Comments Thread For: Naoya Inoue vs. Marlon Tapales Official For December 26 in Tokyo, ESPN+

[SSDnv]

The Monster and Bud are real competition who is THE. Man. Those two really separate themselves by the rest of the pack. And the winers are fans!

[komandante]

Inoue never been tested outside of Japan

[LaidOut]

If Inoue wins he is a shoe-in for fighter of the year - the thinking prior to the Fulton fight was that it was just as much a 50/50 fight as Spence/crawford

Only a shoe in????? It's 100% that he will be the fighter of the year, being Undisputed in 2 weight classes back to back inside a year. Put some mad respect on Inouye if he wins in December.

[unknowledgeablepugilist]

How does Crawford get brought up in a post about Inoue? The focus should be on Inoue not about discrediting another mans victory because you have a narrative to push.

[brown_knight06]

If he wins, he's easily fighter of the year.

[Boro]

Inoue never been tested outside of Japan

What are you talking about!? was Rodríguez not considered a test, he was the highest rated opponent outside of Tete at the time by TBRB & The Ring...

Unless you're implying he's juicing which is a joke, given you've got this rhetoric from Mayweather.

Who was renowned for using the olympic style testing which is a complete and utter joke as proven by the likes of Tony Yoka…

[trippleupper]

Only a shoe in????? It's 100% that he will be the fighter of the year, being Undisputed in 2 weight classes back to back inside a year. Put some mad respect on Inouye if he wins in December.

So same for Tapales if he wins then, eh?

[MulaKO]

And he won't be fighting a damaged and drained guy to become 2X Undisputed.

Still crying about Spence
If true then maybe Spence should of fought him when he was supposed to but instead ran until he couldn’t run no more

[MulaKO]

Inoue is just special and not fearing anyone like the other called best in the world ; Spence

[Mammoth]

I still think Inoue should go to 126 after this. Generational talent right there.