Comments Thread For: Naoya Inoue Inks Multi-Year Pact With Top Rank

[Clubber Pac]

I think they'll just use him to make a local US/Mexican star bigger. Unfortunately he'll never be a big name in the states due to his nationality and language, so be on the lookout for TR signing on a younger fighter and building him up for an eventual clash with Inoue.


Inoue must make huge dollars in Japan though, massive country massive economy, have to give him credit for foregoing his massive A side advantage to dare to be great.

I disagree, Lomo, Canelo, even Manny at one point, can't speak english as well as they can understand it, and given where Inoue is from, an extremely westernized country that might even teach english in schools, he will be fine.

His fists will do the talking, real recognize real, if he comes here, and does what he is doing in Japan, it will be GGG all over again, and his english wasn't off the charts either.

I salute the kid, but lets not talk crazy, he will be getting massive TV dollars from Japan, he is only amplifying his portfolio with this move, and given that Top Rank has the Manny blue print in place, they will know exactly how to make him a generational star.

[_Rexy_]

And Tete is signed with Frank Warren


I see unification coming...

[Bob Haymon]

They should do a 3-man round robin with Inoue, Loma, and Crawford to see who the real #1 pound for pound really is. Maybe even put Fury in there if he beats Wilder. I think Loma beats all of them.

[Christhenatural]

Honestly, I'm disappointed in this move by 'the monster' because his best fights
would made on DAZN. He should've signed with matchroom, but Bob always has to
wave $$ signs in front of a fighter with low risk, medium reward deals and us fans get
screwed. I'm glad Inoue will make big money as he both has earned and deserves
it, but Damn! We won't get the Nery or Naverette fights which is what the die hards
want to see.

[drablj]

i hope 2020 would be like this:
inoue - dasmarinas (ibf mandatory)
estrada - yafai

inoue - tete (tete will be free because his mandatory fight is this month and wba won't pressure inoue since donaire - inoue was practically a mandatory fight)
estrada - nietes (nietes doesn't have much time left. this has to happen next year. everybody else can wait more)

new years fight in japan
inoue - estrada

nery and naoya are born only one year appart but estrada will be 30 next year. estrada's prime probably won't last much longer so i want inoue - estrada more than inoue - nery. top rank, espn and dazn have enough money to make these fights next year. let's go!

[RuleOfTheSpear]

Top Rank rips fighters off their money.

Dela Hoya
Mayweather
Pacquiao

Love to see the time Inoue leaves Top Rank in bad taste, maybe even throw in a punch on Bob

[DuckAdonis]

Oubaali and Tete unifications coming up hopefully

[RuleOfTheSpear]

estrada - nietes (nietes doesn't have much time left. this has to happen next year. everybody else can wait more)

If I was Estrada, I'd let Nietes aged out a bit. Maybe three more years when Nietes turns 40.

Nietes is too dangerous and risky for any superfly champions. He beat the current WBO champ Ioka.

[The D3vil]

I don't think so. Inoue is the truth. By the way Gonzalez and Rungvisai ducked Inoue.

No they didn't.

Chocolatito was already old & losing to Rungvisai by the time Monster knocking out Nieves on Superfly.

They just missed each other.

You'd have to prove to me that Rungvisai is willing to duck anybody, anytime, and anywhere.

[Jayhad23]

Top Rank rips fighters off their money.

Dela Hoya
Mayweather
Pacquiao

Love to see the time Inoue leaves Top Rank in bad taste, maybe even throw in a punch on Bob

And where would they be without Arum? Arum is still great for not yet prized fighters. Look at GGG, spend all his career chasing champions only to be robbed against a prized fighter.