Comments Thread For: Stephen Fulton: "I Am Amongst The Elite, Disappointed In Myself"

[_Rexy_]

As good as Monster looked, it shouldn't be a problem for him to come to the U.S., and give Fulton a rematch. Fulton had 2 belts, and went to his challenger's backyard in Japan, so it shouldn't be a problem for Inoue to come to the U.S., and give Fulton a rematch. Honestly, I would rather see Fulton rematch Brandon Figueroa @ 126, but the man wants a rematch, so what's wrong with that?

So just because he travelled. He deserves a rematch because he didn’t fight in his own back yard for once.

[Smash]

if u are bringing your belts over to someone else spot u need to stick an eddie hearn in that contract

loma didnt do it with teo and was crying when teo said No, fulton in the same boat now, maybe a consequence of over confidence, i dont know really

[_Rexy_]

Because, although he lost convincingly, much of it was by his own unwillingness to fight HIS fight. Fulton knows what he is capable of, and that wasn't it. He allowed the noise of Inoue's power and excellence to get him off his game before the fight even started. I have never seen him fight that way, and I have watched most of his fights.

He was overly tentative and cautious, wouldn't even let his hands go from a comfortable distance with the longer reach, and allowed Inoue to dictate the pace, distance, and exchanges. Even when he hit Inoue flush with a counter, instead of following up, he would shell up and allow multiple combinations, just trying to block everything, instead of punching in between punches.

Now that he knows what to expect as far as power and quickness, he should be able to prepare to be less risk averse and fight HIS fight, just as the Monster did in the first go round. Inoue was determined to fight his fight, his way, regardless of the risk.

He knew what to expect after the first round. That’s why he was tentative. Zero reason to do this a second time, it wasn’t even close to having a close round

and Inoue didn’t even fight “his fight” lmfao he fought Steph’s fight! Boxed him with the jab and used slick head movement and defence. Literally what every Steph fan was saying Fulton would do on his way to an easy 12 round UD

[Bronx2245]

So just because he travelled. He deserves a rematch because he didn’t fight in his own back yard for once.

Not JUST because he traveled, it's because he was a 2-belt CHAMPION, who crossed the street (no co-promotion) to ESPN, to fight the CHALLENGER!

[_Rexy_]

Not JUST because he traveled, it's because he was a 2-belt CHAMPION, who crossed the street (no co-promotion) to ESPN, to fight the CHALLENGER!

Again, that’s what a champion is supposed to do.

he went to Japan because that’s where the money for this fight was. And I guarantee he made far more than he did in any other fight of his career.

[_Rexy_]

7 of Beterbiev’s 8 title defences have been on the road
Usyk won his first belt 11 fights ago, and has ONLY fought on the road since then.

stop acting like Steph is a god because he took a ****ing airplane if Steph and Inoue had that fight in Philly the only difference would have been an empty arena.

[Rebelrbg]

He knew what to expect after the first round. That’s why he was tentative. Zero reason to do this a second time, it wasn’t even close to having a close round

and Inoue didn’t even fight “his fight” lmfao he fought Steph’s fight! Boxed him with the jab and used slick head movement and defence. Literally what every Steph fan was saying Fulton would do on his way to an easy 12 round UD

There was no slick head movement and defense by Inoue, that's why on the few occasions when Fulton did throw something aggressive, he landed flush, but went into defensive mode instead of following up. There was nothing slick about the way Inoue fought, it was the same as always, body jabs and overhand over the top of opponents' jab, and jump in with combinations.

[_Rexy_]

There was no slick head movement and defense by Inoue, that's why on the few occasions when Fulton did throw something aggressive, he landed flush, but went into defensive mode instead of following up. There was nothing slick about the way Inoue fought, it was the same as always, body jabs and overhand over the top of opponents' jab, and jump in with combinations.

lmfao okay man. You clearly just see what you want to see.

[archiemoore1]

I think Fulton just underestimated Inoue and didn't train hard enough. He thought Inoue wouldn't be able to hurt him, being a smaller man moving up and thought his speed and power wasn't real and that even if it was real, it wouldn't carry over to 122lbs. But Inoue is a very hard worker. You fight the way u train, and he is very explosive so he is obviously doing tons of sprints and plyometrics. He's strong from the inside out, and can carry his speed and power as he moves up in weight just like Pacquiao did. Fulton knows this now firsthand and will train much better next time. He wasn't prepared for what Inoue was bringing because he didn't think Inoue would bring that much in his Tank and didn't think his power was like that. To beat Inoue, at a minimum a fighter has to be in dog shape. U better train to do at least 15 hard fast paced rounds, and when he punches, u have to always be able to return fire and not worry about getting tired against him. You also have take it to him at times and be able real hit him hard. Because Inoue has those legs. He closes distance fast, explodes, moves around, feints, explodes again, and can do this all night long, and he cracks for real. He is plain old dangerous and not to ever be taken lightly by anyone. He's really real fellas get that thru ur heads. No more underestimating him. But this will raise the bar in boxing. Guys will see this and realize that the only way to get on top is to be in 15 round condition. This will make guys be more serious about conditioning. Now Fulton get back in there and train ur ass off this time and lets go because ur a helluva dude

[Bronx2245]

Again, that’s what a champion is supposed to do.

he went to Japan because that’s where the money for this fight was. And I guarantee he made far more than he did in any other fight of his career.

He went there chasing greatness! Fulton (and Al Haymon) could've done to Inoue, what Kambosos (and Bob Arum) did to Devin Haney! He did not! As CHAMPION, he had all right to do so, but he didn't. If anyone doesn't see that as significant, then don't cry if you never see it again!