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There came a point where Naoya Inoue knew he would set his sights on a fourth weight division. His team wanted to make sure the move meant something.
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Larry Merchant!!!. Anyway this guy is like the energizer bunny. non stop action
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In an era where there are so many belts are available per division and even more considering the fake "regular" and interim and other BS belts, aiming to make history via being undisputed multiple times certainly has more value than "X number weight class champion". I still remember his interview after winning against Fulton, where they said to him "congratulations on becoming a 4 division champ" and Inoue's answer was "oh, yeah" with almost no interest in his voice. Inoue was more interested and excited in fighting and having defeated Fulton the No. 1 boxer of 122 than the fact that he won his 4th division.
For comparison, Kosei Tanaka is a Japanese three division world champion who holds the record tied with Loma as the fastest three division champion in the world. Not trying to diss him and I will still be rooting for him win, but Tanaka will be fighting for the 115 belt that Nakatani vacated next February against a less than impressive Bacasegua. He will very likely win, which will make him the third 4 division champion in Japanese history (after Ioka and Inoue) and the fastest 4 division champion in the world breaking DLH's record of 24th career match by winning on the 21st match. However, no one who actually knows and understands boxing will argue that this makes a better boxer than Loma.
Now being fair to Tanaka I'm not saying he's total crap or anything. He is probably still a current top three Japanese P4P boxer non-Inoue division and still 29 yrs old, so he has a solid chance to become the fastest 5 division champion in the world as well with an outside chance of becoming the first ever Japanese 6 division champion.Comment
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