Inoue fighting 4 times in less than a year

Easy to do when you're fighting Tokyo Uber drivers.

 

Almost any bum can get ranked these days. Tapalas was decent the rest were crap.

 

Even if that were the case, at least he is fighting. What is the other guys excuses, why are they not fighting more than twice a year, at best?

 

Junto will retire him.

 

I live in Asia so if that fight is the end of 2025 il definately be heading to Tokyo.

 

In all honesty if that were to happen it will come in 3-4 years at featherweight on a rematch and a passing of the torch sorta situation.
Later 2025 at 122 Inoue will win the first match then he'll move up to 126 vacating all the belts.
Nakatani will stay at 122 and recollect every belt against whoever that wins the vacant ones while Inoue collects them at 126.
Then around 2028 or so they will reclash at 126 in which Nakatani will win this time.

Bubble wrapped undefeated means BS anyway, only a certain religion in 'murika worships it.

 

But this is Japan. Such rematches never happen, unfortunately.

 

Although its true that Japan doesn't like getting boxers tangled up in endless rematch clauses which stall the excitement, if there was enough valid reasons to want to have the fight for both parties and the fans were willing to purchase the tickets (which they will), I don't see it being impossible.

Not saying its a guarantee to happen. However IF it were to happen in the said timeline, that is what I personally expect.

 

I am just saying this based on their history. Japanese boxers don´t tend to take high profile rematches among themselves.
Honestly, I can´t recall any this century.

 

Fighting 4 times a year is the way it should be. Until a few decades ago, that was the norm. A fighter's prime doesn't last forever. Even a great fighter like Inoue will eventually run out of steam. Enjoy it while it lasts.

 

It's thrice in a calendar year (and Tapales was only his second in 2023, so he's averaging 2.5 in the last couple of years ...and twice a year on average in the last 5, competing just once in 2020 and 2x each in 2021 and 2022) but that's still decent compared with most champs.

 

Cycling takes time and USADA is scary.

 

Full credit to him but it sure helps if you can get your opponents out of there early and fight less rounds.