[Boxing] Stephen Fulton vs. Naoya Inoue | WBC & WBO 122 lbs bout | July 25 - page 2.

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Quote from: btc_angela on July 26, 2023, 01:38:02 AM

Yeah, we never thought that Fulton will be beaten to the punch, and I thought that he might be the first boxer that can give Inoue as serious run in the match. But Inoue is really that good, not just the quicker and faster puncher, but he has more power when he move to 122 lbs. So all the questions about his bringing his power to super bantamweight has been answered in this fight.

And most likely when Fulton as first felt the power of Inoue, he decided to go on the defense. And he tries to counter a faster boxer, and it's not going to work. We didn't see the technical prowess of Fulton because he has been intimidated, nor his body shots that he is known. On the other hand, Inoue is bringing everything including hitting Fulton in the body.

Until such time as Inoue has some trouble against his opponent, we can choose to bet on him, but for now, he is very dominant. He is in his prime and knocking down anyone who dares to fight him. So it's better to stick with the trend and not try to take a bigger risk by thinking he will lose. The good thing about Inoue is that despite having only a few months of training, he is still committed to fighting Tapeles this year. That's a good sign of a true warrior.

The hype of Fulton did not work, Grin

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Quote from: Questat on July 26, 2023, 12:50:59 AM

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Arum already might set this up next year as if I'm not mistaken Ramirez is with Top Rank. He will be the next Manny or at least get to 5-6 belt weight class. 130 lbs might be too much for him though, as the like of let's say Oscar Valdez and Navarette might be too big for Inoue. But let's see, he is in his prime so he might think that he is really invincible and climb that ladder very quick like Pacquiao.

I believe there will be more belts that Inoue will accumulate, but it should be a gradual process until he reaches his peak. As a champion like Inoue, he loves to push his limits, so we can expect that there will be more fights coming for him. With what he is showing, I believe there's a possibility that Inoue could break what Pacman has achieved – becoming an 8th division world champion.

I agree with you; there's no boxer yet who has given Inoue a problem. Even Fulton, the defending champion that night, wasn't able to give Inoue a scare. Well, what can you say? He isn't a power puncher, so he relies on his speed. Unfortunately for him, Inoue is way quicker and faster, so he can't really win.

Yeah, we never thought that Fulton will be beaten to the punch, and I thought that he might be the first boxer that can give Inoue as serious run in the match. But Inoue is really that good, not just the quicker and faster puncher, but he has more power when he move to 122 lbs. So all the questions about his bringing his power to super bantamweight has been answered in this fight.

And most likely when Fulton as first felt the power of Inoue, he decided to go on the defense. And he tries to counter a faster boxer, and it's not going to work. We didn't see the technical prowess of Fulton because he has been intimidated, nor his body shots that he is known. On the other hand, Inoue is bringing everything including hitting Fulton in the body.

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I reckon none of team Inoue's psychological tricks will work and this is why I predict a split decision win for Fulton.

I have never seen Inoue's face like that in Fulton's face-off from his past face-off, he is challenged to not humiliate Fulton but knock him it, I wonder why Ebbis said that Fulton is bigger in their face-off because they have the same body build and almost the same height, I believe Inoue can carry his power in the Bantamweight division and if he ever capture the Bantamweight division he will reign this undisputedly for years before moving up to conquer more division, Fulton is the only top fighter in the bantamweight division, not even Marlon Tapales can match Fulton or Inoue.

I am presently very ashamed of my prediction after witnessing what occurred in the ring. Fulton did not win any rounds! Similar to everyone, I knew Inoue is a good fighter, however, I was not convinced that he is a type of fighter like Pacman. Inoue certainly showed everyone that he is on his level.

What was the odds on a knockout win for Inoue? It appears this will also be the bet vs. Marlon Tapales hehe.

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Quote from: Kelvinid on July 26, 2023, 12:18:50 AM

Quote from: Dave1 on July 25, 2023, 10:25:07 PM

Arum already might set this up next year as if I'm not mistaken Ramirez is with Top Rank. He will be the next Manny or at least get to 5-6 belt weight class. 130 lbs might be too much for him though, as the like of let's say Oscar Valdez and Navarette might be too big for Inoue. But let's see, he is in his prime so he might think that he is really invincible and climb that ladder very quick like Pacquiao.

