You are not p4p #1 if you get dropped and almost stopped by an Uber driver

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  1. The Cryptkeeper

    The Cryptkeeper Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Blah, blah, blah…
     
    The Cryptkeeper, May 9, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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  2. PIPO23

    PIPO23 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I am glad you criticize Inoue.Heck all the greats get criticism.Inoue is not immune.Remember Pac and Floyd in their tenor got a shalacking.This is pro boxing.We should critique his resume.I don’t mind the KD.As boxing anything can happened but getting dropped by a nobody in his prime does put a question mark.Great fighter and this is what makes sports great.A lot throw a hissy fit when this kid gets scrutinies but like he supposed to be untouchable or golden child something.All the greats get the grilling stop crying.
     
    PIPO23, May 9, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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  3. turbotime

    turbotime Hall Of Famer Full Member

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    10 pages! good to see the Inoue fan club is still strong :bananaride

    It was one helluva shot he didn’t see coming and he was put down, wasn’t hurt and went to war in a great fight. It’s happened before to Jones when he was #1, Oskee, Usyk, Duran, Ali etc.
     
    turbotime, May 9, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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  4. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Criticizing Inoue for getting dropped in his 4th weight class is the wrong approach. Damn never every fighter gets dropped at some point and the vast majority numerous times and stopped and he proceeded to get up and beat the souls out of the bodies in electric fashion of both fighters who dropped him

    The correct approach is to praise Usyk for never having being dropped by a headshot despite running through a murderer's row of savage punching KO artists, legit bangers, giants, and savage punching giants amateur and pro.

    Hell, he's never even been badly hurt by a headshot and he's already 38 y/o and has been past his prime for years.

    It could well happen in his next fight but the fact he has managed to avoid doing so given the aforementioned until at least 38.5 y/o is downright astonishing and is rarer than getting struck by lightening on your way to collect you £100 million wining jackpot lottery prize
     
    Serge, May 9, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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  5. tinman

    tinman Loyal Member Full Member

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    Not to mention, Shane Mosley was a decade past his prime at this point. Getting rocked and then putting on the earmuffs against a 38 year old Mosley might be an effective defensive strategy. Imagine standing in front of a young Shane Mosley and simply standing in the middle of the ring with earmuffs on? Yea, that's an avalanche of power punches coming your way. I think a young Mosley beats FMJ.
     
    tinman, May 9, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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  6. OldSchoolBoxing

    OldSchoolBoxing Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Inoue is fighting in weight classes which nobody cares about, thus there's very weak opposition there. His achievements in those weak weight classes don't mean nothing. Plus, he made a nasty habit of kissing the ground against unknown bums. He's not that great.
     
    OldSchoolBoxing, May 9, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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  7. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    I agree.
     
    CST80, May 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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  8. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Mosley was also pfp 3 and ducked a Mayweather fight earlier in his career.
     
    NoNeck, May 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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  9. Grinder

    Grinder Dude, don't call me Dude Full Member

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    Floyd was hurt worse by SSM than Inoue was in the fight's flash knockdown. Inoue got to his knee carefully and waited until the 7 count, his eyes were totally clear and he stood up without any obvious issues.

    Remember, Inoue is fighting bigger guys who can punch and is knocking then out. If Floyd was as good as Inoue he would have fought Pac in 2010 and knocked him out. Instead he fought the likes of Robert the Ghost Guererro and Conor McGregor.

    Inoue is levels above Floyd.
     
    Grinder, May 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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  10. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Inoue is levels better at getting floored by Uber drivers and having 38 year olds break bones in his face.
     
    NoNeck, May 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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  11. VG_Addict

    VG_Addict Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Hey now, let's not shame fighters for having a second job.
     
    VG_Addict, May 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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  12. AdamT

    AdamT Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Lol
     
    AdamT, May 10, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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  13. The Cryptkeeper

    The Cryptkeeper Well-Known Member Full Member

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    How can you possibly conflate a lack of fanbase at lower weight classes with the opposition being weak there?

    They are two entirely different things.
     
    The Cryptkeeper, May 10, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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  14. Slyk

    Slyk Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    No, nothing wrong with it. It's an important part of how the sport is built up and we'd have a fraction of the fighters we have today without it.

    My point is to show where Cardenas is in his career. He's just getting beyond the second job phase of prizefighting, yet he still managed to have a tear up with Inoue and heavily knock him down. He is not an established, world title level fighter by any measure. For some reason it is absolutely not to be mentioned that such factors very well could affect the perceived p4p rating of Inoue.
     
    Slyk, May 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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  15. HistoryZero26

    HistoryZero26 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I do not watch or follow boxing below 140 pounds and I am fully aware the best boxers reside there. It should be common sense.
     
    HistoryZero26, May 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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