Can Naoya Inoue Finish His Career @ Welterweight (?)

I don't think he'll go up that high. Maybe 126-130 at the most, if anything.

 

no way . I would be surprised if he goes past 122...

 

Manny did it but he had some major backing behind him, plus naturally Manny can fight. These other guys will be matched wrong and KO'd. Matchmaking is by far the most important factor for small guys moving up.
You will never see Garcia or Crawford vs Lomachencko or something because those guys have great boxing ability and they are massive in comparison.
Inoue should stay where he is. Manny is a freak of nature.

 

Pacquiao was a world champion as a teenager who was still in a growing body. He didn't rise 10 division starting from an adult.

 

Why dont we actually, like wait foe him to fight somebody who's good before comparing him to Manny.

 

At 21 Inoue moved up to 115, Pacquiao jumped from 112(failed to make weight last fight) to 122. At 24, Pac was competing at 126, Inoue is still at 115.
They are on completely different trajectories and their body types are way different. Inoue is much leaner than Pacquiao ever was.

 

The exceptional thing about Pac was that it wasn't because he was a growing teenager. He was 20 or 21 years old when he left Flyweight, meaning he spend 5-6 years in the Light Flyweight and Flyweight divisions, in his teens.
He fought in those years in poverty conditions being malnourished which adds to his greatness.

 

Lol no. Inoue will probably end up moving up though. Not to WW; that's just absurd.

 

No. Manny is an inch taller. Inoue will finish at bantam or superbantam.

 

This is why Pacquiao is one of the GOATs, to be mentioned with Duran, Moore, the Leonard's, Armstrong, Pep etc.
No one from the lowest weight classes have successfully come close.

 

He already beat Omar Narvaez. Narvaez was 43-1-2 with his only loss coming from Nonito Donaire. He'd won 29 title fights before fighting Inoue. The guy was legit. That's better than when Mayweather beat Genaro Hernandez at super featherweight. That's at least as good a victory as Manny had over Sasakul or Ledwaba.

 

Georges Carpentier fought in every weight class from flyweight to heavyweight. Willie Pastrano fought from welterweight to heavyweight. Mickey Walker fought from welterweight to heavyweight. It helps if you start young and grow through the divisions.