Comments Thread For: The only weakness in Naoya Inoue might prove to be his desire to go up in weight

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Trainer of TJ Doheny explains how difficult it is to construct a gameplan to beat Naoya Inoue
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[Left Hook Louie]

I'm really hoping Monster can save a ruined boxing weekend and show that Turki bum how it's supposed to be done.

[CPNUTKnockoutFreshMart]

As much as I love The Monster , I don't like an Espinoza fight for him at all. Espinoza is just too damned big. The dude is a physical freak for 126.

[CPNUTKnockoutFreshMart]

I'm really hoping Monster can save a ruined boxing weekend and show that Turki bum how it's supposed to be done.

I have faith that he will save the weekend for boxing. It's been a terrible dud so far. Boxing really shlt the bed so far this weekend.

[CPNUTKnockoutFreshMart]

“He gets hit, and he opens up when he throws his big shots and he’s there to be hit,” the Sydney, Australia-based Del Vecchio continued. “If you can take him on – go with him – you will hit him on the inside. As much as it’s a weakness, if a shot’s coming, he’ll wash it off – he’ll deflect, move his head just enough to not get hit so hard it’s gonna be a telling factor. But he does get hit. He opens up on his left hooks; his hands are down.


You can't swim without getting wet. It doesn't matter who you are , you can get hit in a fight. The end result is what matters. If your big criticism of a fighter is that he can be hit , then you really don't have much to criticize.

[Left Hook Louie]

You can't swim without getting wet. It doesn't matter who you are , you can get hit in a fight. The end result is what matters. If your big criticism of a fighter is that he can be hit , then you really don't have much to criticize.

I think sometimes when people say that they really mean, "dude takes unnecessary punishment". But that's how I try to say it. Can't be a champ without getting hit sometimes.

[1Eriugenus]

Like you say, almost every great champion, with maybe exceptions of Mayweather & Pernell, get hit with something.

[Boxing 112]

I'm really hoping Monster can save a ruined boxing weekend and show that Turki bum how it's supposed to be done.

Show Turki, did he fight? This Inoue match up is an even bigger mismatch then the main fights from the last 2 nights. Inoue is 1/50 (-5000) to win....

[crimsonfalcon07]

I think sometimes when people say that they really mean, "dude takes unnecessary punishment". But that's how I try to say it. Can't be a champ without getting hit sometimes.

Well said. I do think that being defensively irresponsible when you're throwing is a flaw (as Haney found out vs PEDan Garcia) that may catch up to him at higher weight classes where he's on the bad side of reach and weight and height, but he's got a lot of things behind that which keep it from being too much of a flaw (he gets more power from the bad hand positioning, and he's often using positional defense so it's less risky. But he did make a big mistake vs Nery and got flash knocked down for it.