Comments Thread For: Algieri's School of Thought: Nakatani on Course to Move Up and Test Game-Changer Inoue

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Junto Nakatani is one of my favourite active fighters. On Saturday he produced a wildly impressive performance against a very-tough champion in Alexandro Santiago, who previously impressed when he won his title from Nonito Donaire. He was brilliant.
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[famicommander]

How long will Inoue stay at 122 though?

He's already beaten Fulton and Tapales, he has a match with Nery scheduled, he's trying to schedule Goodman. After that he figures to finally fight MJ or Casimero. Seems likely he'll move up to 126 before a Nakatani fight can be made.

[Tag, You're Hit]

How long will Inoue stay at 122 though?

He's already beaten Fulton and Tapales, he has a match with Nery scheduled, he's trying to schedule Goodman. After that he figures to finally fight MJ or Casimero. Seems likely he'll move up to 126 before a Nakatani fight can be made.

It could be feasible if Nakatani next unified with either Maloney, Takuma, or Rodriguez and the two he didn't fight fought each other, with the winners of both matches meeting for undisputed. That could potentially line up with Naoya's last fight at the weight. A lotta if's, of course, and, well...boxing being the way it is...but as Algieri stated, the lower weight classes have been getting it done.

[Elheath]

If neither gets injured, I can see Inoue moving up to feather early next year just around when Nakatani goes for undisputed.

Inoue if all goes well will probably do Nery May, Goodman summer, and then MJ to end the year. Assuming the current owners of the belts don't change, Nakatani and Takuma will both likely fight their mandoes around May/June, and Rodriguez and Moloney both has a fight scheduled in May. Suppose Nakatani fights Takuma in September and then one of the other two in December or January, he will probably be fighting the last beltholder around next May or so.

[57Blues]

the thought that the lighter weight classes are easier to make fights out of are and is true. i do not see the fighters mentioned moving up just to pretend to make a name for themselves or a big pay day alone, so as long as the natural weight brings about the wght class changes nothing but good will come from all of the fighters mentiioned. Damn good couple of weight divisions to be watching without all the hype and holler of some of the other divisions that used to carry so much weight in the fight game, the bigger boys could learn a lot of the smaller weight classes and the classy way they often carry themselves........

[Slip jab]

Great article and insight. Chris should do a mailbag for the scene. I’m tired of breadmans “biasness”

[Dee @ PYP Boxing]

Nice article! Japanese boxing is absolutely running the lower weight classes right now. You have at least one (some with multiple) Japanese champion in every division from 105 to 122. And because of this, fighters are getting unprecedented paydays out of it.