Comments Thread For: Naoya Inoue Twice Drops Marlon Tapales, Knocks Him Out In 10th In Historic Undisputed Championship Win In Tokyo

[Toscano]

I am a huge Crawford fans but keep in mind that Inoue is undisputed in his 4th weightclass (or 5th as he skipped flyweight), while Crawford is on his 3rd.

He also did in in two fights, KOing the #1 and #2 guys of the division right after moving up, while Crawford has been a welterweight for many years.

Inoue has gone up 14 pounds from his first weight vs Crawfords 12 pounds, which means even more at the lower classes.

[joesaiditstrue]

But spence wasn't a pfp no5 guy that night. Bu d can only best what's in front of him. That no5 pf p guy didn't show up. It's not buds fault.
Just like if usain bolt runs 11 seconds in 100 metres, that wouldn't be the real usain bolt, who we know can run 9.58.. We'd assume bolt was injured

Bud dismantled a top 5 P4P guy. Revisionist history. The track doesn't fight back. Poor analogy comparing Bolt having a bad night with one boxer totally dominating another top talent.

[JakeTheBoxer]

I don`t care about division, Crawford, Inoue, Bivol and Usyk are the best guys in game for me.

[juanpablo]

21-0 (19 KOs) in title fights and two-weight undisputed within 12 months. Inoue for me is P4P #1 and Fighter of the Year, although I won't argue with whoever has TC as #1. Both have strong cases and it's a matter of opinion.

[SteveM]

Tapales gave a great fight, made adjustements, nothing to be ashamed of.

He mae 2 major adjustments. 1st phase - high guard, 2nd phase - try to keep inoue on back foot, 3rd phase feet wie stance an shoulder role - Tapales is a great boxer - compare to Wilder who didn't make one adjustment, ditto Wallin and Miller. I'd put Tapales in top 50 p4p

[PryorHawk]

He hasn't fought anyone anywhere near the p4p top 10 let alone a HOF because the weights he fights at are garbage

this is harsh but fair.

if inoue moves to 126, it'll be the second time he fights in a glamour division...which sucks. there were some missed opportunities at flyweight but thats past now.

people tend to remember glamour divisions more because for the most part, the names are there.
so far, inoue has only the donaire hof scalp as claim to ATG.
which in truth is not nearly enough.

[angkag]

But spence wasn't a pfp no5 guy that night. Bu d can only best what's in front of him. That no5 pf p guy didn't show up. It's not buds fault.
Just like if usain bolt runs 11 seconds in 100 metres, that wouldn't be the real usain bolt, who we know can run 9.58.. We'd assume bolt was injured

A long list of welters would have beaten the Spence that showed up that night. Too often that is seen as some form of discredit on Crawford. Its not, in my view Crawford beats the best version of Spence, but the Spence that showed up was a shell of his former self.

[-DSG-]

Cong**** to the best p4p fighter in the world! The Monster Naoya Inoue!

[jockpunk]

Dominating a top 5 P4P guy to become undisputed in a 50/50 matchup is a way bigger accomplishment that anything Inoue has done in the last two years

Fulton was on many peoples top 10 p4p list and monster dominated him about as badly as crawford beat spence. The betting odds were not that different. While the spence win is a bigger win, it isn't dramatically better than the fulton win. Add in everything else inoue has done over the last two years and it is clear that he has accomplished more than crawford over that time.

That said, I still have crawford number 1 p4p though for now.

[pnut901]

I am at blame too, but it really tells you something that the relatively unscathed winner by KO having dropped the opponent twice and won atleast 8 of 9 rounds leading to the stoppage some how has a handful of complaints and is considered to have been below expectations.

Boxing fans are a bunch of shltheads, that's what it tells me.