[Boxing] Stephen Fulton vs. Naoya Inoue | WBC & WBO 122 lbs bout | July 25 - page 47.

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Yep, that's how he evolved after his very first close against Nonito, he has evolved even more after that. He learn how to phase and then read his opponent and even have the mentality to survived a fight eve if he has that injury already.

And we all know after that fight, he beat Donaire by knockout and same with Butler.

So he is still getting stronger and smarter in any fight and keeps on progressing. So for sure he will know a thing or two against Fulton because he is a great fighter. Inoue has that ability to absorb every strengths of his opponents.

Inoue is on his prime and that makes him an incredibly dangerous fighter, not only he has the intelligence and skill to adjust his fighting style, he still has the physical capabilities to absorb a massive amount of damage and do whatever he wants on the ring, so it is not surprising that despite being the challenger the many different boxing fans around the world think of him as the favorite on his fight against Fulton.

On the time that he's still climbing up the ladder which people around been seeing this young man does have a brittle chin but as we do go along into this fights then he had proved out that we were wrong.

Yes, but we haven't seen his chin tested early though, it was just Donaire who really broke the barriers literally when he fought Inoue the first time. He broke his orbital bone on that fight, but still Inoue tapping on his mentality to even become stronger in the later rounds even if he has suffered that.

Quote from: dunfida on February 23, 2023, 05:31:39 PM

Yes, we've seen on his recent fights that he had some tough time on knocking out opponent like Donaire and Butler which it didnt go as planned on having that early KO but still ending up on a win.

And then he get that experience, put it in his shoulders that's why the next time he fights Donaire it was a different result or any other boxer that he fought after that ended in a knock out win for him.

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Quote from: Silberman on February 23, 2023, 03:45:52 PM

Quote from: Baofeng on February 22, 2023, 05:49:07 PM

Yep, that's how he evolved after his very first close against Nonito, he has evolved even more after that. He learn how to phase and then read his opponent and even have the mentality to survived a fight eve if he has that injury already.

And we all know after that fight, he beat Donaire by knockout and same with Butler.

So he is still getting stronger and smarter in any fight and keeps on progressing. So for sure he will know a thing or two against Fulton because he is a great fighter. Inoue has that ability to absorb every strengths of his opponents.

Inoue is on his prime and that makes him an incredibly dangerous fighter, not only he has the intelligence and skill to adjust his fighting style, he still has the physical capabilities to absorb a massive amount of damage and do whatever he wants on the ring, so it is not surprising that despite being the challenger the many different boxing fans around the world think of him as the favorite on his fight against Fulton.

On the time that he's still climbing up the ladder which people around been seeing this young man does have a brittle chin but as we do go along into this fights then he had proved out that we were wrong.

Yes, we've seen on his recent fights that he had some tough time on knocking out opponent like Donaire and Butler which it didnt go as planned on having that early KO but still ending up on a win.

I agree on what you have said about being the favorite.I cant blame out the boxing fans on sticking out on what Inoue is trying out to achieve.This dude does really have the potential
when it comes to boxing career.

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It's Fulton's time now to break that momentum and protect his thrown. We will see who's going to stand tall after the fight.

Although he is the champion, it seems that we are hoping he will be able to survive against Inoue. The fight between Inoue and Donaire was quite different because Donaire was the challenger, while here, it's Inoue who is the challenger, but people view him as the champion.

There is a huge pressure on Foltun because the majority of the fans do not believe he can beat the Monster, but let's see what happens during the fight night

True. All the pressure is on Fulton's side because a monster is approaching towards him to get hold of his two belts and people are already predicting that he won't do nothing to protect it. While it is him who is the champion but it seems that he's more like a challenger because he is the one who will visit Inoue at his own country to protect his belt.

But the champion cannot do anything as it's undeniable that a bout in Japan is more profitable for both parties, so instead of the challenger visiting the champion, it's the opposite. I can't really hide that I'm already excited to see this fight soon.

