Comments Thread For: Naoya Inoue Adds Accolades: Weekend Afterthoughts

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

Naoya Inoue probably won't be back in the ring until May. By then, he will have passed the ten-year anniversary of his first major title win, a knockout of Adrian Hernandez for the WBC light flyweight belt.
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[Elheath]

The article got Rafael Espinoza and Robeisy Ramirez mixed...Rafael Ramirez???

[Liondw]

Inoue is phenomenal. About the fights in Saudi, top win for Dubois, obviously for Parker, and Joshua looked good against a limited opponent.

Bivol is so skilled, beat Canelo, although doesn't have the box office appeal of Canelo. He beat Arthur as expected, not exciting, but did the job well.

[Monty Fisto]

Inoue is phenomenal. About the fights in Saudi, top win for Dubois, obviously for Parker, and Joshua looked good against a limited opponent.

Bivol is so skilled, beat Canelo, although doesn't have the box office appeal of Canelo. He beat Arthur as expected, not exciting, but did the job well.

No arguments about Inoue. A must-watch fighter who hasn't come close to reaching a ceiling yet.

The Saudi fights were largely one-sided matchups. The Hrgovic fight was one of the worst for this -- the other guy was turning his back almost from the first attack and couldn't wait to get out of there. Bivol was flawless, but Arthur offered nothing to stop him being that.

Wilder/Parker and Joshua/Wallin were on paper closer matchups. Parker deserves credit for executing his game plan well, as well as having the belief to take the fight. Wallin is a big man who can box, but was made to look like nothing by Joshua. Going into the fight, there was a fair number of people saying Wallin might cause an upset. Joshua deserves a measure of credit for effectively shutting Wallin down from the get-go. The potency of the attack is what limited Wallin. Wallin had shown some ability against Breazeale, Gassiev and even Fury. Breazeale was a bigger puncher than Wallin, but a worse boxer. Gassiev is a durable fighter with power, but doesn't have the reach or height of a true modern HW. Fury is enormous and can box better than Wallin, but doesn't have a great deal of power. With Joshua, Wallin was up against someone who could both box better than him and had more power than him. He was outgunned, and his corner did him a favour in not letting him take any more punishment.

[crimsonfalcon07]

The article got Rafael Espinoza and Robeisy Ramirez mixed...Rafael Ramirez???

They fixed it, looks like.

[crold1]

The article got Rafael Espinoza and Robeisy Ramirez mixed...Rafael Ramirez???

I transposed names from the last fight Ramirez-Espinoza fight. Thanks for the catch. Corrected,

[PryorHawk]

The article got Rafael Espinoza and Robeisy Ramirez mixed...Rafael Ramirez???

dang...even the featherweights are unknown