Naoya Inoue and Terence Crawford Faults

Crawford has too much courage and can be caught/hurt. Inoue struggled a lot again boxer/puncher Donaire and I think that style may be tough for him...especially if theyre larger.

Other than those observations these two are solid AF

 

Listen, I'm a very hep cat. I clap on the one and three and I make it sound good. Now, I don't know what the "average" boxing fan thinks about this, and, quite frankly, I disagree with it, even if it's what I think too, but I will tell you this: Neither of these guys from the orient are as good as other guys like Baby Old Man Leeman, "The Dutch Flemish Giant of The Plains" who dominated newspaper decisions in Tallahassee during the times when fights were illegal but true, real greats were made.

 

Inoue -
Active guard still isn’t that good but it’s getting better
Inside game as already mentioned- lack of frames and controls, typically doesn’t like to clinch if he feels he doesn’t have to. He can be outworked on the inside too but is generally excellent at staying away from and getting out of inside fighting situations

Crawford -
Defense in general, he gets hit way too much especially for guy with a pretty cagey style- seems to have blind spots and lapses in concentration. Too eager to trade with his opponent a lot of the time (but he did do less of this against Madrimov). Also he just starts firing back straight away when he gets buzzed/hurt which could be dangerous
He can also sometimes have trouble/take a while getting his timing

Both can be a bit overconfident/reckless- Inoue not wanting to clinch and having a tendency to want to put on a show for the crowd, Crawford firing back straight away when hurt and being too eager to trade in general

Both back straight up quite often but it’s more or less impossible to punish because they do it situationally, control range excellently, disrupt their opponents rhythm and have great timing and awareness

Overall both are about as well rounded as a fighter can be

 

Yeah I'd say Crawford has the edge in overall ability because he isn't a hand dropper and he utilizes lateral movement better than Inoue does, but he's definitely more comfortable being the counterpuncher than initiating. Whilst Madrimov was nowhere near winning because he was just spoiling by throwing a bunch of feints and barely working, he succeeded in dragging Crawford down to his level somewhat because he was throwing off his timing.