Yes, but it seems that he is going to be ready, the reports says it's going to be in Japan, so he is also willing to travel there, so he has embrace that pressure and he going to thrived on it.

But then again, he will not be called a Monster for nothing, Fulton is no boogeyman, he has to face him face to face and it will be very difficult task at hand. Although it might also be a good paycheck and so he is willing to put everything in the line here and we expect a good and hard fight for both fighters.

Yup, the bout will happen inside Japan and their paycheck is already laid perfectly waiting to be claimed as this kind of bout will certainly attract a lot of attention to people not just in Japan alone but in other parts of the world as well, especially after the fact that both boxers also have their own fan bases, large fan bases that supports them. This will be good folks, I bet it will!

Have we heard official announcement about this fight or it is under the negotiation table as the Japanese counterpart is doing the negotiations with PBC and Al Haymon?

So if this is still happening in the background so no paycheck is already laid yet, at least until they have announced the date and the venue of the fight, most likely it will be the old and historical Saitama stadium in Japan. But we wanted to see the exact date.

More information about Inoue vs Fulton:

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Stephen Fulton and Naoya Inoue have agreed to terms for a unified 122-pound title fight in the spring in Japan, sources told ESPN on Wednesday.

The fight for Fulton's WBC and WBO junior featherweights titles is being targeted for May, sources said, though a date has not been set. The bout will be streamed on ESPN+ in the morning stateside, according to sources. Inoue often fights on Tuesdays in Japan.

https://www.espn.ph/boxing/story/_/id/35474707/naoya-inoue-stephen-fulton-agree-122-pound-title-bout

So yes, all they have is a verbal agreement for both boxers and both camps that indeed they will be having a fight in Japan somewhere in May. And from what I read about the other sources, Bob Arum mentioned that all negotiations are being handled by their Japanese counterpart and Arum's role is to oversee about it as he's nothing to worry about what's happening behind the scenes because it's not his first time negotiating with Inoue's main team. But for Al Haymon of the PBC, he's not making any noise and it seems that he's just letting Fulton do what he wanted as long as they have the bigger slice.

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Quote from: Silberman on February 23, 2023, 03:45:52 PM

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Yep, that's how he evolved after his very first close against Nonito, he has evolved even more after that. He learn how to phase and then read his opponent and even have the mentality to survived a fight eve if he has that injury already.

And we all know after that fight, he beat Donaire by knockout and same with Butler.

So he is still getting stronger and smarter in any fight and keeps on progressing. So for sure he will know a thing or two against Fulton because he is a great fighter. Inoue has that ability to absorb every strengths of his opponents.

Inoue is on his prime and that makes him an incredibly dangerous fighter, not only he has the intelligence and skill to adjust his fighting style, he still has the physical capabilities to absorb a massive amount of damage and do whatever he wants on the ring, so it is not surprising that despite being the challenger the many different boxing fans around the world think of him as the favorite on his fight against Fulton.

And despite of Inoue's close encounter with Donaire, the latter still haven't found out Inoue's weaknesses because from what happened on their first encounter, Inoue quickly became adept to Donaire's speed and strength as there's a point that he can already shake of Donaire's vicious punches while the Filipino pride is evidently suffering from the punches that he is receiving.

That same thing will be Fulton's struggle because up to this point, nobody has figured out Inoue's weakness and it will be an expensive effort just to know that as by the time Inoue is hurting, it will be too late for Fulton. Besides, Inoue has proved that he will always level up as long as he will fight strong opponents.

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Quote from: Baofeng on February 22, 2023, 05:49:07 PM

Yep, that's how he evolved after his very first close against Nonito, he has evolved even more after that. He learn how to phase and then read his opponent and even have the mentality to survived a fight eve if he has that injury already.

And we all know after that fight, he beat Donaire by knockout and same with Butler.

So he is still getting stronger and smarter in any fight and keeps on progressing. So for sure he will know a thing or two against Fulton because he is a great fighter. Inoue has that ability to absorb every strengths of his opponents.

