Is Inoue the 2nd biggest star in boxing behind Canelo?

**yammy25** · 10-09-2018, 10:35 PM

Murata got 10 million in the Kanto region against N'jikam last year so .... No?

**RoyJonesJrp4pno1** · 10-09-2018, 10:47 PM

Boxing is really popular in Japan.

**The3** · 10-09-2018, 10:49 PM

Mexico, UK , and Japan love boxing

**LoadedWraps** · 10-09-2018, 10:50 PM

Originally posted by Motorcity Cobra

These are massive numbers.

Just to put into context how many people in Kanto watched Inoue's blow out over Juan Carlos Payano, it's MORE than the reported COMBINED US audiences for the WWE Raw, WWE Smackdown and Impact! shown in the final week of September! Which was 4765000
— Asian Boxing (@asianboxing) October 9, 2018

Inoue peaked at over 5,000,000 on Fuji TV
The 4,765,000 was the combined audience of the 3 wrestling shows
— Asian Boxing (@asianboxing) October 9, 2018

Fury is the face of boxing.

**FLEX U.K** · 10-10-2018, 08:55 AM

When he does good numbers elsewhere in the world then we can talk about him being one of the biggest stars in the sport. Just because he is hugely popular in a massive continent like Asia does not mean this translates to the rest of the world.

For example - the Mundine-Horn fight will probably generate huge interest and huge numbers in Oz but know one else in the world gives a ****!

In saying that, i have no doubt that Inoue is heading for superstar status in boxing, he's just not there yet

**Kagami Taiga** · 10-10-2018, 09:06 AM

Inoue is unknown outside of Japan. So yea, there's no chance of that being the case.

**Madison Boxing** · 10-10-2018, 09:08 AM

How many 90k stadiums has he filled?

**MasterPlan** · 10-10-2018, 09:18 AM

Yao Ming used to destroy those NBA All-Star ballots back in the day.

**alexnation** · 10-10-2018, 09:28 AM

As much as I love the guy, his home country audience is not indicative of being popular around the world. There is no way you put him next to Canelo in terms of popularity no matter how you twist it

Is Inoue the 2nd biggest star in boxing behind Canelo?