Is Naoya Inoue the next Big Asian Boxing Star

[Mr.Fantastic]

I think what he did last year is better than Crawford to be honest. Dude is a beast!

[Aztekkas]

If Japan keeps bringing Rigo back I'm sure they'll have him as a sort of "final boss" to their fighters. Not sure if Japan has any 122 fighters to face Rigo tho.

They do have Tomoki Kameda at 118 tho.. that could be huge.

They have a great champion at 118 that might be moving up to 122 in Shinsuke Yamanaka. If Yamanaka could bring his power up to SBW I could see him troubling Rigo. Both Southpaws and extremely talented I would love to see that go down. If Shinsuke could land his devastating left hand, it could easily be lights out for Rigo.

Tomoki Kameda is another awesome fighter but I don't think he is headed down that road. He wants to become a star in American soil and fighting Rigo might spoil those plans.

at that final boss segment. Are you guys serious? A newly crowned Super Fly Champion being rushed to 122 to face arguably the best pure boxer of this era? Get it together guys...

[Build That Wall]

They have a great champion at 118 that might be moving up to 122 in Shinsuke Yamanaka. If Yamanaka could bring his power up to SBW I could see him troubling Rigo. Both Southpaws and extremely talented I would love to see that go down. If Shinsuke could land his devastating left hand, it could easily be lights out for Rigo.

Tomoki Kameda is another awesome fighter but I don't think he is headed down that road. He wants to become a star in American soil and fighting Rigo might spoil those plans.

at that final boss segment. Are you guys serious? A newly crowned Super Fly Champion being rushed to 122 to face arguably the best pure boxer of this era? Get it together guys...

Beating Roman Gonzalez is one thing. Beating Rigondeaux, you have to really move mountains to do that

[Weebler I]

The US barely cares about Boxing.

They put up the most money tho, but it's hard to see Inoue becoming a ppv draw in the west.

[Real-Talk]

I honestly haven't seen him before this post but shiet that boy is a heavy hitter..

I would like to see him more and I hope he gets promoted well and fights in America..

[UpInThisYo]

It's a bit early to tell, but I love what I saw against Narvaez, I will follow Inoue closely. I hope he becomes a star, we need some Japanese champs.

[George Orwell]

he knocked out an old midget, lets not get carried away

[LowBlowKO]

Inoue isn't the "next" star, he's one of the current stars. The next one is Kosei Tanaka (who will burst on to the scene in April), Takuma Inoue, Ryo Matsumoto and Shohei Omori will follow.

RE-Rigondeaux it's expected he'll fight Wake in Japan later this year

[Build That Wall]

Inoue isn't the "next" star, he's one of the current stars. The next one is Kosei Tanaka (who will burst on to the scene in April), Takuma Inoue, Ryo Matsumoto and Shohei Omori will follow.

RE-Rigondeaux it's expected he'll fight Wake in Japan later this year

Naoya is better than Kosei

[LowBlowKO]

Naoya is better than Kosei

Talent wise I don't see a lot separating them, Naoya is the bigger name...for now. Amazingly Kosei is about an inch taller O_o

But the point is Naoya is ALREADY a star Tanaka is THE NEXT one