Inoue is on his prime and that makes him an incredibly dangerous fighter, not only he has the intelligence and skill to adjust his fighting style, he still has the physical capabilities to absorb a massive amount of damage and do whatever he wants on the ring, so it is not surprising that despite being the challenger the many different boxing fans around the world think of him as the favorite on his fight against Fulton.

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We would really be seeing here on how Inoue would be able to handle it out specially on this higher weight division.Changes on weight might not be that much but we cant really that deny that speed
might really be that affected as higher weight division do sets in.I wont say that Fulton could be easily be knocked down considering that his a belt or title holder on this divsion
but it seems that Inoue is really that confident that he could snatched it up easily and directly going against Fulton instead the other one.

I don't think that Inoue's speed will be affected because he moves up in weight class. I think 122 lbs is the normal weight division of Inoue. Remember, in his last fight against Butler, Inoue was overweight making him do exercises to lose weight. So I think Inoue will be doing fine in this weight category.

So instead of performance deteriorating, I think Inoue will have a better performance this time.

It could be his normal body weight for now, because in 118 lbs, you can clearly see that he is weight drain during weigh-in. So in super bantamweight, he doesn't have to lose that extra poundage and with that, it's easy for him body and so his performance like speed and power will greatly affected positively.

So not be an issue and this is dangerous for Fulton. As he will be fighting a Inoue that has no problems making weight and he will have more power in his hands. On the other hand, it could be Fulton who could see an weight issue here, remember that he is targeting to move up to 126 already and rematch Brandon Figueroa on that weight. But he opted to stay one more time and defend his belt against Inoue.

Exactly and I remember that Inoue had to make a run and do another extensive work out just to make the desired weight to fight Paul Butler. Luckily, he managed to do so and fought with Buter afterwards that made him the undisputed champion at 118. Because of that situation, yes, I think Inoue will be much more comfortable at 122 because his weight now sits perfectly for the division.

The only remaining thing left is to find out what is the outcome of this bout and see how will they dance gracefully together. I reckon that it will be an intense fight as Steph Fulton also wanted this bout before he climbs the next upper division.

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But once the Monster has adjusted and see what Fulton is doing, he might executed his favorite straight right and then jab his way to the body and soften Fulton and take him out in the later part of the round for a TKO/KO victory.

That's what the Monster is capable of, adjusting on the phase of the fight then boom, will dominate his opponent later on. That's how dangerous he is.

Remember when he is struggling against Donaire during their first match, the monster remains calm and tries to keep up with that fight even after suffering already a serious injury in the early rounds. He takes time to adjust then later on, he came back stronger in the later rounds and won.

If Fulton will able to put Inoue in a struggling mode in the early rounds, for sure the Monster will able to bounce back in the later rounds, not unless Fulton will keep that early momentum until the end.

Yep, that's how he evolved after his very first close against Nonito, he has evolved even more after that. He learn how to phase and then read his opponent and even have the mentality to survived a fight eve if he has that injury already.

And we all know after that fight, he beat Donaire by knockout and same with Butler.

So he is still getting stronger and smarter in any fight and keeps on progressing. So for sure he will know a thing or two against Fulton because he is a great fighter. Inoue has that ability to absorb every strengths of his opponents.

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It's Fulton's time now to break that momentum and protect his thrown. We will see who's going to stand tall after the fight.

Although he is the champion, it seems that we are hoping he will be able to survive against Inoue. The fight between Inoue and Donaire was quite different because Donaire was the challenger, while here, it's Inoue who is the challenger, but people view him as the champion.

There is a huge pressure on Foltun because the majority of the fans do not believe he can beat the Monster, but let's see what happens during the fight night

True. All the pressure is on Fulton's side because a monster is approaching towards him to get hold of his two belts and people are already predicting that he won't do nothing to protect it. While it is him who is the champion but it seems that he's more like a challenger because he is the one who will visit Inoue at his own country to protect his belt.

But the champion cannot do anything as it's undeniable that a bout in Japan is more profitable for both parties, so instead of the challenger visiting the champion, it's the opposite. I can't really hide that I'm already excited to see this fight soon.

