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

[ShoulderRoll]

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

Do you think beating Tapales is going to put him over Crawford for P4P #1 as well?

[BenjaminLinus]

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

It's Spence and his team's fault for blowing up in weight and staying at 147 too long. Nonetheless, Crawford fought a drained corpse.

[BenjaminLinus]

Inoue never been tested outside of Japan

Inoue's 4-0 outside Japan with 4 KOs...

[kiaba360]

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

Personally, I'd rather Inoue defend his Undisputed against Nery/Casimero/MJ. Tie up the loose ends. 126 is still very fragmented, let the titlists clean up their mess. At least, he should wait for Ramirez/Lopez to unify first.

[IceTrayDaGang]

this is why i have inoue as #1 over crawford... he's staying busy, whereas for TC, he fights once a year.

[BenjaminLinus]

Personally, I'd rather Inoue defend his Undisputed against Nery/Casimero/MJ. Tie up the loose ends. 126 is still very fragmented, let the titlists clean up their mess. At least, he should wait for Ramirez/Lopez to unify first.

Casimero looked like ass his last time out against a semi-retired fighter who's a part time trainer. Inoue's already said he has zero interest in facing Casimero now.

I would like to see him KO Nery and MJ if he looks great his next time out.

[FinitoxDinamita]

I like how active Inoue is.. champions from the higher weight divisions should take notes..

Guys in the lower weight divisions dont have the luxury to sit around because purses are smaller and competition isn’t as deep.

[FinitoxDinamita]

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

For sure. He should test the waters against somebody like Isaac Dogboe or Michael Conlan and take it from there.

[kiaba360]

Casimero looked like ass his last time out against a semi-retired fighter who's a part time trainer. Inoue's already said he has zero interest in facing Casimero now.

I would like to see him KO Nery and MJ if he looks great his next time out.

Casimero cannot string together good performances to keep the match-up alive. Nery/MJ have unfortunately been inactive. I know MJ is supposed to face Kevin Gonzalez, but that purse bid was a paltry sum.

[Mammoth]

For sure. He should test the waters against somebody like Isaac Dogboe or Michael Conlan and take it from there.

He's gonna mop the floor with all of 122 so badly I don't even want to see him waste his time there after undisputed.