Ioka 4 division Champion. 21-2-0 (10 KOs) in title fights. Best wins: Akira Yaegashi Kosei Tanaka Donnie Nietes Juan Carlos Reveco 2x Felix Alvarado Aston Palicte McWilliams Arroyo Jeyvier Cintron Juan Hernandez Two losses one to Nietes where i think he deserved to win and another against Ruenrueng by split decision (havent watched that fight in years so i cant say much about it or the decision) Naoya Inoue 3 division Champion 18-0-0 (16 KOs) in title fights. Best wins: Nonito Donaire 2x Omar Narvaez Adrian Hernandez Emmanuel Rodriguez Ryochi Taguchi Gavin McDonnell Juan Carlos Payano Jason Maloney Kohei Kono David Carmona Undefeated. Inoue is clearly the better fighter but as of now who do you think has the better resume? Vote and Discuss.
Inoue without a doubt. Ioka is a very solid fighter though. Would really like to see him face Choco or Gallo at some point.
Inoue and it's not close. Ioka once said that he wanted to fight Inoue. It's a very good thing for him that he never actually pursued it.
I've always thought that was a crazy nickname to go with because you better be damn sure that you're a KO machine. But Inoue does have 48 KOs in 75 amateur fights. That's ridiculous considering the headgear and larger gloves!
Mostly got those KOs against random japanese high schoolers. He was losing 0-11 when he fought top amateurs.
You talking about his fight with the cuban where he lost 11-0 right? They fought again and he only lost by two points. The cubans style are made for the amateurs if they fought as pros Inoue would demolish him in a couple of rounds. Anyway for me the amateurs are pretty irrelevant in this case not only his 45 kos but also his losses.Means Nothing. The pros is what counts IMO.
I just watched them. Man, Inoue was raw and unrefined as hell. Then I watched his first pro fight and the difference is night and day.
Or maybe he was made to look like that, dont think i've ever heard Inoue call Rigo out even when Rigo has called him out.. interesting
Amateurs don't mean anything. Inoue would KO all those guys in the pros. Rigondeaux was outboxed and dropped by a no name guy. Casimero had him throwing 2 punches a round. Dropped by a Cordoba jab and almost finished off by another no name Japanese dude. Inoue would have destroyed him, but it's too bad the pressure cooker retired him. Rigondeaux should have entered the WBSS and got that ass whooping.