Yes, but it seems that he is going to be ready, the reports says it's going to be in Japan, so he is also willing to travel there, so he has embrace that pressure and he going to thrived on it.

But then again, he will not be called a Monster for nothing, Fulton is no boogeyman, he has to face him face to face and it will be very difficult task at hand. Although it might also be a good paycheck and so he is willing to put everything in the line here and we expect a good and hard fight for both fighters.

Yup, the bout will happen inside Japan and their paycheck is already laid perfectly waiting to be claimed as this kind of bout will certainly attract a lot of attention to people not just in Japan alone but in other parts of the world as well, especially after the fact that both boxers also have their own fan bases, large fan bases that supports them. This will be good folks, I bet it will!

Have we heard official announcement about this fight or it is under the negotiation table as the Japanese counterpart is doing the negotiations with PBC and Al Haymon?

So if this is still happening in the background so no paycheck is already laid yet, at least until they have announced the date and the venue of the fight, most likely it will be the old and historical Saitama stadium in Japan. But we wanted to see the exact date.

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It's Fulton's time now to break that momentum and protect his thrown. We will see who's going to stand tall after the fight.

Although he is the champion, it seems that we are hoping he will be able to survive against Inoue. The fight between Inoue and Donaire was quite different because Donaire was the challenger, while here, it's Inoue who is the challenger, but people view him as the champion.

There is a huge pressure on Foltun because the majority of the fans do not believe he can beat the Monster, but let's see what happens during the fight night

True. All the pressure is on Fulton's side because a monster is approaching towards him to get hold of his two belts and people are already predicting that he won't do nothing to protect it. While it is him who is the champion but it seems that he's more like a challenger because he is the one who will visit Inoue at his own country to protect his belt.

But the champion cannot do anything as it's undeniable that a bout in Japan is more profitable for both parties, so instead of the challenger visiting the champion, it's the opposite. I can't really hide that I'm already excited to see this fight soon.

Yes, but it seems that he is going to be ready, the reports says it's going to be in Japan, so he is also willing to travel there, so he has embrace that pressure and he going to thrived on it.

But then again, he will not be called a Monster for nothing, Fulton is no boogeyman, he has to face him face to face and it will be very difficult task at hand. Although it might also be a good paycheck and so he is willing to put everything in the line here and we expect a good and hard fight for both fighters.

Yup, the bout will happen inside Japan and their paycheck is already laid perfectly waiting to be claimed as this kind of bout will certainly attract a lot of attention to people not just in Japan alone but in other parts of the world as well, especially after the fact that both boxers also have their own fan bases, large fan bases that supports them. This will be good folks, I bet it will!

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Quote from: Lanatsa on February 20, 2023, 05:47:29 PM

We would really be seeing here on how Inoue would be able to handle it out specially on this higher weight division.Changes on weight might not be that much but we cant really that deny that speed
might really be that affected as higher weight division do sets in.I wont say that Fulton could be easily be knocked down considering that his a belt or title holder on this divsion
but it seems that Inoue is really that confident that he could snatched it up easily and directly going against Fulton instead the other one.

I don't think that Inoue's speed will be affected because he moves up in weight class. I think 122 lbs is the normal weight division of Inoue. Remember, in his last fight against Butler, Inoue was overweight making him do exercises to lose weight. So I think Inoue will be doing fine in this weight category.

So instead of performance deteriorating, I think Inoue will have a better performance this time.

It could be his normal body weight for now, because in 118 lbs, you can clearly see that he is weight drain during weigh-in. So in super bantamweight, he doesn't have to lose that extra poundage and with that, it's easy for him body and so his performance like speed and power will greatly affected positively.

So not be an issue and this is dangerous for Fulton. As he will be fighting a Inoue that has no problems making weight and he will have more power in his hands. On the other hand, it could be Fulton who could see an weight issue here, remember that he is targeting to move up to 126 already and rematch Brandon Figueroa on that weight. But he opted to stay one more time and defend his belt against Inoue.

