Comments Thread For: Naoya Inoue Declines Mandatory, Plans for September Fight in Japan

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I think the question the other guy is trying to make you admit to is whether you think Canelo would've accepted the assignment or dropped the belt if he was ordered by alphabet soup to face Benavidez or Morrell back when he was the mandatory in 168.

That didn’t happen. But if it had Canelo should have taken the assignment, and would have deserved criticism if he dropped a belt instead.

Just like Inoue deserves criticism now if he drops a belt to avoid fighting Akhmadaliev. And faces TJ Doheny instead. Will you and Mr. MulaKO criticize Inoue just like you would have Canelo? If not then that is the real hypocrisy right there.

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That didn’t happen. But if it had Canelo should have taken the assignment, and would have deserved criticism if he dropped a belt instead.

Just like Inoue deserves criticism now if he drops a belt to avoid fighting Akhmadaliev. And faces TJ Doheny instead. Will you and Mr. MulaKO criticize Inoue just like you would have Canelo? If not then that is the real hypocrisy right there.

I am currently very unhappy for the immediate disappointing choice opponent it ended us to be, and will definitely criticize him if as a result Inoue ends up going up to featherweight without ever facing MJ. (Bolded for emphasis on how much I am currently bummed out about Doheny being the placeholder...would've taken Casimero is that is the case then). However if he ends up fighting MJ sometime within the next year then it will be all good in the end, with WBA simply being ****** and having made the call at such a bad timing (which with my bias acknowledged, it is indeed true that they made the call very late in a timing where there is a realistic chance that the Doheny fight was already scheduled when they pulled this making it too late to change out without severely damaging relationship and business trust).

After the WTF Goodman did, I won't be as disappointed if he loses out on a chance for a cashgrab and if his sacrifice is what is needed for MJ to fight Inoue. The order of preference I used to want to see post Nery were definitely MJ then Goodman then feather or a random Casimero just for personal reasons if he were to stay for more than 2 more fights. As of now my preference order is:
1) 3 fights Doheny (because it can't be helped), MJ, Goodman, then 126
2) 3 fights Doheny, Goodman, MJ, then 126
3) 2 fights Doheny, MJ, then 126 (sorry Goodman but it is your fault this all had to happen by bitching out of September)
=====Order of fight got a bit messed up but fixed now so everything forgiven, life is still great border=====
4) 4 fights Doheny, then MJ/Goodman/Casimero in whatever order as long as it happens within 2025 then 126 (definitely stayed more than initially expected but atleast he got the top 5 plus two former champions)
5) 5 fights left before 126...along with above four, someone real good like a bantam unified Nakatani better have come up and he still better be fighting at 126 next
=====Kinda longer than initially expected but atleast 122 is fully burnt down with nothing left alive so acceptable, good luck at 126 next border=====
6) 1 fight Doheny then 126
7) 2 fight Doheny, Goodman, then 126 to begin 2025
8) 2 fight Doheny, Casimero, then 126 to begin 2025
=====Very disappointed no MJ at 122, Inoue better be unified 126 champ by end of 2025 then undisputed by the end of 2026 at the latest in this case to be forgiven border=====
9) Doheny, then endlesly playing around some random ranker in 122 ala Picasso or whatever not mentioned above (I guess he decided to go the make money with lesser opponents route, such shame and an awful choice to finish career)

Nakatani making a sudden move up to SB will be the only realistic total wildcard that will make better opponent than MJ but I'm not banking on it for now so not realistically considering it.