Comments Thread For: Naoya Inoue will now face Ye Joon Kim following withdrawal of Sam Goodman

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Naoya Inoue will now defend his world junior featherweight championship against South Korea?s Ye Joon Kim on January 24 following the withdrawal of original opponent, Sam Goodman
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[Roadblock]

What a waste of a fight, a novice on 13 days notice against a atg potential guy, id rather the lot scaped, and Inoue take on a top guy a bit later on.

[Zyzzyx]

Is that really the best available? What about Elijah Pierce, Shabaz Masoud, Tito Sanchez? This looks so incredibly non-competitive on paper that I'm concerned for the health of the fighter.

[Roadblock]

Is that really the best available? What about Elijah Pierce, Shabaz Masoud, Tito Sanchez? This looks so incredibly non-competitive on paper that I'm concerned for the health of the fighter.

No one with potential would fight Inoue on 13 days notice its suicide, that's why they got a novice its probably good money for him to go to sleep.

[Zyzzyx]

No one with potential would fight Inoue on 13 days notice its suicide, that's why they got a novice its probably good money for him to go to sleep.

Yeah, but I'm still surprised they didn't have a better replacement ready behind Goodman after he got injured last time. Inoue fights so often, seems like you'd have his next opponent ready to go. And Elijah Pierce has 2 losses already, and then Masoud is a regional level guy, so a loss at world level is almost meaningless.

[Elheath]

What a waste of a fight, a novice on 13 days notice against a atg potential guy, id rather the lot scaped, and Inoue take on a top guy a bit later on.

If it was just Inoue thats a possibility but keep in mind there are still multiple other fighters that were on the card. They already all got moved once, its unfair for them to have to move again. Inoue is definitely the star that matters the most but Ohashi still has the responsibility and obligations to support his other boxers too.

[Elheath]

Yeah, but I'm still surprised they didn't have a better replacement ready behind Goodman after he got injured last time. Inoue fights so often, seems like you'd have his next opponent ready to go. And Elijah Pierce has 2 losses already, and then Masoud is a regional level guy, so a loss at world level is almost meaningless.

Unfortunately this literally was the best they could do as a reserver that they were able to get ready that would've been ready to fight on January 24th when the first injury happened. Ohashi literally said they had just gotten the Visa approved for Kim and was going to announce him as reserver when the fiasco occured.

[BodyBagz]

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Typical "Monster" opponent

[Joseph]

Guys, relax. They screwed up. He's fighting the famous (Kan)Ye. It'll be hilarious.

[JonDP]

Ye Joon Who?

Nope, sorry, different guy.