118 to 122 isnt really that much a huge bump when it comes to weight considering that most people do see this as a huge factor which might affect out Inoue into his overall performance or fighting.

For me it wont really be that much of an issue but i would really suggest out on Inoue's camp that he should do more better on what he had shown there specially into those recent fights that he had on 118.

People been expecting for early round KO but it seems that it do really lasts up for almost 12 rounds which is something that people arent that expecting.
Lets see on how he would handle this one out.

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We would really be seeing here on how Inoue would be able to handle it out specially on this higher weight division.Changes on weight might not be that much but we cant really that deny that speed
might really be that affected as higher weight division do sets in.I wont say that Fulton could be easily be knocked down considering that his a belt or title holder on this divsion
but it seems that Inoue is really that confident that he could snatched it up easily and directly going against Fulton instead the other one.

I don't think that Inoue's speed will be affected because he moves up in weight class. I think 122 lbs is the normal weight division of Inoue. Remember, in his last fight against Butler, Inoue was overweight making him do exercises to lose weight. So I think Inoue will be doing fine in this weight category.

So instead of performance deteriorating, I think Inoue will have a better performance this time.

It could be his normal body weight for now, because in 118 lbs, you can clearly see that he is weight drain during weigh-in. So in super bantamweight, he doesn't have to lose that extra poundage and with that, it's easy for him body and so his performance like speed and power will greatly affected positively.

So not be an issue and this is dangerous for Fulton. As he will be fighting a Inoue that has no problems making weight and he will have more power in his hands. On the other hand, it could be Fulton who could see a weight issue here, remember that he is targeting to move up to 126 already and rematch Brandon Figueroa on that weight. But he opted to stay one more time and defend his belt against Inoue.

It's an interesting decision as we know that he's aiming to move up and take that shot against Figueroa, but like what you
said he decided to stay and take Inoue instead to defend his belt.

We will see greatness as both have individual missions and they are willing to win from one another to prove that they are
better than the other.

Good for the fans who love seeing aggressive fights that can lead to a good KO outcome.

Most of them are eager to win to step up for another match which will be a good way for them to boost themselves and prove themselves more in the industry. Their goal is to make a better record of each fight. I could always see the eagerness in Inoue because he always makes sure that he has a good defense. We know that Fulton is also aggressive in the ring but Inoue seems to prepare for this upcoming match.

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Quote from: Lanatsa on February 20, 2023, 05:47:29 PM

We would really be seeing here on how Inoue would be able to handle it out specially on this higher weight division.Changes on weight might not be that much but we cant really that deny that speed
might really be that affected as higher weight division do sets in.I wont say that Fulton could be easily be knocked down considering that his a belt or title holder on this divsion
but it seems that Inoue is really that confident that he could snatched it up easily and directly going against Fulton instead the other one.

I don't think that Inoue's speed will be affected because he moves up in weight class. I think 122 lbs is the normal weight division of Inoue. Remember, in his last fight against Butler, Inoue was overweight making him do exercises to lose weight. So I think Inoue will be doing fine in this weight category.

So instead of performance deteriorating, I think Inoue will have a better performance this time.

It could be his normal body weight for now, because in 118 lbs, you can clearly see that he is weight drain during weigh-in. So in super bantamweight, he doesn't have to lose that extra poundage and with that, it's easy for him body and so his performance like speed and power will greatly affected positively.

So not be an issue and this is dangerous for Fulton. As he will be fighting a Inoue that has no problems making weight and he will have more power in his hands. On the other hand, it could be Fulton who could see an weight issue here, remember that he is targeting to move up to 126 already and rematch Brandon Figueroa on that weight. But he opted to stay one more time and defend his belt against Inoue.

It's an interesting decision as we know that he's aiming to move up and take that shot against Figueroa, but like what you
said he decided to stay and take Inoue instead to defend his belt.

We will see greatness as both have individual missions and they are willing to win from one another to prove that they are
better than the other.

Good for the fans who love seeing aggressive fights that can lead to a good KO outcome.

