Inoue fighting 4 times in less than a year

Inoue is essentially doing a second speed run of a division's top five. If he completes it, he's essentially a lock for Top 10 status in that division's atg rankings. Combined with top 15-20 status at bantamweight, that's pretty impressive.

 

Being fair 2020 practically everyone only fought once or none due to a certain issue that was out of control for the world so every boxer should be exempt. Given 2021 was also a hard time for having fights in Japan bringing in foreigners I think 2022 was when it finally started to go back closer to the norm in regulations.

From there he fought twice 2022 (including undisputed fight), twice 2023 (including undisputed fight at new division), three times 2024 which is all but guaranteed barring a freak accident god forbid, and also barring injury there is a realistic chance he's going to do 3 next year too (April in Vegas against MJ, late summer in Tokyo against Nakatani, and possibly end of the year at featherweight?)
So from 2022-2024 that is 7 in 3 years between two divisions including two undisputed fights, with 2025 making it possibly 10 in 4 years which is definitely on the high end of title fights, especially including two or possibly three divisions.

 

Inoue is already number 1 IMHO and has been that. I think it's very difficult to justify anyone being higher than Inoue. I think you can argue back n forth between Usyk and Crawford (I'd personally say Crawford) for the number 2 spot, but I think Inoue is on the iron throne

grabbing 8 belts in two divisions in 13 calendar months is.................that is Pac going up 8 divisions level of accomplishment

 

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Today LWs can fight much more than HWs.

 

Best fighter in the sport, but weighing less than a buck 40 and mostly fighting in Japan isn't doing him as many favours

It's a pity he didn't have big name bums like Aj and Fury to feast on, or we would have him as the goat already

 

P4P #1

 

I can only respect Inoue and appreciate he is a top 3-5 P4P fighter at the minimum.

Although, I do think he could achieve even more in boxing and go up the weight classes like Pac and I am saying this because he is that good.

 

Whats more impressive is that there is a realistic chance he can add 4 more plus the Ring for 126 in the next 2-3 years.

 

Yes cool but vs who? How many high level prime fighters has he fought? Easy to scoop up a bunch of belts in the weakest divisions in the sport.

 

Taguchi, Hernandez, Rodriguez, Fulton, Tapales, Nery all in their primes, Nonaire a reigning champ in both fights, Narvaez unbeaten at 115 etc. Inoue has 20 world title fights vs. opponents accumulating as many world titles, and he's obliterated them like no other fighter since Pac.

Just cause these names don't mind crap to you don't mean it's a weak resume. Take Beterbiev: best win is a debated one over Bivol who's claim to fame is beating an outsized middleweight. Once dust settles name me another Beterbiev opponent anyone will remember. There is none. Take Lomachenko: 3 losses to green & past prime fighters, post-prime Linares win, tiny arse Rigo. Zero elite opponent in their prime, in his weight and a win, the only difference is hype and history will wipe that off the face of the Earth.

 

Best wins: late thirties Donaire and Stephen Fulton

 

That wasn't Nery's prime.

The need for you to ramble about Beterbiev and Lomachenko says it all.

 

Donaire gets a tad overrated.He loss to Rigo and had a few bad performances like Narvaez and was flat lined by Walters had 4 losses already to Frampton and Magdaleno.Thing about Donaire was he challenged the limits.He went to 130 and 126 and found out.

 

The lightest divisions yes, but automatically assuming they are the weakest and easiest to win belts in is just you not giving a crap about those weights.
Right now in terms of talent depth on each division off the top of my head I'd say 130 and 160 are overall crummier than 115/118/122 for a while now and even 147 is barren post-Crawford when you consider that the univeral top regarded is the eye-test only Boots leading the email belt crew.

And no, Bridgers doesn't count but if they did that is the worst.