I believe there will be more belts that Inoue will accumulate, but it should be a gradual process until he reaches his peak. As a champion like Inoue, he loves to push his limits, so we can expect that there will be more fights coming for him. With what he is showing, I believe there's a possibility that Inoue could break what Pacman has achieved – becoming an 8th division world champion.

I agree with you; there's no boxer yet who has given Inoue a problem. Even Fulton, the defending champion that night, wasn't able to give Inoue a scare. Well, what can you say? He isn't a power puncher, so he relies on his speed. Unfortunately for him, Inoue is way quicker and faster, so he can't really win.

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Quote from: Dave1 on July 25, 2023, 10:25:07 PM

Arum already might set this up next year as if I'm not mistaken Ramirez is with Top Rank. He will be the next Manny or at least get to 5-6 belt weight class. 130 lbs might be too much for him though, as the like of let's say Oscar Valdez and Navarette might be too big for Inoue. But let's see, he is in his prime so he might think that he is really invincible and climb that ladder very quick like Pacquiao.

I believe there will be more belts that Inoue will accumulate, but it should be a gradual process until he reaches his peak. As a champion like Inoue, he loves to push his limits, so we can expect that there will be more fights coming for him. With what he is showing, I believe there's a possibility that Inoue could break what Pacman has achieved – becoming an 8th division world champion.

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And I also think that Fulton might stay and last for 12 rounds. But as you guys says, Inoue is very quick and his jab is sharper than ever. Congrats to those who had Fulton by KO here, and it's the obvious choice. But I just thought that Fulton being the slick and technical fighter he is, could last the against the Monster.

Well, not after the start officially started. As we all can see, Fulton was very careful as he knew how dangerous hid opponent is, but clearly he got dominated. Every round Inoue is winning, not even a single round I can give to Fulton, it's like he was not fighting to win there, but he was fighting to survive the 12 round and survive the onslaught that the Inoue unleashes.
To be in this higher division and completely dominate the toughest is such an impressive act. Still, I give respect to Fulton for not ducking a future HOF in boxing. He really wants this fight and now he just proved himself how strong and skilled Inoue is.
Overall in this match, Inoue is much faster, powerful, and more intelligent than Fulton.

When it comes to technicality then Inoue is really good on this one and also with power which it is really that true that Fulton got dominated on every round but the good thing to look at is that he do really facing
Inoue unlike on vs Butler which it is really a pretty boring fight and i could say that this is really that way better against Fulton despite they had thrown out some issues earlier but good thing that the fight
did push through. After being knocked out, you do really see that Fulton is really that still that having that ego. Now that he had been able to taste out on how good Inoue is, then for sure
he would really be telling to himself that he is really fighting a monster. We cant really deny even us viewers or fans on whose really that seeing his power and speed which we can
say that he could be able to step up on another division i would say.

Inoue showed to his boxing fans that he can dominate the fight even if he is the challenger here.
So don't know if Fulton's camp will ask for a re-match on this because haven't read from any boxing articles that they are looking for one.
Now, he will be looking for a bigger fight next. Either he will go up to another division or find a worthwhile opponent on this division.
He is still young so he may be looking to conquer other weight classes here. But in any case, there are 4 names that boxing analysts come up with
potential opponents for Inoue - (1) Marlon Tapales of PH, (2) Luis Nery of Mexico, (3) Leigh Wood of UK and (4) Robeisy Ramirez of Cuba.

Aiming for another belts then aiming
IBF: Marlon Tapales
WBA: Marlon Tapales

But if he would be deciding on going to another weight division.Then he would be needing to fight up these fellas;
Featherweight (126 lbs.)

WBO: Robeisy Ramirez
IBF: Luis Alberto Lopez
WBA: Leigh Wood
WBC: Rey Vargas*

This is for Featherweight (126 lbs.)

But i do have a feeling that he might be still that trying out to unify all the belts on Junior featherweight
which he might be doing that before going one step once again.

