Saturday, October 31 (Sunday noon-ish Tokyo time) – Naoya Inoue (19-0, 16 KOs) vs. Jason Moloney (21-1, 18 KOs) MGM Grand Las Vegas 12 Rounds, Inoue’s IBF/WBA Bantamweight World Titles Well matched , Who is your pick and prediction ?
I usually think better of fighters who go after the best. This is just silly for Maloney though, he's going to get wrecked.
Hard to pick against Inoue. Moloney came on strong late against a common opponent in Rodriguez but Rodiguez isn't a concussive puncher like Inoue. If Moloney was a harder puncher, it'll be a closer fight but I reckon he's going to get KTFO in 4.
The Big Leprechaun absorbs punishment early, gets himself back into the fight during the middle rounds & out-works the sushi-swallowing hype-job at the back end of the fight. Moloney on points, possible late stoppage.
Moloney gets the Manny Rodriguez treatment. He'll be defecating his innards by the 3rd.... if he's lucky to make it that far.
Sure Moloney is going to go at that orbital bone. If he is smart! Many fighters don't recover from it. Brook and Margarito as examples. Just analyzing how he goes about it. I believe he has a chance.
Inoue is a hype job? How many hype jobs smoke 3 world class opponents in under four combined rounds? Wow... If not for this idiotic statement, you should be banned for your obvious xenophobia.
Sushi-swallowing Japanese bantamweights traditionally don't do well against beef-eating Australians. It's a bad match-up for them. Hall of Famer Fighting Harada lost his bantamweight world championship to Lionel Rose in Tokyo while in his prime. Defending champ Satoshi Shingaki got pole-axed twice by a very raw Jeff Fenech. I'm expecting more of the same this weekend. Moloney ditches the kamikaze pilot in the Pacific Ocean in the 9th.
