Comments Thread For: Just Big in Japan? Naoya Inoue Says No - He's the World's Best Boxer

[Madison Boxing]

its not his fault but the guy is fighting in weight classes where the fighters suck, that seems to offend people on here but its the truth... hence why donaire who was about 7 years past his prime and could barely lay a glove on frampton was able to drain some weight and become a champion

[Bob]

Wasn’t Pacquiao a tiny Asian who filled stadiums in America?

I asked for an American as it's supposedly the mecca, but to answer your question, he had many big name dance partners, Inoue is alone at the top.

[PNUT901]

I agree with him. The Monster is the best. I'm going to be pissed off if Nery makes me look like an idiot. WAR MONSTER !

[_Rexy_]

Naoya should’ve said that he’d rather go to Saudi, the new Mecca. Truth is that former players are threatened by naoyas success.im loving that ish lol

Apparently that’s where Inoue/MJ will be.

[steeve steel]

Inoue could probably fill another stadium against Sam Goodman. In Japan or even Australia.

[Slip jab]

Naoya should’ve said that he’d rather go to Saudi, the new Mecca. Truth is that former players are threatened by naoyas success.im loving that ish lol

[niceyboo3]

Crawford can only dream of this universal recognition, the monster munched him

LMAO nobody here knows who he is.

[juggernaut666]

Is 5 foot 5 and 122lbs big in Japan?

Maybe, but in most other places, that's tiny!

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[_Rexy_]

Wasn’t Pacquiao a tiny Asian who filled stadiums in America?

Once he had the right partners and fought here a handful of times.

last night showed that even if you put Inoue as co main on a good main event, the place will be empty until halfway through that fight. If you give him a Vegas main event, nobody will go because nobody knows who he is/thinks he’s overrated Asian.

So what do you do? Have a handful of pay cut fights in hopes that you’ll eventually build your profile?

not to mention hardly anyone sells out boxing in America today without them giving away tickets

[Griever0730]

Nothing wrong with Japan becoming another place where big boxing matches can be held.

It benefits the fighters in the sport, especially in the lower weight classes. Just ask Stephen Fulton, who would have had trouble filling a small arena in Philadelphia but got a fat paycheck for going to Tokyo.

Agree for the most part. It's just the drawback of a flight that way being almost a whole day and they're half a day ahead of the US so the lag is real. But Inoue is the cash cow of that side of the world and anybody that wants it with him and the big bag that comes with him knows they gotta go that way. True fans of the sport know he is a top 3 P4P guy regardless of his profile on this side of the world.