I think Inoue looks beatable at 122 and above.

[Elheath]

Not only weight class, but given that Inoue was age 25-29 literally in his prime at 118 it is more than understandable that he was the most dominant then. 126 is when I think Inoue will see more decisions if he stays there and fights to win but not KO.

[Elheath]

When Inoue doesn't demolish his opponent in less than 5 rounds, casuals say he's beatable.
I can't even remember the last time Usyk blasted anyone in less than 5? Crawdad barely won that fight.

Doheny has what 20KOs in 24 fights. The guy is dangerous in the early rounds. Plus he's a rehydrated welterweight.

Respect for the Monster for showing us he got intelligent strategy while dominating.
That's going to work for him as he moves up to 126.
Forget Tim Bradley expecting him to blast him out in less than 4 rounds.
That aint boxing.

In all honesty when is the last time any notable champion had a KO win within 4R or less in a title fight? Sure there is Nakatani and his 1R KO of Astrolabio in July but being fair Astrolabio is a significantly lesser opponent than anyone Inoue fought in 122 including Doheny (and I love Nakatani don't get me wrong).

Doing a quick glance, last title fight KO win at 4R or less by guys often mentioned here:
Crawford- Nov 2020 against Kell Brook @4R
Inoue- June 2022 against Donaire @2R
Usyk- never on a world title fight.
Canelo- February 2021 against Yildrim @end of R3
Beterbiev- June 2022 against Joe Smith @2R
Bivol- November 2017 against Broadhurst @end of 1R
Tank- July 2019 against Ricardo Nunez @R2
Bam- never on a world title fight.

[Joseph]

Watching the Doheny fight, I couldn't help but think what might have happened if it had been anyone else. Inoue was eating several lefts up until around the fifth round.

[Elheath]

Watching the Doheny fight, I couldn't help but think what might have happened if it had been anyone else. Inoue was eating several lefts up until around the fifth round.

I'd say not much, given that Doheny's power is one of the few (only?) things that he has over Goodman/MJ. Inoue likely would've cared even less to fend off and probably charges in even faster if thats the case.

[cork]

Everyone looks beatable cause everyone takes hit but let's be honest here. He has four fights at 122 and 3 of them was ranked within the top 3 and the other was a top 10 fighter.

I have a hard time counting the number of rounds he lost when I watched him. There's on clear one against Nery and the rest he clearly wins or he wins comfortably.

[Ctx94]

Bud is 36 going on 37 & his opponent had a tricky style & wasn't interested in engaging for much of the fight.

Bud had the longer reach and back pedaled all night

He was the one that was not trying to engage because that right hand was landing on him no excuses

but he is an old man and has fought everyone put in front of him and has never ducked anybody just like the younger inoue

so I agree that bud deserves some slack because he fighting Father Time to

[Elheath]

Everyone looks beatable cause everyone takes hit but let's be honest here. He has four fights at 122 and 3 of them was ranked within the top 3 and the other was a top 10 fighter.

I have a hard time counting the number of rounds he lost when I watched him. There's on clear one against Nery and the rest he clearly wins or he wins comfortably.

Yeah, people sometime tend to forget but a clear decision win is also a win on the records, and Inoue still has the choice to resort to a decision champion if going for the KO gets difficult (not that I think he will. but still a choice he has).

Fulton I think had one round solidly won in 7R us to the KO, Tapales not sure if he had one in 10R, Nery was pummelled from R2-R6 after his R1 win, Doheny had I think one R as well in 7R before his back gave out.

[Mammoth]

There's nobody at 122 who can beat him.

[cork]

Yeah, people sometime tend to forget but a clear decision win is also a win on the records, and Inoue still has the choice to resort to a decision champion if going for the KO gets difficult (not that I think he will. but still a choice he has).

Fulton I think had one round solidly won in 7R us to the KO, Tapales not sure if he had one in 10R, Nery was pummelled from R2-R6 after his R1 win, Doheny had I think one R as well in 7R before his back gave out.

Yeah I gave him an L on 2-3 rounds the last 4 fights also. I actually didn't give a round to Fulton. It just isn't realistic for him to blast everyone out the first quarter of the fight even though he have about 10 fights that ends within the thee first 4 rounds.

I guess it's just the standard Inoue set and people expects that from him.

[Elheath]

Yeah I gave him an L on 2-3 rounds the last 4 fights also. I actually didn't give a round to Fulton. It just isn't realistic for him to blast everyone out the first quarter of the fight even though he have about 10 fights that ends within the thee first 4 rounds.

I guess it's just the standard Inoue set and people expects that from him.

The McDonnell-Payano-ERod-Donaire II highlight reel skewed the perception but Inoue usually is a mid/late-round KO guy to begin with. Also it gets harder as opponents get less and less willing to engage and more going for survival.

I mean Nery got pummelled due to him willing to try to continue with his R1 success and dropped three times in the next five rounds as a result, while Butler "lasted" until R11 but doubt anyone gives him credit more than Nery, given that he was well on his way to a 120-108 x3 loss if not for the KO.