I'm freaking dead, Narvaez vs Naoya Inoue in Japan Dec 31

[nivek535]

can someone tell me the significance of this fight?
i know inoue is a rising star, but that's about it.
whats so special about this fight?

edit:
i see he's skipping 1 weight class to fight this guy, but this guy's 39...
and the weight class he's skipping seems to be full of monsters :O

ssssssssssssssssssss

[Build That Wall]

He could ruin the Zou Shiming Hype train when he KO's Narvaez.

[techliam]

Wow pretty shocked if this is really happening

I think skipping weight like that is a really bad idea

Ioka comes to mind, he looked a monster at 105/108 but at 112 looks too beatable

He should stay at 108 until he's ready for Flyweight, a Yaegashi fight would be good. A move to 115 is crazy, but if he comes out victorious, then damn, i'll eat my hat.

This is assuming the fight will be at 115?

[Build That Wall]

Wow pretty shocked if this is really happening

I think skipping weight like that is a really bad idea

Ioka comes to mind, he looked a monster at 105/108 but at 112 looks too beatable

He should stay at 108 until he's ready for Flyweight, a Yaegashi fight would be good. A move to 115 is crazy, but if he comes out victorious, then damn, i'll eat my hat.

This is assuming the fight will be at 115?

I think the fight will be at 115 or 112. Probably 115.

[Build That Wall]

A cool poster I found

[crold1]

Kind of weak of him to skip the shark infested waters of 112. Juan Francisco Estrada, Roman Gonzalez, Brian Viloria, Giovani Segura, Milan Melindo, Juan Carlos Reveco, Kazuto Ioka, Amnat Ruenroeng, Ryo Miyazaki, Koki Eto. Tons of fights for him there.

I'm still behind him 100% though.

Glad he's going straight for the top dog at 115. He'll look great if he beats Narvaez in more impressive fashion than the much bigger Nonito Donaire did.

My wish list of fights for Inoue at 115 in no particular order is:

1. Kohei Kono
2. Toshiyuki Igarashi
3. Carlos Cuadras
4. Sho Ishida
5. Khalid Yafai
6. Ivan Morales

Naoya Inoue vs. Khalid Yafai would be a classic.

Actually really smart. He's still cutting his teeth as a pro. If he can win here, 115 is pretty shallow and he can keep winning while Flyweight flushes out. Whoever emerges (probably Roman) then has to come up to him and you have a big fight.

[VAGAB0ND]

Check out how big Naoya Inoue looks in the picture in this link: http://www.asianboxing.info/asian-ne...gain-this-year

He's been sparring with Ryosuke Isawa, who is a Bantamweight. I think Inoue will be fine at 115.

[Nicolino]

I'm glad to hear Narvaez is opening a school in Japan...

[Build That Wall]

I'm glad to hear Narvaez is opening a school in Japan...

He is going to get schooled in Japan.

[Hougigo]

Actually really smart. He's still cutting his teeth as a pro. If he can win here, 115 is pretty shallow and he can keep winning while Flyweight flushes out. Whoever emerges (probably Roman) then has to come up to him and you have a big fight.

Well 115 is pretty shallow right now... would love to see a Cuadras fight.

Not as bad as 108 though since everybody is moving on up.... shoot, I think there's going to be like 3 vacant belts there soon.