Topic: Boxing Speculation, Odds and Predictions - page 44. (Read 32123 times)

yes it was owned by him. Well, regarding the opponents of Inoue, it's very clear that he destroyed them all. Although his opponents aren't engaging anymore but he is still finding ways to win, and that later in the fight they will knock him out, so it's really impressive on how he showed his ring IQ, quickness, and power.



Obviously there's no much money in lower division  compared to the higher division. And also, Inoue keep fighting in Japan, so we can't expect he'll beat the numbers that the greatest boxers had achieve during their pro, like Pacman and Mayweather.

I think it's more about the opponent and how Inoue destroy them that got him the award for the Boxer of the year. And if I'm not mistaken, the Ring magazine is under the control of Oscar dela Hoya?

Not sure about the money though, I mean in those lower division is not that big, and maybe Inoue got the lion share on his fight against Fulton and Marlon Tapales as he is the A-side in that fight. But deserving though, him and Crawford could win that award and they are also the #1 and #2 p4p fighter right now.

Inoue deserves to win that award as he make his opponents look amateur, he simply just dominate unlike Haney and Crawford whom their opponent are really fighting with confidence. Inoue's opponent doesn't fight like that, they are only after for the money _{(most probably)} because when they are in the ring, all they can do is not to be careless so the fight will not end early, but eventually they still get KO in the end.

^^ A lot of good fights indeed for this year. But it's hard to argue though for Inoue winning that coveted Boxer of the year nod against Crawford. Even Haney had a good year as well but they give the award to the Japanese.

For unification between Beterbiev and Bivol, another anticipated match this year and hopefully it will be pushed or happened. I think that the Saudis are interested of making this fight as well as they love both of this fighter. We will just have to wait for Beterbiev to beat Smith this weekend and maybe their managers are going to sit down and talk for unification at LHW.

I recognize that the contest to receive the award was an inch closer between the two divisions undisputed. But I likewise choose Crawford to win the Boxer of the Year. Crawford battled Spence, the more popular boxer than Fulton and Tapales. Crawford turned into two divisions undisputed and Inoue is just second but they did it around the same year.

A Crawford victory over Spence in a rematch this year does not, in my opinion, qualify him for Boxer of the Year. Another more merited match this year is Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk for the heavyweight undisputed. Furthermore, Saudi Arabia is still up in the air to make an undisputed match between Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev for all the light heavyweight championship belts.

It's a competition between Naoya Inoue and Terrence Crawford for Ring Magazine's boxer of the year. But in the end, I can't blame those who awarded it to Inoue, I mean unification fight as well in the super bantamweight and the way he take them to pieces, as he faces other champion as well is amazing.

Nothing to be ashamed for Crawford as a runner up, this is another year so maybe his rematch with Spence and then another fight might could help his case again in 2024 for BOTY. Although there could be argument that it's not that important, what's important is that he cemented his legacy already.

Well, I am not against it. Naoya Inoue also went through rigorous training so that he could cement all those wins that he had. About Crawford, I think he is next to him and if Inoue had failed to unify all the titles in that second weight class that he entered, then I believe Crawford would get the Boxer of the Year title.
But, this is actually nothing compared to what they have achieved. Both boxers have proven that they are the undisputed and how I wish they would meet in the boxing ring while they are still in their prime. But that's still far and the weight class difference is gapped by a lot. I think that will be impossible especially if Inoue decides to stick with the Super Bantamweight.
But we have seen the impossible become possible and Manny Pacquiao is living proof of it. From the flyweight division climbing to the welterweight even at his height.
Maybe we will see more exciting opponents if Inoue will also try to climb the ladder. He should really try to go upward if he is looking for greater competition.

Yeah, just continue fighting and winning, it's just a title but for sure once you recieved it you are recieving itwith pride, so Crawford needs to keep working on how he will keep his belts and face those challenger, on the other side, Inoue gain the attention as he manage to climb up and unifies all the belts from the new division he enter.

Let see this year if who's going to shine there are many exiciting fights that may be setup for the fans, it's just the timing for the promoters to bring money on the table.

crawford will have his own time. if he will continue to show his strengths and skills, there's nothing to worry about being named for this year. it is just a title. what matters most for me, is how a boxer is influencing the boxing world. also, as i mentioned earlier, they have their own time to claim such title.

So Naoya Inoue is named as Boxer of the Year by Ring Magazine.


https://www.ringtv.com/662824-naoya-inoue-is-the-rings-2023-fighter-of-the-year/

I personally thought that it should be Crawford, but as per Ring, the strength of Inoue's win against Fulton and Tapales is enough for him to get the nod. Yes it's true they are the number 1 and number 2 rank super bantamweight, but the biggest fight is Crawford vs Spence and how Crawford demolished Crawford when everyone thought that it could go either way or close fight. As compare to Inoue's win wherein we expect that he will steam roll this two, just a question on what round it will end.

