys be more serious about conditioning. Now Fulton get back in there and train ur ass off this time and lets go because ur a helluva dude

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There was no slick head movement and defense by Inoue, that's why on the few occasions when Fulton did throw something aggressive, he landed flush, but went into defensive mode instead of following up. There was nothing slick about the way Inoue fought, it was the same as always, body jabs and overhand over the top of opponents' jab, and jump in with combinations.

lmfao okay man. You clearly just see what you want to see.

[Rebelrbg]

He knew what to expect after the first round. That’s why he was tentative. Zero reason to do this a second time, it wasn’t even close to having a close round

and Inoue didn’t even fight “his fight” lmfao he fought Steph’s fight! Boxed him with the jab and used slick head movement and defence. Literally what every Steph fan was saying Fulton would do on his way to an easy 12 round UD

There was no slick head movement and defense by Inoue, that's why on the few occasions when Fulton did throw something aggressive, he landed flush, but went into defensive mode instead of following up. There was nothing slick about the way Inoue fought, it was the same as always, body jabs and overhand over the top of opponents' jab, and jump in with combinations.

[_Rexy_]

7 of Beterbiev’s 8 title defences have been on the road
Usyk won his first belt 11 fights ago, and has ONLY fought on the road since then.

stop acting like Steph is a god because he took a ****ing airplane if Steph and Inoue had that fight in Philly the only difference would have been an empty arena.

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Not JUST because he traveled, it's because he was a 2-belt CHAMPION, who crossed the street (no co-promotion) to ESPN, to fight the CHALLENGER!

Again, that’s what a champion is supposed to do.

he went to Japan because that’s where the money for this fight was. And I guarantee he made far more than he did in any other fight of his career.

[Bronx2245]

So just because he travelled. He deserves a rematch because he didn’t fight in his own back yard for once.

Not JUST because he traveled, it's because he was a 2-belt CHAMPION, who crossed the street (no co-promotion) to ESPN, to fight the CHALLENGER!