Comments Thread For: Naoya Inoue Twice Drops Marlon Tapales, Knocks Him Out In 10th In Historic Undisputed Championship Win In Tokyo

[Mike con]

Fighter of the year.

[messi807]

Good fight, but Tapales was a 20/1 underdog for a reason and arguably lost his last fight. I’d say there’s definitely better and bigger fights at featherweight

[JOITATS]

Tapales was just trying to finish on decision.

Low stance, high guard, weight on back foot.. only looking for counters.

I feel like that's becoming a common tactic for most Inoue opponents. First Butler, now Tapales.

[The Big Dunn]

Are you high? Exposed?

He was toying with a fighter levels below him.

Definitely not exposed . But Tapales deserves credit. The uppercuts early, switching styles, the body work. He made Inoue raise his level.

Of course Inoue is an ATG so he handled it.

[Elheath]

WTF? Come on dude. Exposed is ridiculous.

Tapales was underrated. He switched up. Made adjustments. Attacked Inoue at multiple levels. He got kod by an ATG.

Ironically, if anything this loss against Inoue might have raised his reputation more than when he got the SD win against MJ.

I for one definitely respect and appreciate his effort.

[Century Tuna]

At this point, he done outshined Pacquiao as the Greatest Asian boxer of all time, no doubt

[ijudge]

damn...

my prefight prediction was round 1...

tapales heart carried him
dude wanted to be remembered

RESPECT

[famicommander]

Definitely not exposed . But Tapales deserves credit. The uppercuts early, switching styles, the body work. He made Inoue raise his level.

Of course Inoue is an ATG so he handled it.

He never even got out of first gear. He didn't raise his level at all on this fight, he got hit for no reason clowning out there with a guy he could have stopped early.

Tapales is a tough guy but this isn't even close to a tough fight.

[The Big Dunn]

Ironically, if anything this loss against Inoue might have raised his reputation more than when he got the SD win against MJ.

I for one definitely respect and appreciate his effort.

Agree 100%. Tapales best just wasn’t good enough for Inoue. No shame in that.

[Jsmooth9876]

At this point, he done outshined Pacquiao as the Greatest Asian boxer of all time, no doubt

He doesn't have any of the signature wins like Pac had. I don't think there is anyone at 122 or 126 that do it for him either unfortunately