It was really unusual to see a much older man recking those young guns as if he were their master. He can easily beat them because they were underestimating him and that's not gonna make any change in how skillful he was when it came to showing them his skills in boxing the result was outstanding with the 1st round stoppage, his face is all over my social media. because you don't often see such kind of scenario and the reason why he's still there in the ring is he can actually give them problems once they start to underestimate him because the old man outside has once of the most powerful punch in the sport of boxing.

That is perfect for him preparing with the amazing Mayweather. Ryan was terrible in his last match copying the Philly Shell. Mayweather can teach and show him the proper execution. He can request Mayweather to be his mentor in his next battle.

I am not certain about Ryan being matched with Haney next. Is Ryan prepared for this sort of challenge? In any case, I will be rooting for Ryan if he battles Haney next. Ryan can knock out any boxer in the ring, but it will be extremely difficult if Haney is the boxer in front of him. I suggest the promoters match Ryan and Romero because the two boxers are not defensive and are going hurt one another and that will fulfill the fans wishes.

Many have speculated that it was fixed, and after seeing the Rolly Romero VS Ismael Barroso fight right now for sure there is a controversial stoppage that has happened sure there is something suspicious that is going on within the promotion, and for sure the A class fighters will be in favor for the result of the fight,


In the heat of the fight for sure the fighters can not count on their own accord for the rules are rules and if there is something like that then the fighters should be aware of something, but if he doesn't read and listen to certain rules for sure the Boxer can not do something about it, we can not do something about it as an audience and the camp of Tony sure thing that he can do is to just make a plead or complaint to the officials, then that will surely change the result of the fight,


Congratulations to Ryan Garcia but there is a certain couple that having a baby like this they think well enough and do not do the divorce I really wish that they didn't get a divorce at all the baby was so cute and I would love them to appreciate this moment and think about it first before finalizing it this kid is so precious for sure that thinking about his family was broken it will be very hard for him and for sure very hard for his parents to be separated while having this bundle of joy,

Hard to comment on what's going on with Ryan's personal life.

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But yes, back to topic, there are photos of him and Mayweather lately doing some training, like light jogging and maybe some sparring sessions. So he might be hooking with the legendary boxer and maybe try to get the insights of him brain.

Not saying that Ryan will be like Mayweather or something, but it's good for him to have a mentor like Floyd, just saying. It will be good if him and Haney will be fighting next, they have been rivals in the 135 lbs but we haven't seen fight fight at that division. Maybe the best fight for them is as 140 lbs with no rehydration clause or no issue about the weight.

You're wrong. Here's the photo of the child and he's going to get Ryan's name. It's his kid.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C1vR2FLP2ea/?hl=en
After reading some articles about it I came to a conclusion that they were preparing for a divorce for months and she got pregnant during that period. I believe the child was unplanned since they wanted to split up, but after the news came out, they agreed to do it after the birth.

Back to the topic, his next fight is going to be Romero or Haney.

Drama alert…

Ryan Garcia divorced his wife one hour after their child was born. I haven’t heard any reason why, but speculation on the internet is that the baby came out looking very much not like Ryan Garcia… I guess we’ll have to wait to learn the truth, but that’s a wild story.

Ok, Tony Weeks has step up and says that he stop the fight because prior to the actual fight, Lawson has been cleared obviously and they get a second opinion and let the fight go as schedule (maybe they don't want another delay for Ortiz).


https://www.foxsports.com.au/boxing/boxing-referees-shocking-prefight-brain-aneurysm-claim-after-tszyu-rivals-win-rocks-boxing/news-story/bdb1c17960bfeae29761d4a9e12ba926

So perhaps he just want to promote the boxer and who knows who are telling the truth. But at least he take precautions, however this will not sit with the fans and organizations for sure.

I try to look at the replay, maybe in the first knock down, it could have been that Lawson was hurt, but still he was able to continue. But in any case, it's the final decision and maybe they want Ortiz to win but not in this way.

This could overshadowed Ortiz win, but I guess he just send the message in the 154 lbs. Will be interesting to see him and Tim Tsyzu, What do you think guys? Maybe a couple of fights and he could be in the mix for the belt again.

Was also shocked of the early stoppage but I think Tony Weeks did the right thing. Not sure of this but I have read somewhere that if a fighter won't retaliate on his opponent for six seconds then the referee has to step in and stop the fight. But in this case, I think Lawson was just busy defending and not seem to be hurt at any moment, that's where the controversy sets in.

There was a lot of controversy surrounding this fight because of the early stoppage. Tony Weeks has had some questionable moments before like when he allowed Andre Ward to low blow Sergey Kovalev multiple times which led to a TKO. He also stepped in too early when Rolly Romero was losing on the scorecards but he was gifted a stoppage win against Ismael Barroso. It can't be a coincidence that all these controversial stoppages always favor the A-side fighter.