Casimero is just surrounded by unprofessional people some of them are ready to exploit and his lifestyle made it worse. Even after the Butler cancellation, it took nearly a year for Casimero to fight again. Whereas Tapales after becoming overweight in his supposed WBO 118 title defense, move up right away in his next fight which made Tete the interim champion elevated as the new WBO champion which he later lost to Casimero.
Meanwhile, Casimero should continue to stay active because once Inoue becomes undisputed, I believe he is the main target of the first undisputed title defense and there is no chance of saying no once that opportunity comes. If in case Tapales becomes undisputed, the more Casimero needs to stay active to force a mandatory shot probably via WBO since the IBF and WBA already had their mandatories waiting to be announced.
https://www.talkimg.com/images/2023/07/31/Qb7E9.pngI like the idea of Inoue staying in the division to defend his belts. Nery is banned from fighting in Japan due to his failed drug test and missing weight against Yamanaka. Inoue will have to either fight him in the US or fight Casimero instead. I think many Japanese people would like to see Inoue avenge their countryman, but there is also those who believe a dirty fighter like Nery doesn’t deserve another opportunity.
I have said this in my previous post that the plan of Team Inoue is to unify the super bantamweight division and defend the belts once against Nery or Casimero so if the former has a questionable reputation and banned from fighting on Japanese soil then this makes Casimero the probable opponent whenever Tapales lose this fight. It may also be a welcome sight for Japanese fight fans if indeed Casimero will be the challenger as they want Inoue to punish him as a vengeance to all the Japanese that Casimero defeated.
IMO, Casimero is the only fighter in this division who has a higher chance of defeating Inoue.
Perhaps it might be competitive early, but as the rounds goes by, Inoue could possibly caught Casimero my surprised, just like what the did to Fulton. So not sure how Casimero will overcome the advantage of Inoue, tough chin, faster hands and obviously the power behind those jabs might take a toll on him the later rounds.
And it's better to see Nery vs Casimero first, this is going to be explosive fight and whoever wins then go straight to Inoue as his first defense. However, I don't see any present breed of super bantamweight to beat Inoue, Naoya is even taller than Casimero and Nery.
Well, I also have a position here, for me Casimero is the ideal fighter for Inoue as well, if we put him to fight Tapalñes it's obvious that Inoue is going to defeat him, it's not that I'm saying that Tpales is bad or that I'm underestimating him, but come on, you just have to see what he did to Fulton, Futlton came out with a forward and backward manner, he did not realize when he beat him, there were so many things as Inoue cornered him, there were so many accurate blows that Inoue gave that Fulton had no choice but to accept his defeat, but I don't know how much is going through Fulton's mind, but I know that he did not imagine that things would have been this hard for him, it is something that did not fit in his head He really imagined that fight in another way.
Hopefully that will be the case for Inoue, stay at the top of 122 lbs division for at least to defend the belt. The problem though if by chance Inoue had all the belts in this division, sanctioning bodies are going to have their mandatory. So it's very hard to defend all the belts that he had that he will have to vacant some of it and then defend either 1 or 2 belts only. And if he doesn't want to, then he can go up in the next weight class and for sure, that's one option as well that he and his team is looking for. So maybe a Casimero fight, as much as we want to see it, the chance are very slim, just saying.
Yup, those sanctioning bodies also want to earn some money by doing mandatory fights but the goal of Inoue is to be a unified champion at 122 lbs and after that he could relinquish some of the belts that he doesn't want to depend but first, he needs to fight Tapales to achieve his goal and give the latter the appropriate money for that fight as it a big fight that I think would earn big money.
Luis Nerry or Casimero is the fight they target before going up.
It depends if Inoue's camp are planning to make him stay in his current division for long, it has been said that he will stay for like one or two title defense fight considering that he is already the undisputed champion but after that, there's no telling if he will stay or not as there is also a chance that he will climb the next weight class and try to be a champion again.
So, these sanctioning bodies may throw successive mandatory fights towards Inoue if they want but nothing will stop him if they are already inclined to fight in the next weight class. He will be stripped for sure if that is the case but that will become irrelevant as he already unified all those belts beforehand.
That will be a mystery for now because that is quite too far from the situation they currently have. Step by step, we will get to that discussion because for now, Naoya Inoue is still a 2-belt champion and just had his first bout in super-bantamweight. In the upcoming months, we might see some improvement while Inoue and Tapales's camp are discussing about the upcoming undisputed fight, hopefully they can agree on it and make another fight before this year ends so that Inoue's timetable will be much more manageable.
Now everyone wants to fight Inoue , they can't get over the fact that Inoue is a boxer on Another Level, and this is something they must accept, because first things are not as they think , but as they are , they cannot accept that Inoue came not to lose, and what I like about this is that Inoue is not a braggart like the other boxers , he is a quiet boxer, he just does his job, he concentrates on winning and that's it, he doesn't give much to talk about, they look for him to challenge him, Inoue here He must be very selective, he must go with the most experienced in this category so that he can be even more famous , what I want is that this boxer will have Many more opportunities , the best thing is that he can continue to emerge and rise in the category.
Daily Bread Mailbag: Terence Crawford Mania, Naoya Inoue, Errol Spence, MoreThe Daily Bread Mailbag returns with Stephen "Breadman" Edwards tackling topics such as numerous questions regarding Terence Crawford's dominating victory over Errol Spence, Naoya Inoue's win over Stephen Fulton, and more. (photo by Ryan Hafey)
Assalaam alaykum Mr Edwards,
Bud Crawford is the best pound for pound fighter on earth. Naoya Inoue held the crown for a few short days, but Bud's performance against Spence was unbelievable. You've had him as your 1a for a very long time. What more can you say about someone who's certainly an ALL TIME GREAT?
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https://www.boxingscene.com/daily-bread-mailbag-terence-crawford-mania-naoya-inoue-errol-spence-more--176692A very interesting article about the boxers of the moment, what I like about all this is that doing a close up of each one of these boxing monsters is that we have a great generation of good boxers, of course not like ALI, Tyson , but I think they are on the right track, I really like when boxers go up in category, for me the best of the best and when they are in the heavyweight category, because it is like the highest degree of professionalism. to which they can reach, and that is like the peak, it is when the best and most exciting fights take place , I would like these boxers to be Able to Reach that Level.