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Quote from: Lanatsa on February 20, 2023, 05:47:29 PM

We would really be seeing here on how Inoue would be able to handle it out specially on this higher weight division.Changes on weight might not be that much but we cant really that deny that speed
might really be that affected as higher weight division do sets in.I wont say that Fulton could be easily be knocked down considering that his a belt or title holder on this divsion
but it seems that Inoue is really that confident that he could snatched it up easily and directly going against Fulton instead the other one.

I don't think that Inoue's speed will be affected because he moves up in weight class. I think 122 lbs is the normal weight division of Inoue. Remember, in his last fight against Butler, Inoue was overweight making him do exercises to lose weight. So I think Inoue will be doing fine in this weight category.

So instead of performance deteriorating, I think Inoue will have a better performance this time.

It could be his normal body weight for now, because in 118 lbs, you can clearly see that he is weight drain during weigh-in. So in super bantamweight, he doesn't have to lose that extra poundage and with that, it's easy for him body and so his performance like speed and power will greatly affected positively.

So not be an issue and this is dangerous for Fulton. As he will be fighting a Inoue that has no problems making weight and he will have more power in his hands. On the other hand, it could be Fulton who could see an weight issue here, remember that he is targeting to move up to 126 already and rematch Brandon Figueroa on that weight. But he opted to stay one more time and defend his belt against Inoue.

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Quote from: Lanatsa on February 20, 2023, 05:47:29 PM

We would really be seeing here on how Inoue would be able to handle it out specially on this higher weight division.Changes on weight might not be that much but we cant really that deny that speed
might really be that affected as higher weight division do sets in.I wont say that Fulton could be easily be knocked down considering that his a belt or title holder on this divsion
but it seems that Inoue is really that confident that he could snatched it up easily and directly going against Fulton instead the other one.

I don't think that Inoue's speed will be affected because he moves up in weight class. I think 122 lbs is the normal weight division of Inoue. Remember, in his last fight against Butler, Inoue was overweight making him do exercises to lose weight. So I think Inoue will be doing fine in this weight category.

So instead of performance deteriorating, I think Inoue will have a better performance this time.

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Quote from: Baofeng on February 20, 2023, 07:38:57 PM

But once the Monster has adjusted and see what Fulton is doing, he might executed his favorite straight right and then jab his way to the body and soften Fulton and take him out in the later part of the round for a TKO/KO victory.

That's what the Monster is capable of, adjusting on the phase of the fight then boom, will dominate his opponent later on. That's how dangerous he is.

Remember when he is struggling against Donaire during their first match, the monster remains calm and tries to keep up with that fight even after suffering already a serious injury in the early rounds. He takes time to adjust then later on, he came back stronger in the later rounds and won.

If Fulton will able to put Inoue in a struggling mode in the early rounds, for sure the Monster will able to bounce back in the later rounds, not unless Fulton will keep that early momentum until the end.

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Quote from: Lanatsa on February 20, 2023, 05:47:29 PM

We would really be seeing here on how Inoue would be able to handle it out specially on this higher weight division.Changes on weight might not be that much but we cant really that deny that speed
might really be that affected as higher weight division do sets in.I wont say that Fulton could be easily be knocked down considering that his a belt or title holder on this divsion
but it seems that Inoue is really that confident that he could snatched it up easily and directly going against Fulton instead the other one.

I disagree that Inoue's speed will affect here at 122. He will perform like he's fighting at 118 here.

Yes, we will not see any effect as far as his speed and power is concern, on the contrary, he might be faster and more powerful as 122 lbs.

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Obviously too that Inoue is confident because why not be like that in a boxing match? Fulton on the other hand is also confident. Imagine a title match and they are not confident to win? With both boxers' reputations, we should expect that this match will be toe-to-toe.

I also do hope that Fulton is the one who can give Inoue a tough fight as never in the career of the Japanese boxer really struggles the whole fight.

Fulton style might give difficulty to Inoue in the early rounds. He could be slick and his style might be new to Inoue. But once the Monster has adjusted and see what Fulton is doing, he might executed his favorite straight right and then jab his way to the body and soften Fulton and take him out in the later part of the round for a TKO/KO victory.

