The overrateing of Inoune begins
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But Inoue doesn't have any victories as good as Lomachenko's.
Who would you say his best win is, Cliff? Narvaez? Payano?
The guy is looking good so far. No question about it. But I can't bring myself to call him the best in the world with that resume. I need to see more.
Nery would answer a lot of questions. But of course boxing politics will prevent it.Comment
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3 weight world champion but mediocre resume.Comment
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i didn't say they do...the fact that there are only few out of thousands of world champs of whom are already retired with inoue nearing entering that club very early in his carreer proves he is something special....hell, loma is a special fighter too but he might not even join that club given his age when he became pro...inoue has still that luxuryComment
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1) You can't spell
2) Inoue is an amazing talent and he just blasted another real quality fighter. He's in the p4p top ten for a reason.
Can't wait to see him fight a guy like Donaire, who is a serious threat no matter what's going on in the fight.Comment
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He was number one for just about everyone before Oscar; pretty much from Hopkins-Taylor I forward. I get what you mean there but that's also an issue of who was ahead of him. Jones and BHop were the biggest obstacles for Floyd through about 2005. Right now there isn't a modern great at the top of their game with the accomplishment/divisional dominance of a Roy or BHop. Crawford, Spence, Usyk, Loma, Inoue...there's really interesting cases for all of them.
Jones started a decline in 2004 but it wasn't sealed until Calslappy exposed how far shot he was in 2008, the year Floyd had retired after beating Oscar. Everyone wanted Floyd to come back and when he did, he was touted by everyone as P4P #1 guy.
Hopkins declined around the same time as Jones, but he wasn't as physically dominant as Jones. Arguably much more skilled, but Jones' style stood out more. It's like comparing Ali against Holmes; Holmes was arguably a better fighter overall, but Ali is the one that shined.Comment
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The guy can do everything. Inside, outside, speed, feet, power. He's got everything. It's not just his KO % that earns him his praise, you realise. Skill/power/accuracy levels are up there with Loma, Crawford, Garcia. And he's ruled at 3 weights. What more do you want to be up there for P4P??Comment
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inoue could have had a great resume if he didnt skip flyweight when it was hot or super flyweight when it was starting to get hot. seriously. estrada, gonzalez, brian viloria, rungvisai. skipped all of them to fight 40 year old narvaez, and rodriguez.
3 weight world champion but mediocre resume.Comment
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You are the casual in this instance.Comment
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