Comments Thread For: Zolani Tete is Very Willing To Face Naoya Inoue

[SteveM]

Yeah I know exactly who he is - South African dude who was falling into obscurity until Frank Warren (I think it was Warren) signed him, and started matching him up wisely in UK.

He may be 29, but he is 39 in boxing years. He's been fighting for over a decade, and has taken L's from inferior fighters. I'm always weary about fighter's real ages from sketchy countries. Dis nucca could damn well be 39.

Bantamweight is weak as hell right now, but Yamanaka (if he doesn't retire), and Nery both easily beat him..

He gets mopped up by any legit world class fighter.

That's why we fight the fights - to see if Inoue is hyped or Tete is hyped. Everything you say about Tete could have been said about Narvaez by the time Inoue got to him.

[KingHippo]

Of course he is - what does he have to lose?

He has everything to gain, and nothing to lose.

If Inoue loses, he's the shyte who got beat up by an old cvnt. If he wins, he's the shyte who beat up an old man..

Tete wants a HBO payday..

Rigo - Loma was the biggest mismatch in history.

[Boxing Logic]

It's positively ****** that Inoue isn't sticking around just another 6 months at 115 to get an all important legacy win on his ledger early in his career against the Rungvisai-Estrada winner, since to become a true superstar on merit, rather than a fake manufactured star pushed by HBO or Showtime and protected by corrupt American judges and refs (but they usually only do this for American or Mexican boxers), you need to rack up a handful of wins like that one after another to build the hype. The Rungvisai-Estrada winner is a golden opportunity for Inoue to start early in his career. There's no guarantee such fights will present themselves to him at 118 or above. Plus, having legacy wins in many weight classes can count for a lot too. This is his only chance to do that at 115.

But, if he can't make the weight anymore, then he can't make the weight anymore. It's just strange that he is fighting at 115 in a couple days if he can't make it anymore... but maybe he will pay some money to his opponent to weigh in a couple pounds heavy? We'll have to see.

Does anyone know what the story is? It just seems strange that he would give up the opportunity to fight the best guys at 115 before moving up, especially since I think he would beat all of them fairly dominantly.

[Cheek busting]

Rigo - Loma was the biggest mismatch in history.

What's up my fellow black man!!

Don't be mad White boy GAVE blACK boy thAT WORK

[KingHippo]

What's up my fellow black man!!

Don't be mad White boy GAVE blACK boy thAT WORK

Lol, only a white man would celebrate a white guy beating up a 5'4 black senior citizen.

[JohnP2]

He's confirmed his fight against Boyeaux will be his last at Super-Fly and he's moving up next

Do you know why? i.e. Is he struggling to make weight? With 15 on and cracking now, coupled with bantamweight being currently void of big names I'm wondering what his motives are. As noted, I hope he's still able to make 15 as needed so that he can fight the winner of Rungvisai and Estrada. In fact I would like to see him against Yafai, Ancajas, even Cuadras. Aside from Tete, there aren't really any names at 18 (willing to fight Inoue) so it's a curious move.

[diarraisagod]

I'm down with seeing Tete against anybody good, he's looked spectacular in the two fights of his that I've seen. Time's not on his side so he needs to start making big fights.

[ShoulderRoll]

Last Born could very well expose the so called Monster.

[FinitoxDinamita]

Tete is a good fighter and if Inoue faces him, all good. Nobody can accuse him of ducking the top doggs at 115.

Tete is dangerous for Inoue. I wouldnt be surprised if he wins either.

[Stynpine]

It's positively ****** that Inoue isn't sticking around just another 6 months at 115 to get an all important legacy win on his ledger early in his career against the Rungvisai-Estrada winner, since to become a true superstar on merit, rather than a fake manufactured star pushed by HBO or Showtime and protected by corrupt American judges and refs (but they usually only do this for American or Mexican boxers), you need to rack up a handful of wins like that one after another to build the hype. The Rungvisai-Estrada winner is a golden opportunity for Inoue to start early in his career. There's no guarantee such fights will present themselves to him at 118 or above. Plus, having legacy wins in many weight classes can count for a lot too. This is his only chance to do that at 115.

But, if he can't make the weight anymore, then he can't make the weight anymore. It's just strange that he is fighting at 115 in a couple days if he can't make it anymore... but maybe he will pay some money to his opponent to weigh in a couple pounds heavy? We'll have to see.

Does anyone know what the story is? It just seems strange that he would give up the opportunity to fight the best guys at 115 before moving up, especially since I think he would beat all of them fairly dominantly.

It's been stated by Japanese boxing news outlets that Inoue is struggling to make weight for 115, but that it'd be worth the effort to stay for a little longer if he got a unification by the end of the year or at SuperFly 2. He didn't get a unification for either, so Inoue and his team figures that there are more willing fighters at bantamweight. Inoue is interested in Tete, Nery, and was even in talks with Zhakiyanov back when he was still champion. In fact, Inoue intended on moving up to bantamweight to close off 2017, but stuck around for a little longer for the better fights. However Yafai declined, Ancajas chose a different route, and Rungvisai and Estrada are busy with each other. Furthermore, Inoue is only 24 years old, he is still a growing fighter. Inoue became champion at this division at 21. It's natural that Inoue move up at this point.