It's going to be a very different league for him if he decided to go to 126 lbs after unifying the belts and beating Marlon Tapales next. So he will be one of the best in this generation if he can climb up in 126 lbs and face lets say Ramirez who also won against a Japanese to defend his belt.

Arum already might set this up next year as if I'm not mistaken Ramirez is with Top Rank. He will be the next Manny or at least get to 5-6 belt weight class. 130 lbs might be too much for him though, as the like of let's say Oscar Valdez and Navarette might be too big for Inoue. But let's see, he is in his prime so he might think that he is really invincible and climb that ladder very quick like Pacquiao.

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Quote from: Mahanton on July 25, 2023, 06:58:30 PM

But i do have a feeling that he might be still that trying out to unify all the belts on Junior featherweight
which he might be doing that before going one step once again.

Yeah, there's already a talk regarding the unification even before this fight started. Tapales being the owner of the other two belts is just waiting on who will emerge as the winner of the fight last night, turns out that Tapales will be fighting the tough Japanese monster Inoue and there are speculations that the unification will happen at the fourth quarter of this year. BTW, you can check my thread for Inoue vs Tapales unification fight, i put down a link below.

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.62602479

Looks like Inoue (if victorious against Tapales) will be having a hard time fighting on the Featherweight division due to his size. Guys like Ramirez is quick and tall and could pose more problems to Inoue.

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Quote from: dothebeats on July 25, 2023, 05:57:22 PM

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And I also think that Fulton might stay and last for 12 rounds. But as you guys says, Inoue is very quick and his jab is sharper than ever. Congrats to those who had Fulton by KO here, and it's the obvious choice. But I just thought that Fulton being the slick and technical fighter he is, could last the against the Monster.

Well, not after the start officially started. As we all can see, Fulton was very careful as he knew how dangerous hid opponent is, but clearly he got dominated. Every round Inoue is winning, not even a single round I can give to Fulton, it's like he was not fighting to win there, but he was fighting to survive the 12 round and survive the onslaught that the Inoue unleashes.
To be in this higher division and completely dominate the toughest is such an impressive act. Still, I give respect to Fulton for not ducking a future HOF in boxing. He really wants this fight and now he just proved himself how strong and skilled Inoue is.
Overall in this match, Inoue is much faster, powerful, and more intelligent than Fulton.

Fulton provided good defense on the first few rounds but lost it completely. Him being too careful made Inoue more confident in some of the rounds that showcased his punching power and ability to close the gap between him and Fulton when the latter is trying to get off and reset engagements. This fight also proved that Inoue can still exert more speed if needed, and that he really is something that can be discounted even in higher weight classes.

It's just a matter of time that his defense will fall because of the onslaught coming from Naoya. Inoue is very aggressive early, but he is calculated, you can see how he moves, he counters and even his jab is so powerful.

I give it to Fulton for trying to stand up and engage Inoue in the middle. He throw some jab as well but it is not landing on the right spot. He try to rally in the 5th round up to the 8th, but Inoue was too brilliant and just uses his counter until he caught Fulton right on the button and that's it.

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Quote from: TimeTeller on July 25, 2023, 04:32:24 PM

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And I also think that Fulton might stay and last for 12 rounds. But as you guys says, Inoue is very quick and his jab is sharper than ever. Congrats to those who had Fulton by KO here, and it's the obvious choice. But I just thought that Fulton being the slick and technical fighter he is, could last the against the Monster.

Well, not after the start officially started. As we all can see, Fulton was very careful as he knew how dangerous hid opponent is, but clearly he got dominated. Every round Inoue is winning, not even a single round I can give to Fulton, it's like he was not fighting to win there, but he was fighting to survive the 12 round and survive the onslaught that the Inoue unleashes.
To be in this higher division and completely dominate the toughest is such an impressive act. Still, I give respect to Fulton for not ducking a future HOF in boxing. He really wants this fight and now he just proved himself how strong and skilled Inoue is.
Overall in this match, Inoue is much faster, powerful, and more intelligent than Fulton.