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Quote from: Lanatsa on February 20, 2023, 05:47:29 PM

We would really be seeing here on how Inoue would be able to handle it out specially on this higher weight division.Changes on weight might not be that much but we cant really that deny that speed
might really be that affected as higher weight division do sets in.I wont say that Fulton could be easily be knocked down considering that his a belt or title holder on this divsion
but it seems that Inoue is really that confident that he could snatched it up easily and directly going against Fulton instead the other one.

I disagree that Inoue's speed will affect here at 122. He will perform like he's fighting at 118 here.

Obviously too that Inoue is confident because why not be like that in a boxing match? Fulton on the other hand is also confident. Imagine a title match and they are not confident to win? With both boxers' reputations, we should expect that this match will be toe-to-toe.

I also do hope that Fulton is the one who can give Inoue a tough fight as never in the career of the Japanese boxer really struggles the whole fight.

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Here, it's different. Inoue needs this fight because he is aiming for a new belt. He has to remember that, although he is the more popular fighter, he is the challenger here.

He's the challenger, and he needs this belt to add more hypes to his legacy,

after completing that unification from his previous division, now he's moving up to extend his legacy.
Fighter like him who care about winning are not afraid to take the risk. It will be nice since there's no news or any update that one of
the fighter is backing out, both are willing to take that shot from one another.
Inoue wants to prove that he can win and take Fulton's belt while the current champ will be tested. He needs to prove his worth as the
current title holder.

It's only right that his name is hyped because he's really good, so I hope he doesn't disappoint the fans who admire him greatly.

I hope he wins and gets the belt, because it's not just Inoue's fight but Asia's fight against Fulton. I'm not worried for Inoue in this fight. I think this champion is still too green to match up against the Japanese monster who could possibly become a Hall of Famer in the future.

We would really be seeing here on how Inoue would be able to handle it out specially on this higher weight division.Changes on weight might not be that much but we cant really that deny that speed
might really be that affected as higher weight division do sets in.I wont say that Fulton could be easily be knocked down considering that his a belt or title holder on this divsion
but it seems that Inoue is really that confident that he could snatched it up easily and directly going against Fulton instead the other one.

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It's a humble thing for Inoue to say that he's also having troubles in terms of pressure. We've known the guy to be a very decorated and experienced fighter and we think that he's already past these stages wherein he's worried about the pressure. The jump from bantamweight to featherweight isn't that much, but he acknowledges that it might be something that he isn't thoroughly prepared for and that's commendable compared to fighters who talks trash and can't really stand up for it.

It's not that Inoue is already past the stages of being pressured. There will always be pressure if a boxer will fight a title match right away just after moving up. Aside from that, Inoue is used to fighting as a champion and not a challenger and that's the new environment he is facing and not the jump from 118 to 122 as for me, it shouldn't be a big deal.

Fighting also in Japan, where the boxing market industry is huge and decent money is circulating in every of his fight in his hometown, Inoue does carry a responsibility on his shoulder to win the fight or else, a negative post-effect is expected to follow although not to the point that it will be considered as worst.

He's moving up and the chance that he will be facing much tougher opponents will add to his pressure, the kind of conditioning
and training that he needed to undergo is not the same as the last division that he's fighting.

But that kind of gesture only shows respect to his opponent, knowing that even he's a challenger instead of talking trash to hype
the fight, Inoue is willing to take what is necessary to win against Fulton.

The end result will give either him or Fulton another hype to their respective careers.

He is just being humble. Surely he isn't the one who brags all the time like Broner. Inoue is even the top dog for bookmakers in this match despite him being the challenger and the first-timer in this division. Because Inoue move up, it is a mandatory fight for Fulton afaik so surely this is Inoue's initiative to fight someone in this new division he is in.

This will be an easy fight for Inoue which is not also a good odds again. If the line would 1.35 I think it will be enough for me to bet my usual small amount.

