Topic: [Boxing] Stephen Fulton vs. Naoya Inoue | WBC & WBO 122 lbs bout | July 25 - page 36. (Read 7043 times)

^ Regardless whether it's serious or not, the fight is not going to happen as schedule. And for Fulton it will be in his disadvantage since he will be one traveling in Japan and for sure are training very hard.

The fight might just moved though, but we don't have any definite date. And I do agree that Fulton is also on a dilemma whether to go on tune up fight to make him busy and not suffer from ring rust, or just wait for Inoue to heal from his injuries.

according to ESPN news

https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/35912571/sources-naoya-inoue-injured-bout-vs-stephen-fulton-ppd

the injury is not serious, but even espn is writing this based on sources, they didn't have information from Naoya Inoue's team from Naoya Inoue's real state, all they say is that he suffered injury, or the team is still doing tests to determine to what extent the injury can be serious or mild and for that reason the team prefers to just say that he suffered an injury or else Naoya Inoue's team already knows that the injury is serious and that Naoya Inoue may have to stay one good time to recover and the fight will have to take a long time to happen, but in order not to create disappointment in the fans they are hiding the truth

because from the moment they talk about postponing it for an indefinite period, it means that there is not even a forecast for the improvement of the injury for him to return to training and the fight can be held, in my opinion, Naoya Inoue may have suffered an injury that will leave a good time to recover, so we won't see his fight against Naoya Inoue anytime soon, in the ESPN article they talked about that they could fight again in the Japanese


when the press guys don't mention the source of the news it means that Naoya Inoue's team still doesn't want everyone to know what's really going on, so I don't think they'll reschedule it for the summer, it might take a lot longer to see this fight happen

It's sad to see the news that Inoue is injured. No estimated months means the injury is probably serious and training camp needs to stop. Unlucky as well for Fulton as the guy is grinding seriously to defend his belts. Maybe Fulton can take an easy tune-up to make his training camp worth it.

The original date would've been perfect to set up an undisputed match between the winners of Fulton-Inoue and Akhmadaliev-Tapales. This division is yet to get unified since the 4-belt era so hopefully, it will happen later this year or early next year. I am hoping for Marlon Tapales to score a big upset against Akhmadaliev.   

It's better for him to chill and wait for the update if Inoue can be availbale in a much earlier time frame or he needs to do some tune up to make sure that he is in a good shape while waiting for this fight.

We just need to wait for futher updates regarding to this match against Inoue, but the good thing here
both fighters are willing to face one another.

The fight will happen on the next 1 months and half to go, I think it just too quick for the Inoue's team to announce the fight will be postponed except the injury suffered by Inoue is serious enough and it takes more than 1 months and half to recover. Since there's no official announcement with the injury and the reschedule date, I don't expect the fight will happen soon.

Just an update:

The fight is postponed indefinitely as Inoue suffered a injury.



https://twitter.com/ESPNRingside/status/1638267613494247427

It's going to be reschedule though as per Fulton, so the fight is definitely going to happen, we just have to wait for Inoue to make a recovery. We don't know the extend of the injury though. But in any case if Fulton can wait then good, but if he wants to get a tune up fight, to make him busy while waiting then it's his call.

Exactly, that could happen as Fulton is a champion and Inoue is just too hyped right now, so the majority believe that he will win by KO. However, we cannot just speculate; we have to base our predictions on their performance as boxers. Inoue has more solid and convincing performances since he clearly dominated the division he left.

And he will earn more respect if he manages to upset Inoue, something like with what happened between
Alvarez and Bivol, lots of gamblers believes that it was Alvarez that will dominate and win.

But the boxing world got surprise when the challenger/Alvarez lose the fight in a very convincing way.

Let see if Fulton will duplicate that or Inoue will continue his dominance and bring it to this new weight division.

Is it? For high stakes gamblers that is huge. 1.05 - 1.10 is where I think it is low and that is a big heavy favorite like there's really no chance for the other guy to win.  
Yeah, I think I will take what @Kelvinid suggested with the knockout finisher bet. I am not betting too much so I'd rather take the higher-risk gamble in this fight.
x2.37 is actually a bit low for a detailed ending but it's Inoue, he could really do it if given a he is in a good condition and would really aim for a convincing win.
That way, he will be avoiding conspiracy theories from whoever boxing critics out there that still thinks he ain't worthy yet for the new weight class. Silence them with an explosive start.