When it comes to technicality then Inoue is really good on this one and also with power which it is really that true that Fulton got dominated on every round but the good thing to look at is that he do really facing
Inoue unlike on vs Butler which it is really a pretty boring fight and i could say that this is really that way better against Fulton despite they had thrown out some issues earlier but good thing that the fight
did push through. After being knocked out, you do really see that Fulton is really that still that having that ego. Now that he had been able to taste out on how good Inoue is, then for sure
he would really be telling to himself that he is really fighting a monster. We cant really deny even us viewers or fans on whose really that seeing his power and speed which we can
say that he could be able to step up on another division i would say.

Inoue showed to his boxing fans that he can dominate the fight even if he is the challenger here.
So don't know if Fulton's camp will ask for a re-match on this because haven't read from any boxing articles that they are looking for one.
Now, he will be looking for a bigger fight next. Either he will go up to another division or find a worthwhile opponent on this division.
He is still young so he may be looking to conquer other weight classes here. But in any case, there are 4 names that boxing analysts come up with
potential opponents for Inoue - (1) Marlon Tapales of PH, (2) Luis Nery of Mexico, (3) Leigh Wood of UK and (4) Robeisy Ramirez of Cuba.

Aiming for another belts then aiming
IBF: Marlon Tapales
WBA: Marlon Tapales

But if he would be deciding on going to another weight division.Then he would be needing to fight up these fellas;
Featherweight (126 lbs.)

WBO: Robeisy Ramirez
IBF: Luis Alberto Lopez
WBA: Leigh Wood
WBC: Rey Vargas*

This is for Featherweight (126 lbs.)

But i do have a feeling that he might be still that trying out to unify all the belts on Junior featherweight
which he might be doing that before going one step once again.

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I'm also under the impression that Naoya Inoue will win but expect Stephen Fulton to last until the last round.

Fulton, being a champion, I think will fuel him to survive the fight even if he understands that Inoue is much ahead in terms of strength and quickness. Moving forward, Inoue just unleashed his very best that's why he called the "Japanese Monster" in the first place and won this fight.

Looks like an easy road for "The Monster" to becoming an undisputed champion at 122. Not saying our guy, Marlon Tapales can't beat him once they faced each other at another unification match but I just want to stay realistic about things that will happen in the future.

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Quote from: Oasisman on July 25, 2023, 03:25:39 PM

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And I also think that Fulton might stay and last for 12 rounds. But as you guys says, Inoue is very quick and his jab is sharper than ever. Congrats to those who had Fulton by KO here, and it's the obvious choice. But I just thought that Fulton being the slick and technical fighter he is, could last the against the Monster.

Well, not after the start officially started. As we all can see, Fulton was very careful as he knew how dangerous hid opponent is, but clearly he got dominated. Every round Inoue is winning, not even a single round I can give to Fulton, it's like he was not fighting to win there, but he was fighting to survive the 12 round and survive the onslaught that the Inoue unleashes.
To be in this higher division and completely dominate the toughest is such an impressive act. Still, I give respect to Fulton for not ducking a future HOF in boxing. He really wants this fight and now he just proved himself how strong and skilled Inoue is.
Overall in this match, Inoue is much faster, powerful, and more intelligent than Fulton.

Fulton provided good defense on the first few rounds but lost it completely. Him being too careful made Inoue more confident in some of the rounds that showcased his punching power and ability to close the gap between him and Fulton when the latter is trying to get off and reset engagements. This fight also proved that Inoue can still exert more speed if needed, and that he really is something that can be discounted even in higher weight classes.

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Inoue showed to his boxing fans that he can dominate the fight even if he is the challenger here.
So don't know if Fulton's camp will ask for a re-match on this because haven't read from any boxing articles that they are looking for one.
Now, he will be looking for a bigger fight next. Either he will go up to another division or find a worthwhile opponent on this division.
He is still young so he may be looking to conquer other weight classes here.

There's no need for a rematch even if there is a clause that Fulton can ask for it, it's just total domination, Fulton for me did not win a single round it was an easy fight for Inoue and it's just a matter of time for Fulton to be careless, Inoue that Fulton is going to be aggressive in the latter rounds to catch up on points and will go toe to toe and that's exactly what happen.

