Comments Thread For: Bob Arum on Naoya Inoue: Christmas Eve card, U.S. return, Junto Nakatani showdown awaits

[richardt]

VS Junto would be a superfight! Junto is a long, rangy, powerhouse.

[SlyB33r]

Would Inoue be FOTY if he knocks out Goodman? 3 KOs in one year would be impressive.

[Elheath]

Would Inoue be FOTY if he knocks out Goodman? 3 KOs in one year would be impressive.

I'd say it is all dependant on the Usyk-Fury II. If Fury wins, likely a defacto award for Inoue. If Usyk wins again even by decision with no controversy, it will be Usyk regardless of 3 KO by Inoue.

Winner of Beterbiev/Bivol may be close but the winner will probably have to have a dominant win, a close or controversial result won't be enough to surpass neither Usyk or Inoue.
His one close decision against Madrimov isn't anywhere enough, and I'm not believing Crawford will actually fight twice a year until I see it happen.

[BoxWhere]

I'd say it is all dependant on the Usyk-Fury II. If Fury wins, likely a defacto award for Inoue. If Usyk wins again even by decision with no controversy, it will be Usyk regardless of 3 KO by Inoue.

Winner of Beterbiev/Bivol may be close but the winner will probably have to have a dominant win, a close or controversial result won't be enough to surpass neither Usyk or Inoue.
His one close decision against Madrimov isn't anywhere enough, and I'm not believing Crawford will actually fight twice a year until I see it happen.

I'm not sure Usyk can win the FOTY by fighting the same guy twice against Inoue who fought 3 times against 3 different opponents and won all of them by KO.

[Hnnnggg]

I'm calling it right now...if Inoue announces the Goodman fight in December in Japan, haters will claim he is ducking MJ and/or featherweight and/or he doesn't leave Japan.
If he fights MJ in Vegas next May, haters will claim he is too scared to go up to featherweight and fighting no names with barely 10 fights.
If he fights Nakatani in Tokyo Dome redux next summer, haters will say he's back to just staying in Japan and not build up in the USA.
If he moves up before facing Goodman/MJ /Nakatani haters will claim duck.
If he moves up to featherweight end of next year and fights Angelo Leo (a fellow Top Rank champion and easy to set up via Arum) haters will say he is scared of Espinoza or Ball or whoever else, and Filipinos will say he's still ducking Casimero.

Casimero bros will never let it go. Barely did anything against an ancient rigondeaux. Was most likely a 50/50 fight against an already older Donaire when they were slated to clash. I don’t get the love for casimero, too undisciplined to not get caught by inoue coming in

[The Big Dunn]

Would Inoue be FOTY if he knocks out Goodman? 3 KOs in one year would be impressive.

Possibly. If Usyk beats Fury again, he likely wins it. Especially if he stops him.

[The Big Dunn]

I'm calling it right now...if Inoue announces the Goodman fight in December in Japan, haters will claim he is ducking MJ and/or featherweight and/or he doesn't leave Japan.
If he fights MJ in Vegas next May, haters will claim he is too scared to go up to featherweight and fighting no names with barely 10 fights.
If he fights Nakatani in Tokyo Dome redux next summer, haters will say he's back to just staying in Japan and not build up in the USA.
If he moves up before facing Goodman/MJ /Nakatani haters will claim duck.
If he moves up to featherweight end of next year and fights Angelo Leo (a fellow Top Rank champion and easy to set up via Arum) haters will say he is scared of Espinoza or Ball or whoever else, and Filipinos will say he's still ducking Casimero.

That would mean he’s getting held to the same standard as other high profile boxers where every fight they don’t have is a duck.

Yeah it’s ****** but because that kind of idiotic garbage never gets shut down, you can’t really complain when someone you like is subjected to the same treatment.

[BoxWhere]

That would mean he’s getting held to the same standard as other high profile boxers where every fight they don’t have is a duck.

Yeah it’s ****** but because that kind of idiotic garbage never gets shut down, you can’t really complain when someone you like is subjected to the same treatment.

Lol other high profile fighters aren't even active like inoue. Double standards only exist for inoue.

[The Big Dunn]

Lol other high profile fighters aren't even active like inoue. Double standards only exist for inoue.

No they don’t.

You’re part of the problem. Instead of whining just because you’re a huge Inoue fan, speak up when this kind of idiotic BS garbage is applied to guys you don’t like.

Otherwise, you can’t cry.

[BoxWhere]

No they don’t.

You’re part of the problem. Instead of whining just because you’re a huge Inoue fan, speak up when this kind of idiotic BS garbage is applied to guys you don’t like.

Otherwise, you can’t cry.

Are you dumb or just pretending,
name a fighter who is as active as inoue. Inoue is fighting again on December 24th which means in 12 months he fought 4 times. And he wants to fights 3 times next year. While Usyk and Crawford have not fought twice in a year since 2018. Like I said double standards only exist for inoue.