This bout is not a mandatory title defense for Stephen Fulton and he's not due for that yet. It's just that both camps have managed to agree on a certain terms to make the fight happen, the WBO gave Inoue a super-champion title to pave a way to make the fight much easier to happen as that title does have some perks to go directly and fight a champion even if Inoue just made the climb.

For the odds, just like what we are expecting to happen, Inoue might be listed by the bookies as the favorite or even a heavy-favorite despite the fact that this is first fight at super-bantam and he is just a challenger to the champion.

I want to assume that Inoue will change the direction of the outcome. What I mean was, we all or most of us expect that Canelo
will easily beat Bivol after he decides to challenge the champ on his division.

But things didn't end up well with Canelo and for sure there are also fans for this fight who are thinking about Fulton, as he's
more familiar with this weight, being a champ is also an advantage,

though Inoue is not someone but a monster who can push you to the limits and beat you with his aggressiveness.

Canelo's situation when he fought Bivol was somehow different because difference between super-middle to light-heavy is 7 pounds or 3 kilograms while bantam to super-bantam is 4 pounds or a kilog and a half, besides, Inoue will eventually leave his previous weight class because as he grows older, his weight will also grow too. But for Canelo, I think it's on the edge already to consider climbing a much heavier weight, and the fact that he defeated Kovalev in his first attempt made us think that maybe Canelo can still score another win to an another champion.

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Quote from: dothebeats on February 18, 2023, 03:37:34 PM

It's a humble thing for Inoue to say that he's also having troubles in terms of pressure. We've known the guy to be a very decorated and experienced fighter and we think that he's already past these stages wherein he's worried about the pressure. The jump from bantamweight to featherweight isn't that much, but he acknowledges that it might be something that he isn't thoroughly prepared for and that's commendable compared to fighters who talks trash and can't really stand up for it.

It's not that Inoue is already past the stages of being pressured. There will always be pressure if a boxer will fight a title match right away just after moving up. Aside from that, Inoue is used to fighting as a champion and not a challenger and that's the new environment he is facing and not the jump from 118 to 122 as for me, it shouldn't be a big deal.

Fighting also in Japan, where the boxing market industry is huge and decent money is circulating in every of his fight in his hometown, Inoue does carry a responsibility on his shoulder to win the fight or else, a negative post-effect is expected to follow although not to the point that it will be considered as worst.

He's moving up and the chance that he will be facing much tougher opponents will add to his pressure, the kind of conditioning
and training that he needed to undergo is not the same as the last division that he's fighting.

But that kind of gesture only shows respect to his opponent, knowing that even he's a challenger instead of talking trash to hype
the fight, Inoue is willing to take what is necessary to win against Fulton.

The end result will give either him or Fulton another hype to their respective careers.

He is just being humble. Surely he isn't the one who brags all the time like Broner. Inoue is even the top dog for bookmakers in this match despite him being the challenger and the first-timer in this division. Because Inoue move up, it is a mandatory fight for Fulton afaik so surely this is Inoue's initiative to fight someone in this new division he is in.

This will be an easy fight for Inoue which is not also a good odds again. If the line would 1.35 I think it will be enough for me to bet my usual small amount.

This bout is not a mandatory title defense for Stephen Fulton and he's not due for that yet. It's just that both camps have managed to agree on a certain terms to make the fight happen, the WBO gave Inoue a super-champion title to pave a way to make the fight much easier to happen as that title does have some perks to go directly and fight a champion even if Inoue just made the climb.

For the odds, just like what we are expecting to happen, Inoue might be listed by the bookies as the favorite or even a heavy-favorite despite the fact that this is first fight at super-bantam and he is just a challenger to the champion.

When a boxer is a super champion, he can directly challenge someone for his next fight which automatically becomes a mandatory fight. And Inoue is a super champ declared by WBO. WBO unifies all these rules in boxing afaik. This is an opportunity given to Inoue since the time Japan recognized WBO. But yep that's as far as I know, if he challenges one either lower or higher rank, it becomes a mandatory automatically.

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