Inoue is young and already a phenomenal star, he can still go up to the lightweight division he just needs to add more muscles and he can be another Pacquiao, he can bring his power to the higher divisions.

A one sided type of match and Fulton won't really be planning nor really be requesting for some rematch because there's no way that the fight is really that close for him to consider out on taking a rematch.

Now that he had been able to taste up the power of the monster Inoue then for sure he had realized that he is really that been that humilated.Yes, there might be some good counters and solid punches
that he might be able to land but it wasn't really enough on taking down Inoue but instead he is the one that he had been taken down and almost snap his neck due to that solid punch.

Speaking about going for another weight division then its probable and have chances because on this current weight division, he do still able to beat up the strongest boxer on this area
on which its not that bad on aiming for more higher.

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Quote from: TimeTeller on July 25, 2023, 04:32:24 PM

Inoue showed to his boxing fans that he can dominate the fight even if he is the challenger here.
So don't know if Fulton's camp will ask for a re-match on this because haven't read from any boxing articles that they are looking for one.
Now, he will be looking for a bigger fight next. Either he will go up to another division or find a worthwhile opponent on this division.
He is still young so he may be looking to conquer other weight classes here.

There's no need for a rematch even if there is a clause that Fulton can ask for it, it's just total domination, Fulton for me did not win a single round it was an easy fight for Inoue and it's just a matter of time for Fulton to be careless, Inoue that Fulton is going to be aggressive in the latter rounds to catch up on points and will go toe to toe and that's exactly what happen.

Inoue is young and already a phenomenal star, he can still go up to the lightweight division he just needs to add more muscles and he can be another Pacquiao, he can bring his power to the higher divisions.

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Quote from: TimeTeller on July 25, 2023, 04:32:24 PM

Inoue showed to his boxing fans that he can dominate the fight even if he is the challenger here.

He can dominate any division that he goes, that's what he's trying to say and will keep on dominating further.

Quote from: TimeTeller on July 25, 2023, 04:32:24 PM

So don't know if Fulton's camp will ask for a re-match on this because haven't read from any boxing articles that they are looking for one.

It's too early to ask for that, give them time and maybe several months for them to analyze if Fulton can really beat Inoue. I know that just like what other fighters did felt with their loss against him, that's probably what Fulton himself and his team feels now.

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Now, he will be looking for a bigger fight next. Either he will go up to another division or find a worthwhile opponent on this division.
He is still young so he may be looking to conquer other weight classes here.

He can go up after this but much better if he stays and gets some other fighters and beat the out of them.

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And I also think that Fulton might stay and last for 12 rounds. But as you guys says, Inoue is very quick and his jab is sharper than ever. Congrats to those who had Fulton by KO here, and it's the obvious choice. But I just thought that Fulton being the slick and technical fighter he is, could last the against the Monster.

Well, not after the start officially started. As we all can see, Fulton was very careful as he knew how dangerous hid opponent is, but clearly he got dominated. Every round Inoue is winning, not even a single round I can give to Fulton, it's like he was not fighting to win there, but he was fighting to survive the 12 round and survive the onslaught that the Inoue unleashes.
To be in this higher division and completely dominate the toughest is such an impressive act. Still, I give respect to Fulton for not ducking a future HOF in boxing. He really wants this fight and now he just proved himself how strong and skilled Inoue is.
Overall in this match, Inoue is much faster, powerful, and more intelligent than Fulton.

When it comes to technicality then Inoue is really good on this one and also with power which it is really that true that Fulton got dominated on every round but the good thing to look at is that he do really facing
Inoue unlike on vs Butler which it is really a pretty boring fight and i could say that this is really that way better against Fulton despite they had thrown out some issues earlier but good thing that the fight
did push through. After being knocked out, you do really see that Fulton is really that still that having that ego. Now that he had been able to taste out on how good Inoue is, then for sure
he would really be telling to himself that he is really fighting a monster. We cant really deny even us viewers or fans on whose really that seeing his power and speed which we can
say that he could be able to step up on another division i would say.

