Likely a compliment for the expectations you have for Inoue, but the definition of "struggled" for you is quite skewed here I believe. True, it took longer for him to KO Tapales but one thing you need to remember that there was not one realistic moment in the fight where the viewer was worried that Inoue will LOSE the fight. The only thing he may have "struggled" was to KO Tapales earlier, but the win was already in the bag. Inoue also took a long time KOing Butler as well compared to Rodriguez who got KOed in R2, but does that mean he "struggled" against Butler or that Butler was a better boxer than Rodriguez? Heck no, if Inoue decided that it wasn't worth chasing him and just let him run away, he would've still won the fight via landslide decision.
Against Tapales, consider that Inoue already had one down of Tapales in R4, and was widely leading all three cards with the scores of 90-80, 89-81, 88-82. Even considering the closest card, for Tapales to win the match from there he had to either win via KO, or win the last three rounds and also drop him more than three times...which I'm sure even the most pessimistic person would've seen. As a result, after being on the defensive for most of the night and being extremely careful, Tapales who actually still haven't given up on getting the win had to go for the KO and came out offensive in R10 and as a result got KOed. Those who were expecting a faster match (myself included) was assuming that Tapales would come out swinging, and also underestimated how focused defensively he would fight.
When Inoue and Nery fights, there is a good chance that it ends early if both come out swinging for the KO, something most viewers expected Tapales to do all night before the match. Or, Nery can go on the 100% defensive the whole night ala Butler and lose via wide decision, and still claim that Inoue "struggled" against him because he failed to KO. In that case it just makes Nery a very pathetic phony, even more so than ever.
And lastly...if you still consider Inoue to have struggled against Tapales, then that will make Nery having gone life and death into world war III against Hovhannisyan.
Against Tapales, consider that Inoue already had one down of Tapales in R4, and was widely leading all three cards with the scores of 90-80, 89-81, 88-82. Even considering the closest card, for Tapales to win the match from there he had to either win via KO, or win the last three rounds and also drop him more than three times...which I'm sure even the most pessimistic person would've seen. As a result, after being on the defensive for most of the night and being extremely careful, Tapales who actually still haven't given up on getting the win had to go for the KO and came out offensive in R10 and as a result got KOed. Those who were expecting a faster match (myself included) was assuming that Tapales would come out swinging, and also underestimated how focused defensively he would fight.
When Inoue and Nery fights, there is a good chance that it ends early if both come out swinging for the KO, something most viewers expected Tapales to do all night before the match. Or, Nery can go on the 100% defensive the whole night ala Butler and lose via wide decision, and still claim that Inoue "struggled" against him because he failed to KO. In that case it just makes Nery a very pathetic phony, even more so than ever.
And lastly...if you still consider Inoue to have struggled against Tapales, then that will make Nery having gone life and death into world war III against Hovhannisyan.
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