Can Naoya Inoue become a big boxing super star in the future?

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  1. Diagoras

    Diagoras Active Member Full Member

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    That was my earlier post, I was just quoting the highlighted bit & giving an example of an up & coming young champ from Australia saying what I said. He wants to fight in Sydney as much as possible & I don't blame him (& Australia is part of the Anglo world unlike Japan or Ukraine)

    This whole shtick of fighting at home means you are taking the easy way out is a thing reserved for foreign fighters by ignorant Americans. Floyd never had his big fights outside Vegas, not even the Hatton fight with the whole of UK behind him though there was talk of a rematch at Wembley. Yet that is never mentioned when discussing his record but somehow Inoue has to come fight in US to be certified as a legit Boxer by certain American fans (this is even though besides Fulton, there are no top Americans at 122)
     
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  2. The Cryptkeeper

    The Cryptkeeper Boxing Addict Full Member

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  3. PIPO23

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    He can and he has the blue print already guys like Pac and Loma etc moved to the U.S and move up in weight to fight legit pnd for pnd talents.Which Nonoya hasn’t on two fronts.
     
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  4. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    If the rumors are true and he does end up fighting Luis Nery next this could be an opportunity to have it set up in Vegas since Nery isn’t allowed to fight in Japan soil. This would be a good time to start having Inoue more exposed to the casual fans.
     
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  5. steviebruno

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    Half of the people here didn't even know when his fight was starting. He should be a superstar, but geography is making that impossible.
     
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  6. Joy_Rones

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    Inoue is the first sub-135 fighter I've ever been interested in. He's fighting an uphill battle for the hearts of the fans as he's basically a pituitary dwarf. No point in denying that. However he's VERY special so he might just win said battle.
     
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  7. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Surely Sundays performance in Las Vegas was enough to finally get US casual fans to take notice of Inoue? Really makes you wonder how Ryan Garcia and even Jake Paul of all guys manage to be bigger, higher paid super stars over an actual Top 5 professional champion like Inoue.

    Hopefully this is a wake up call on who the fans SHOULD be more excited to see. Saving this weekend should definitely benefit Inoue greatly as far as popularity goes.
     
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  8. Flo_Raiden

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    With the huge gate $30M Tokyo Dome gate and high PPV buys in Japan I think it's safe to say that Naoya Inoue is most definitely a big star in his country second only to Shohei Ohtani. Casual fans most likely still don't know much about him just because he's non-American in a small weight division but he's now considered by most as the P4P best fighter today which should bring some more attention towards him. I think at this point Inoue most definitely doesn't need the US at all for "star power". He's already very popular in his own country. Fighters must come to him for the money fights now, he is that big now.
     
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  9. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Did you know that roughly about 60% of the world's total population is Asian?

    There's more Asian people on this planet than any other group and Asia is the most populace continent

    And no I'm not trying to imply they're all Japanese. Jeez! What is wrong with you people? Show me where I even suggested such a thing? :facepalm:

    How could they be when there are literally five other Asian countries which are more populace than it? :facepalm:

    But Japan is still the 11th most populace country in the world according to my sources and guess which country is #10? Mexico. You know, the country who the biggest star in the sport in recent years hails from ie. Clenelo

    Boxing has gone global and among others all the best fighters in the world hail from the tiny majestic isle of Great Britain, Mexico, Japan, and Ukraine now. Deal with it or get dealt with :deal:
     
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  10. Slyk

    Slyk Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The western world will never respect small fellas unless they have unbelievable swagger like Hamed.

    Look at the acres of **** Mayweather had to talk to get noticed.
     
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  11. Flo_Raiden

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    Inoue himself already has a bit of swagger in him, especially the way he enters the ring, fights with confidence in his ability, and showboats in the ring on ocassion.

    Whether or not the majority of the western world will ever respect him doesn't matter to him at this point. Inoue doesn't need the west approval or validation from US fans to be a big star.
     
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  12. Slyk

    Slyk Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He's big in Japan. Probably other Asian countries. He's not a global superstar.
     
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  13. Flo_Raiden

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    Same can be said with the majority of guys like Garcia, Shakur, Benavidez, Haney. They're mostly known in the US but not so much anywhere else. Even Terence Crawford still isn't that much of a huge global star. I think the only ones that are more "global" or known outside their countries are Canelo, Usyk, Fury, AJ, Jake Paul.
     
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  14. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    Boxing theses days more than ever very rarely creates a global superstar

    Inoue is a mega star where it counts to him

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  15. Slyk

    Slyk Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yes, the Garcia, Bena, Haney types aren't global superstars. Not even close. It's rare that someone crosses east to west and vice versa. Hasn't been someone to do it from Asia since Pac, and he built most of his pro career in the US. You could argue Pac was the last true global boxing superstar. I feel the sport hasn't hit that high mark since he faded.
     
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