Inoue showed to his boxing fans that he can dominate the fight even if he is the challenger here.
So don't know if Fulton's camp will ask for a re-match on this because haven't read from any boxing articles that they are looking for one.
Now, he will be looking for a bigger fight next. Either he will go up to another division or find a worthwhile opponent on this division.
He is still young so he may be looking to conquer other weight classes here. But in any case, there are 4 names that boxing analysts come up with
potential opponents for Inoue - (1) Marlon Tapales of PH, (2) Luis Nery of Mexico, (3) Leigh Wood of UK and (4) Robeisy Ramirez of Cuba.

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this fight looked more like a fight of a fast cat against a slow mouse, I'm sorry to put it that way but in my opinion it was quite disproportionate the difference between the two fighters during the fight was very big, in all rouds Naoya Inoue had the advantage and his attacks caused a lot of damage to Fulton, it seemed that Naoya Inoue had been carrying a lot of energy for years and decided to unload everything in this fight, it was impressive that when he started attacking his fast and strong punches he didn't give up make room for Fulton to counter-attack and the funniest part about it is that at the beginning of this fight Fulton was teasing Inoue

I suppose that Fulton at the beginning of the fight was very confident that he could dominate and win the fight, but the movements that Inoue made managed to take Fulton out of a position that allowed him to attack Inoue and what followed was Inoue cornering him and then going for quick and strong punches, any mistake that Fulton made was soon taken advantage of by Inoue who did not contain himself in his goals, he knew that by doing so he could destroy his opponent, in the second round Inoue became more aggressive than in the first round, in any case it was a spectacular victory for him

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Quote from: Oasisman on July 25, 2023, 03:25:39 PM

Quote from: Baofeng on July 25, 2023, 12:56:30 PM

And I also think that Fulton might stay and last for 12 rounds. But as you guys says, Inoue is very quick and his jab is sharper than ever. Congrats to those who had Fulton by KO here, and it's the obvious choice. But I just thought that Fulton being the slick and technical fighter he is, could last the against the Monster.

Well, not after the start officially started. As we all can see, Fulton was very careful as he knew how dangerous hid opponent is, but clearly he got dominated. Every round Inoue is winning, not even a single round I can give to Fulton, it's like he was not fighting to win there, but he was fighting to survive the 12 round and survive the onslaught that the Inoue unleashes.
To be in this higher division and completely dominate the toughest is such an impressive act. Still, I give respect to Fulton for not ducking a future HOF in boxing. He really wants this fight and now he just proved himself how strong and skilled Inoue is.
Overall in this match, Inoue is much faster, powerful, and more intelligent than Fulton.

When it comes to technicality then Inoue is really good on this one and also with power which it is really that true that Fulton got dominated on every round but the good thing to look at is that he do really facing
Inoue unlike on vs Butler which it is really a pretty boring fight and i could say that this is really that way better against Fulton despite they had thrown out some issues earlier but good thing that the fight
did push through. After being knocked out, you do really see that Fulton is really that still that having that ego. Now that he had been able to taste out on how good Inoue is, then for sure
he would really be telling to himself that he is really fighting a monster. We cant really deny even us viewers or fans on whose really that seeing his power and speed which we can
say that he could be able to step up on another division i would say.

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Quote from: Baofeng on July 25, 2023, 12:56:30 PM

And I also think that Fulton might stay and last for 12 rounds. But as you guys says, Inoue is very quick and his jab is sharper than ever. Congrats to those who had Fulton by KO here, and it's the obvious choice. But I just thought that Fulton being the slick and technical fighter he is, could last the against the Monster.

Well, not after the start officially started. As we all can see, Fulton was very careful as he knew how dangerous hid opponent is, but clearly he got dominated. Every round Inoue is winning, not even a single round I can give to Fulton, it's like he was not fighting to win there, but he was fighting to survive the 12 round and survive the onslaught that the Inoue unleashes.
To be in this higher division and completely dominate the toughest is such an impressive act. Still, I give respect to Fulton for not ducking a future HOF in boxing. He really wants this fight and now he just proved himself how strong and skilled Inoue is.
Overall in this match, Inoue is much faster, powerful, and more intelligent than Fulton.

