Comments Thread For: Naoya Inoue Drops, Stops Stephen Fulton In 8th Round To Become Four-Division Champion

[IceTrayDaGang]

lol. all over internet ppl were saying Fulton wins because he a slick black Philly fighter. once he gets destroyed ppl say "why you bring race into this, they just wanna see black man lose" hahahaha. can't make this up

damm you aint lying about this...

[edpboxing]

The result is bringing the ignorance & hate out of Inoue haters on social media

Literally just saw a guy saying “all these fights Inoue has had are practice & don’t count because they’re below 135.” “He’ll only get respect if he moves up to fight Haney, Tank or Shakur”

Today may be the day I finally delete all socials lol

[Knuckle sandwich]

Inoue could keep that pace up fo 12 rds, straight punches to the body were awsome

[Monty Fisto]

Pound for pound is a really strange concept because if everyone was the same size you, would have to take away a lot of attributes from fighters

put 20lbs on Inoue, he wont be as fast anymore.

Let's say Spence is 122lbs instead of 147lbs, he's no longer as physically strong

A beterbiev at 147 lbs doesn't have the same power as he does at 175

I understand people say it's all relative and it would be relative to the weight they're at if they're all the same size but relativity isn't linear, theres way too many variables for it to be linear.

A big part of what makes a fighter fight how they do is their natural physical construct, biomechanics wtc...and if you change that, they're not the same person anymore, thus not knowing if they would be a good fighter or not if they were essentially different person who was naturally much bigger or smaller than they are as we know them.

In short, pound for pound is a lot of nonsense that can't be measured factually and makes no scientific sense. So it comes favouritism or whose achievements you like.

But scientifically it makes no sense because you would essentially be requiring people to be a completely different person with a different physical construct and completely different biomechanics. all that would remain the same would be their name...

You're absolutely right and P4P is a load of bollocks.

That said, people still compile P4P lists ... and if they're going to do that, Inoue has to be #1.

[The Big Dunn]

damm you aint lying about this...

Yes he is. He’s over exaggerating one or two opinions and projecting it on to everyone black.

Whenever a poster talks about “ all over the internet “ you know they are lying. It means they went to one page, saw it, and decided to come in here with an agenda.

[IceTrayDaGang]

Yes he is. He’s over exaggerating one or two opinions and projecting it on to everyone black.

nah, i've seen some of the comments on here and on youtube as well... fulton fans were saying that inoue has never face a slick black boxer from philly.... even myself, i had fulton beating inoue because i got suckered into the whole "slick black fighter from philly"... i was never a fan of inoue, and felt he was gonna have problems with fulton since fulton will be boxing and moving.

[The Big Dunn]

Yeah, Spence-Crawford might just be for the #2 spot.

Spence and Crawford are consensus top 4 p4p. Depending on how the win is achieved, the winner will have the best win of any active boxer p4p.

Especially Crawford who will have unified 2 divisions and had 2 belts at LW.

Makes for a really good debate.

[JuniorTorres720]

Damn. I knew I was going to miss this one. I'm going to watch later today. Inoue is a straight up killa and definitely one of the goats of this generation.

[Theshotyoudontsee]

Inoue is boxings P4P King bar none. Tim Bradley and Mark Kreigel seem to not be a good mix. While I think Bradley is an excellent analyst, it is quite noticeable to me that Tim doesn’t have much respect for Kreigel as many times when Kreigel speaks you can see Bradley rolling his eyes.

While I like Bradley, he seems to send mixed messages regarding who is P4P king between Inoue and Crawford. In this regard, I feel Bradley is biased and goes out of his way for Crawford, how rightfully is also a P4P top fighter.

Inoue is special and IMO more deserving than Crawford regardless if he beats Spence, which he will. I also feel I’m biased because I feel Crawford is a knucklehead who does as little as possible to promote his fights.

ESPN should find someone besides Kreigel to work with Tes and Bradley. I think Antonio Tarver would be a good choice because Antonio is articulate and knows the games as well as any analyst out there. Kreigel called Haney great. Give me a break, Haney is a good boxer who will never beat Shakur, Tank, or Lopez. Great fighters come around once in a blue moon and Haney is definitely not in that class. Inoue is and after Crawford beats Spence he could be in the conversation but, beating Spence, another good fighter, is not enough. If they were in the same era, Crawford beating, SRL, Hearns, Hagler, would definitely make Crawford one of the greats. But, Crawford has never faced another great fighter and probably never will.

Inoue vs Sanchez( he will move to featherweight) would have been a real treat. That’s a pick ‘‘em fight.

Same with Crawford vs Hearns, Hagler, or SRL. I don’t think Crawford is on any of those 3 level.

You can't compare anyone on Inoue's resume to Hagler, Hearns or SRL either. Faulty comparison. Crawford has fought the guys who would fight him and he stopped almost all of them. Inoue is amazing but so is Bud. If Bud stops Spence he is undisputed and as I said, p4p is split imo. Spence is also a top 5 p4p guy.

Fulton very good but he isn't a top 10 p4p guy. The win is not nearly as impressive as Bud beating Spence. That said, eye test, there is no better current fighter than Inoue. If Bud beats Spence, he and Inoue are interchangable.

[Theshotyoudontsee]

I disagree. Spence and Crawford are consensus top 4 p4p. Depending on how the win is achieved, the winner will have the best win of any active boxer p4p.

Especially Crawford who will have unified 2 divisions and had 2 belts at LW.

Makes for a really good debate.

I think if Bud wins, he and Inoue are interchangeable p4p number 1. Both are obviously the best fighters right now.