I am also curious if the light-handed Fulton will try to become the aggressor against the heavy-handed speedster just like what he did against Brandon Figueroa.
That would not happen as he understands how powerful Inoue's punches are. If he makes a mistake, he might get knocked out, and that would be embarrassing. No fighter in this division can go toe to toe against Inoue. They should use a strategy where they have an advantage, and it's certainly not becoming the aggressor of the fight.
It's much better for Fulton to observe Inoue first and try his chance to once he feels that he can take Monster's solid combinations.
but being aggressor I think that's not a good idea.
Knowing how solid those punches and how strong Inoue it will be, a fight with good strategy and not just to engage with a toe-to-toe confrontations.
Fulton's camp might study Inoue already and they are preparing for a good plan to execute.
Sometimes though a boxer will have to take a big risk specially facing a big puncher like Inoue, Fulton will have to think that he is the bigger guy as Naoya is the one who is going up in weight and maybe can't take his power. Mentally he has to play this in his mind and who knows, it might be really a good strategy in the beginning for Fulton.
But this fight is 12 rounds, I mean there could be moments that Fulton will have the better of the exchanges and then there will rounds wherein we thought that Inoue will end the fight. But in any case it goes to distance, I think Fulton will have a better chance so score a upset in judges scorecard.
If both fighters will adjust and will not engage that much which I'm not sure if that will happen, especially with Inoue's type
of a fighter. I'm sure he will put something to try engaging Fulton.
But on the other side, I see your point that if Fulton will manage to bring this fight to a scoring decision,
we might see the advantage of the current belt holder.
He might use his experienced not to allow Inoue to box him and will try to counter each attack and stay in a good distance.
That will be their advantage and certainly they will do everything to have the fight in their favor and not the opposite, after all, this is Step Fulton's division while Inoue is just a challenger who just made a climb at 122. They know that there might be some time in the fight where Inoue will adjust because he's still not that used to battle the guys at 122, especially against the champion, Steph Fulton.
But to be sure, Fulton should still take some safety precautions knowing that Inoue can evolve at any given time especially in scenarios where he is facing a dominant boxer. I guess that is already a fact as we already saw how good Inoue in adjusting and it will be a tough challenge for anyone who will face Inoue because nobody has yet learned how to crack him.