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Quote from: Baofeng on July 25, 2023, 12:56:30 PM

And I also think that Fulton might stay and last for 12 rounds. But as you guys says, Inoue is very quick and his jab is sharper than ever. Congrats to those who had Fulton by KO here, and it's the obvious choice. But I just thought that Fulton being the slick and technical fighter he is, could last the against the Monster.

And he almost did, but we have seen that he has taken some damage, from the jabs and counters from Inoue. Although he did caught Inoue on the chin and somewhat snap his head, Inoue can take the punch of Fulton. And it's really very hard to see from any at 122 lbs that can beat this version of the Monster, he is very complete fighter.

Looking on Round 1 already then you could already see the power differences among the two on which you could say that Fulton isnt a power puncher unlike Inoue but i do still appreciate out on how Fulton do really fight.

He could still make out counters and could really be having that in-fighting unlike on previous opponent of Inoue on who do really keeps on running. Fulton might really be going that backwards but we can obviously
see that he's really that trying out to get out on the ropes. Its true that Inoue could take up heavy punches too which we do see some counters of Fulton do really land up but due to lack of power then
Inoue could take it. Fulton does have the speed too but not really that solid enough on taking down Inoue.

In round 8, then he had able to take that combination coming from bodyblow then a straight right on the face plus a follow up on which the reason for him on being down.
Then making up some follow up on rushing into that face with sharp jab and when getting up then he didnt stop on giving out barrage of punches and the referee called the TKO.

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^^ If I'm not mistaken, it should be in their contract to have blood testing under the WADA so ensure that both are clean. And for obvious reason, it will be random, and so they shouldn't complain about the one that is going to take their blood sample at any time, regardless if they are sleeping then they have to wake up. So there should be no issue. But I guess boxers doesn't want to have their blood taken, not sure what is the reason for that. Maybe it break their momentum or it's more psychological for them. And if you are clean then why you wouldn't be afraid of it? Doesn't make sense at all.

Agreed. These are all rumors to keep the fans' attention. Similar to mainstream news, these sportsnews media outlets also sometimes do not have anything to write anymore, so they begin creating rumors.

In any case, the thread should have a poll. There might only be 3 voters for Fulton including me hehehe. It is head scratching why the champion's odds is 3.70 because it will be Inoue's first time to fight in super bantamweight, Fulton is also bigger, more athletic and has an intelligent jab which could be a problem for the Japanese fighter.

My present prediciton. This might be a split decision win for Stephen Fulton.

If only this fight will be held in Las Vegas, I would go the same with your pick. Don't have anything against Japan but whenever their boxers fight in their backyard they always win via decision, seldom I could see a foreigner wins by decision. A fight of this magnitude and if ever this goes to the full twelve rounds, I have Inoue the winner.

^^ Still a juicy odds i think.

There is no doubt that there will always be favoritism, the house always has to give its place, and therefore it must help its own patriot, however, here we are talking about Inoue, and he is a very, very good boxer, we all know that, I don't think there is that much help, maybe the public, is what I can say that can help, but in this case things can happen in different ways, first if he was in Las Vegas, Inoue will do the same job, and as we all know, as is his style, it is It seems to me or more I sense that Inoue should train day and night, because a boxer with that level his training should be daily bread, personally Inoue gave a formidable performance of how to fight, I admire Fulton's position, he endured, but you have to see that the Japanese gave a demonstration of good boxing.

Naoya Inoue finishes Stephen Fulton Jr., now 4-division champ after dazzling performance

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A great fighter was never greater.

Naoya Inoue didn’t simply beat a bigger, capable opponent in Stephen Fulton Jr. on Tuesday night in Tokyo. He embarrassed the now-former 122-pound titleholder before finally putting him out of his misery, delivering an unforgettable eighth-round knockout to cap a sublime performance.

In the process, Inoue became a four-division champion. Perhaps more important, he bolstered the argument that he’s the best fighter on the planet.

“I returned all my [118-pound] belts to become a super bantamweight champion,” Inoue said through a translator as he stood in the ring afterward. “All I was thinking about was a fight against [Fulton] this year. … I’m so happy right now.”

Source: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2023/07/naoya-inoue-knocks-out-stephen-fulton-jr-boxing-match

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