Comments Thread For: Naoya Inoue-Murodjon Akhmadaliev Tokyo showdown set for September 14

[TheProudLunatic]

Monster will eventually break him. MJ begged for this fight and now he has it. Be careful what you wish for. Monster on 8.

Shouldn't every fighter's wish be to fight for a title ?
The "Monster's" hand may be raised sooner.

[Knuckle sandwich]

Let's gooo! Tough fight for Inoue. He can lose this one.

Definitely dangerous fight for inoue, he won't mess around with him, inoue has a habit of keeping his opponents on there feet longer especially in japan to give the crowd value for money, i expect he KOs him within three.

[IceTrayDaGang]

How is it not against top level opponents cardenas is ranked No 9 by Ring magazine and No 5 by TBRB. MJ is ranked No 2 by Ring magazine and no 1 by TBRB. Nick Ball is ranked No 3 by Ring magazine and no 2 by TBRB. All sold fighters and inoue is really excited for it. And being active keeps him motivated. And he said only special fighters can do that, like himself. And I agree.

i am speaking in general.. i am not talking about Inoue's upcoming fights.. Inoue keeps busy, but sometimes his opponent's aint top level, EX: Kim, etc... I will be here to bump this comment when Inoue falls victim to a lower tier fighter. When you are always fighting and sometimes it's not against top level opponents, you dont get the same motivation as if you are facing a top level comp... Plus, constantly training will put some wear and tear on the mind and body so once Inoue face a TOP level opponent who is more fresh, Inoue will be in trouble. I am not hating on Inoue.

[crimsonfalcon07]

fighting on sunday and then again in Sept... yall made fun of me for saying this but watch, this will be Inoue's downfall. being too active!!!

there's a reason why guys like floyd and TC still have their "0".... I know Inoue doesnt care about a perfect record but im just saying fighting way too much in a short period of time will not end well.

This coming from the same guy who didn't even know Inoue had fought in the US several times already. You think activity is the enemy, not ring rust? GTFO. If Inoue loses, it will be because he's consistently taking on the best, and he started at 108, 5 divisions down from where he's at now. There's only been 5 fighters who have won titles in 5 divisions (him not included, because he skipped 112, and only 24 quadruple champions like him), and he's now in divisions in which he's going to have a size disadvantage. And, he's fought more ranked opponents and champions as a percentage of his career than any other active boxer, maybe any boxer ever. His worst opponents have all been either mandatories or replacements when a better opponent backed out last minute. If or when he loses, it's going to be because he's consistently challenged himself, not because he's active. You just love having inane takes about Inoue.

[Dorrian_Grey]

Good fight. I like how Akhmadaliev fights but his career momentum completely stalled after the loss to Tapales. Had he stayed active and taken a fight or two against a ranked contender, that would’ve made this fight a lot more interesting. MJ’s not got a good style to beat Inoue though.

[letsbox10]

i am speaking in general.. i am not talking about Inoue's upcoming fights.. Inoue keeps busy, but sometimes his opponent's aint top level, EX: Kim, etc... I will be here to bump this comment when Inoue falls victim to a lower tier fighter. When you are always fighting and sometimes it's not against top level opponents, you dont get the same motivation as if you are facing a top level comp... Plus, constantly training will put some wear and tear on the mind and body so once Inoue face a TOP level opponent who is more fresh, Inoue will be in trouble. I am not hating on Inoue.

Yeah but kim was a last minute replacement. Even that was a challenge cause Inoue had never seen his fights and had no knowledge of kim or his style. Not only that since it was last minute replacement Inoue had no time to study his opponent and went into the fight completely blind. On top of that Inoue had been in camp 2 times back to back with no breaks and was mentally exhausted because it was holiday season and he had already started losing weight but now had to gain it back as goodman fight was canceled and he's back in camp. And Inoue had spent his entire camp training for Orthodox but at the last minute his opponent was changed to Southpaw. With everything that happened inoue still dominated.

[IceTrayDaGang]

This coming from the same guy who didn't even know Inoue had fought in the US several times already. You think activity is the enemy, not ring rust? GTFO. If Inoue loses, it will be because he's consistently taking on the best, and he started at 108, 5 divisions down from where he's at now. There's only been 5 fighters who have won titles in 5 divisions (him not included, because he skipped 112, and only 24 quadruple champions like him), and he's now in divisions in which he's going to have a size disadvantage. And, he's fought more ranked opponents and champions as a percentage of his career than any other active boxer, maybe any boxer ever. His worst opponents have all been either mandatories or replacements when a better opponent backed out last minute. If or when he loses, it's going to be because he's consistently challenged himself, not because he's active. You just love having inane takes about Inoue.

???? when did i ever said Inoue has never fought in the US?? are you talking about me saying if Inoue wants to be a global star then he needs to fight more in the US??

YES, activity can be good and BAD!!! i explained why reason... it's not like he's always fighting TOP level opponents. when you are fighting a lower tier opponent, you dont have the same motivation as if you are facing a top level fighter. this can backfire on you. You put wear and tear on the body and mind when you are constantly fighting, training, sparring!! this is why some athletes are forced to retired at a young age. Activity is good but you have to balance it out! so if Inoue loses, it's not because his opponent is better? It's because he's always challenging himself? LOL. that sounds more dumber than my theory LOL. so challenging himself is not the same as being active? LOL...

[BlackRobb]

Shouldn't every fighter's wish be to fight for a title ?
The "Monster's" hand may be raised sooner.

MJ was acting like Monster was ducking him. Dude lost his title to Tapales.

[TheProudLunatic]

MJ was acting like Monster was ducking him. Dude lost his title to Tapales.

Always aim high
The bottom will always be there.