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.