I would go for decision on here on which it cant really be that easy on for Inoue on TKO'ing Fulton but who knows? It wont really be that a bad choice on going for the odds of 3.xx
Inoue for TKO odds arent that bad either.Its not really something that people wouldnt really be that tempted to make up some bets and placing them while its early yet
it would really be adjusting as the fight would come nearer.

As far as my current observation is concerned, I'm more preferred to bet on Inoue winning by Decision.

The champion won't just allow himself to be KO by Inoue since in the first place, he will even make sure to win the fight. Since he's up against a dominant boxer, Fulton will be wise not to be trapped inside Inoue's comfort zone where a sure KO is waiting for him.

Fulton might be the underdog but he's of a different caliber than most Inoue fought before. Inoue on the other hand, might not push for a Knock Out but will remain cautious as he is against a boxer that is considered his toughest fight for now, in his career.

There could be some attractive odds for Inoue to win by KO or by Decision.



Of course a Fulton win by any other method is going to be high, but that's tough for him. But if we will go right now with a bet on Inoue, might be good by KO or by Decision. By KO because we all have seen the destructive power of Inoue and even if he is going up in weight, he might carry it with him. And if Fulton is really that tough not to crack for Inoue, he could also win by decision.

Yes, it's low odds but actually, this is the first time I saw Naoya Inoue breaching odds over 1.1 in a big fight where he's the clear favorite.

Usually, you won't see bookies giving him around 1.2 at most of his bantamweight fights. It's really hard to bet when Inoue is on the line.


Paul Butler, who is clearly on a much lower tier compared to Stephen Fulton obviously, lasted until 11 rounds before being KO by Inoue.

That might result in some bettors thinking twice if Inoue will win via KO against the champion, Fulton.

Who knows though? Really need to risk betting some money on a certain bet and see what will be the result.

And obviously the fans love this as well, since it is very common that two good fighters keep avoiding each other for years and by the time they finally face each other they are no longer on their prime and the fight is nowhere near as good as people thought it could be, Fulton is willing to take the challenge and this is something we must respect and support, otherwise promoters will keep delaying the fights we all want to watch.

Yes, I agree. These sports bookies are just trying to trick us with these kind of odds because they already know that most bettors will always go for Inoue regardless of who will be his opponent, that's why they are trying to make all the bets tempting but saying that this is an obvious win in Inoue's favor is a bit of an overstatement. I mean, there's no such thing as guaranteed or obvious in boxing and an upset is always available regardless of the chances. But anyway, these bookies can't trick me on this one and surely, I won't let this slide given that the bookies are giving us a favor.

It might be true or might be not, that depends. These sports bookies will always have the power to adjust the odds on their favor and let's just accept that they are always one step ahead of us especially if they see that most of the bettors are rooting for the underdog or the favorites. As I said, it depends, so let's see because there is still a lot of time before this fight will commence.

I don't agree with that. Inoue has been a very popular boxer because of his power, so I'm pretty sure Fulton already knows how strong Inoue is. However, I agree that he might try to size up Inoue and feel his power, but hopefully, that will not result in him becoming less aggressive just to stay longer with no intention of winning. Some boxers will just fight to survive once they feel how strong their opponent is.


That's true. Inoue will be aggressive, as he might lose if the fight reaches 12 rounds. As a challenger, his win should be convincing enough, and that's what Inoue wants to show to the world.

In my opinion, Fulton will try to size him up first. Maybe check out how strong he really is. This new weight class that Naoya Inoue entered has no clue yet at how strong he really is. My prediction is up to 6 rounds until we could feel the heat of the fight and maybe that is where a knockout might happen when they exhausted themselves with jabs, parry, and just circling around.
As a challenger, I don't see why Inoue would just stand there, he will unquestionably be aggressive and show how hungry he is to get the title. KO or TKO is a good bet here. I may also enter a ticket on that bet for Inoue.

Of course, just like what happened to Donaire, he was aggressive and wanted to go toe-to-toe against Inoue, which is why he got knocked out early.

So, if that is the game plan of Fulton, then most likely, we will see a KO, either Inoue will be knocked out, or Fulton.

It's a gamble that believes your chance of winning is high. The odds are quite questionable, but just go with your guts, as that's what you need to have a positive vibe while watching the fight.

1.37 is a very low odd. I would rather take Inoue to win by KO as that is more interesting. It's still a gamble, though, as the fight could go to decision by the judges. But judging from most of Inoue's fights, they usually end up with KO.

You know, this is a 12 round fight, you only need one round for Inoue to hit Fulton with a clean shot, and that might result to a KO.