Comments Thread For: Inoue-Tapales Undisputed Championship Targeted For December 26 In Tokyo

[The Big Dunn]

Nice holiday morning fight.

Credit to Inoue, Tapales, ESPN and everyone involved. This fight was set up immediately in the ring after Inoue won.

[IceTrayDaGang]

Is there a location more sensible than Japan?

yes, USA!!! do you think the fight will generate more money having it in Japan? i dont think so... do it in vegas and have japan buy the ppv, money from ppv will be crazy plus the gate. why would top rank not wanna promote Inoue to the american audience? if pacman never fought in the US do you think he would have become a household name?

[crimsonfalcon07]

yes, USA!!! do you think the fight will generate more money having it in Japan? i dont think so... do it in vegas and have japan buy the ppv, money from ppv will be crazy plus the gate. why would top rank not wanna promote Inoue to the american audience? if pacman never fought in the US do you think he would have become a household name?

That's flat out ******. Inoue is a huge star in Japan, and US fans are ****** and don't care about the lower weight divisions. Notice how he's P4P #2 and has been P4P for years and still doesn't get put on PPV here?

His opponents don't get put on P4P lists either for the same biased reasons. Even boxing writers don't like to give credit to the small guys.

Inoue has a higher percentage of his career title fights, and fights against world champions, most of whom were ranked in the top 5, than any other active boxer, and there's only a handful of boxers in history who might be able to equal the percentage of his career he's spent fighting top competition. He basically doubles the same percentages for Bud. There's only a handful of guys, all ATG's, who have been able to duplicate his feat of taking on the best guys in his divisional debut, and come out without a loss. He's got a 90% KO ratio in title fights, despite having half of his fights against the top guys. And idiots in here still have the gall to talk about quality competition.

Can any of you name even ONE other fighter who has fought at least 80% title fights, 50% of the career fighting champions, and taken on the consensus best in multiple divisional debuts, let alone gotten 90% stoppages in title fights?

[boxingitis]

Canelo turned down a 50 million offer to fight Benavidez this year and last year he said he would never fight a Mexican fighter again - Benavidez beating Canelo does not make him #1. Tyson vs Uysk? There's a high chance Fury wins and if he does - most lists don't have HW's on them, so unless Uysk pulls off a miracle.. still no. Shakur vs Tank not happening anytime soon. Bivol vs Berbetiev.. blocked by the WBC & Arum...even so, winner would be #4 or #5, still behind Bud, Inoue.. maybe #3 if Uysk loses.

Why don't you crtitizing Tank, but crtitized Canelo? For doing the same thing. Because he is black?

I don't see Tank sending any offer to Shakur to not turned down. What's you excuse?

Ill bet Canelo vs Benavidez happens first than Tank Vs Shakur, or any combination of Shakur, Tank, and Haney.

[IceTrayDaGang]

That's flat out ******. Inoue is a huge star in Japan, and US fans are ****** and don't care about the lower weight divisions. Notice how he's P4P #2 and has been P4P for years and still doesn't get put on PPV here?

His opponents don't get put on P4P lists either for the same biased reasons. Even boxing writers don't like to give credit to the small guys.

Inoue has a higher percentage of his career title fights, and fights against world champions, most of whom were ranked in the top 5, than any other active boxer, and there's only a handful of boxers in history who might be able to equal the percentage of his career he's spent fighting top competition. He basically doubles the same percentages for Bud. There's only a handful of guys, all ATG's, who have been able to duplicate his feat of taking on the best guys in his divisional debut, and come out without a loss. He's got a 90% KO ratio in title fights, despite having half of his fights against the top guys. And idiots in here still have the gall to talk about quality competition.

Can any of you name even ONE other fighter who has fought at least 80% title fights, 50% of the career fighting champions, and taken on the consensus best in multiple divisional debuts, let alone gotten 90% stoppages in title fights?

did you forget about pacquiao? he started out at the lower weight and was a huge success in the US!!! Inoue is p4p #2 maybe because the ****** US fans have not seen him live so they dont see how good he really is!! how about that?!

[crimsonfalcon07]

did you forget about pacquiao? he started out at the lower weight and was a huge success in the US!!! Inoue is p4p #2 maybe because the ****** US fans have not seen him live so they dont see how good he really is!! how about that?!

The US fans have gotten to watch Inoue live for free for years now. And many of the people that would watch in person in Vegas already fly to Japan and have a nice vacation to see Inoue fight. Meanwhile he's the Canelo of the lower divisions because he and his opponents make huge paydays in Japan. Even a little cursory research makes that clear. Take a look at the purses he commands in Japan...

In case you're too lazy to research, Inoue got the same amount guaranteed purse against Fulton as Tank Davis did vs Ryan Garcia, and more than Haney made for his fight against Lomachenko, which WAS PPV in the US in Vegas.

[IceTrayDaGang]

The US fans have gotten to watch Inoue live for free for years now. And many of the people that would watch in person in Vegas already fly to Japan and have a nice vacation to see Inoue fight. Meanwhile he's the Canelo of the lower divisions because he and his opponents make huge paydays in Japan. Even a little cursory research makes that clear. Take a look at the purses he commands in Japan...

In case you're too lazy to research, Inoue got the same amount guaranteed purse against Fulton as Tank Davis did vs Ryan Garcia, and more than Haney made for his fight against Lomachenko, which WAS PPV in the US in Vegas.

and in case you forgot, Inoue is also less known by the US fans as compared to tank and ryan... i wonder why? if pacquiao was able to gain a huge fan base from the US fans, i bet Inoue can do the same or even better!! why would his fans not want to see this? wouldnt his fans want a chance to see him fight live? your average "fan" is not gonna fly to japan, let's be real here.

[Airtioteclint]

Funny how everyone is putting bud at number 1 for the "quality of the opponents" but before the spence fight they were criticizing him for his terrible resume.

I remember arguing with hella fools on here about how bud would beat Spence before their fight and that the only thing they could talk about.

Inoue is obliterating any and everybody in his weight class. That's literally what p4p means.

[messi807]

Why don't you crtitizing Tank, but crtitized Canelo? For doing the same thing. Because he is black?

I don't see Tank sending any offer to Shakur to not turned down. What's you excuse?

Ill bet Canelo vs Benavidez happens first than Tank Vs Shakur, or any combination of Shakur, Tank, and Haney.

Benavidez has been chasing Canelo since 2021, Shakur just got to 135. But of course... deflect to another fighter that does the same thing to defend your love for Canelo. Tank wouldn't need to send an offer to Shakur.. he's the A side.

[boxingitis]

Benavidez has been chasing Canelo since 2021, Shakur just got to 135. But of course... deflect to another fighter that does the same thing to defend your love for Canelo. Tank wouldn't need to send an offer to Shakur.. he's the A side.

How about Tank not fighting Loma since 2016. Not fighting Teo, Haney, and Shakur.