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People rating him high up on the pound for pound list cause its 'clear hes the real deal'. Clear where? In your own mind where you can accurately predict the outcome of every fight?
Maybe its people arrogance in thinking that theyve got the all seeing, all knowing boxing vision but history has shown us time and time again that just cause someone looks good at a certain level, doesnt mean it translates to looking good against top opposition.
Look at the espn prospect of the year winners over the years.
2017: Ryan Garcia
2016: Erickson Lubin
2015: Errol Spence Jr.
2014: Felix Verdejo
2013: Vasiliy Lomachenko
2012: David Price
2011: Gary Russell Jr.
2010: Canelo Alvarez
2009: Daniel Jacobs
2008: Victor Ortiz
2007: Amir Khan
2006: Andre Berto
2005: Joel Julio
2004: Samuel Peter
2003: Jermain Taylor
2002: Miguel Cotto
2001: Francisco Bojado
2000: Julio Diaz
These guys had a lot of hype between them, some lived up to it, many of them didnt. They all passed the 'eye test'
You dont discover a lot of what a fighter is about unless they are in with a world level opponent and faced with adversity. Not by them looking good against an old fighter who lost 120-108 to donaire when they were at their best
People were calling price 'the next lennox lewis' and the eye test told them that he would have knocked tyson fury out.
Who would have forseen rigondeaux jacking the fight as soon as he made a bad start against lomachenko? (rigo was still a top fighter but many were calling him the most talented in the sport and top 3 p4p for a long time cause it was 'clear he was the best')
Who would have predicted lubin crumbling when someone tagged him on the chin.
One poster who i wont name on here labelled broner the future fighter of the decade cause he dominated some B/C level opposition.
Crawfords looked great but hes looked great against B level opposition and people are putting him p4p number 1 when hes not fought a world class fighter yet (no fault of his own but thats the grade of the guys who have been in his division).
Theres only one way for a fighter to prove themself as the best and thats by getting in the ring with the best fighters around, not by how good they look against limited opposition. Just cause inoue looks good up until this point, doesnt mean he couldnt get exposed in this tournament where we will find it much more about him.
(And on a side note does inoue even look that good, looks slow to me for that division and has his chin dangling in the air a lot of the time)
Maybe its people arrogance in thinking that theyve got the all seeing, all knowing boxing vision but history has shown us time and time again that just cause someone looks good at a certain level, doesnt mean it translates to looking good against top opposition.
Look at the espn prospect of the year winners over the years.
2017: Ryan Garcia
2016: Erickson Lubin
2015: Errol Spence Jr.
2014: Felix Verdejo
2013: Vasiliy Lomachenko
2012: David Price
2011: Gary Russell Jr.
2010: Canelo Alvarez
2009: Daniel Jacobs
2008: Victor Ortiz
2007: Amir Khan
2006: Andre Berto
2005: Joel Julio
2004: Samuel Peter
2003: Jermain Taylor
2002: Miguel Cotto
2001: Francisco Bojado
2000: Julio Diaz
These guys had a lot of hype between them, some lived up to it, many of them didnt. They all passed the 'eye test'
You dont discover a lot of what a fighter is about unless they are in with a world level opponent and faced with adversity. Not by them looking good against an old fighter who lost 120-108 to donaire when they were at their best
People were calling price 'the next lennox lewis' and the eye test told them that he would have knocked tyson fury out.
Who would have forseen rigondeaux jacking the fight as soon as he made a bad start against lomachenko? (rigo was still a top fighter but many were calling him the most talented in the sport and top 3 p4p for a long time cause it was 'clear he was the best')
Who would have predicted lubin crumbling when someone tagged him on the chin.
One poster who i wont name on here labelled broner the future fighter of the decade cause he dominated some B/C level opposition.
Crawfords looked great but hes looked great against B level opposition and people are putting him p4p number 1 when hes not fought a world class fighter yet (no fault of his own but thats the grade of the guys who have been in his division).
Theres only one way for a fighter to prove themself as the best and thats by getting in the ring with the best fighters around, not by how good they look against limited opposition. Just cause inoue looks good up until this point, doesnt mean he couldnt get exposed in this tournament where we will find it much more about him.
(And on a side note does inoue even look that good, looks slow to me for that division and has his chin dangling in the air a lot of the time)
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