Just one month away from the fight that many fans have been wanting to see. Even though Inoue is the clear favorite MJ is by no means a slouch. MJ lost to Tapales (who in turn was KO'd by Inoue) by close decision but that doesn't diminish him as a fighter at all. Inoue has looked vulnerable in his last fight against Cardenas in a fight that most expected to be a wipeout but it turned out to be a very competitive fight. MJ certainly has the power to drop Inoue to the canvas. Catching him consistently and giving Inoue all he can handle remains to be seen. Do you think this fight could end up being a hard fought war or could this turn out to be a one sided contest, more so in favor of Inoue?
Inoue is a great fighter and a P4P star but he should move up in weight instead to be honest. His division is pretty dry. MJ and his team basically talked his way to a title shot.
If Inoue fights a more controlled fight then he can make it a mostly one sided affair, but if he fights overly aggressive like he did against Cardenas then it could turn into a tougher night for him.
I think Akhmadaliev will have his moments, but the overall it will be one sided. The difference in hand and foot speed, with Inoue's accuracy will be the difference.
Highly competitive for the first 4 rounds. I think MJ will get to Inoue early, and thus Inoue will become reckless because he likes to fight fire with fire. But then MJ will slow down, the body work from Inoue will take its toll, and Inoue´s ring IQ will completely overwhelm him in the later rounds. Inoue has not changed much at all(stylistically), thus every one of his weaknesses have been exposed over the years. This means that most of his opponents will come in with good gameplans that can trouble him.
If Inoue locks in and not get excited, itll be a one sided beatdown. Like how he was so contolled against Fulton.
Just one more day. Any ideas on how this might end up? Both Inoue and MJ look like they’re ready to knock the other guy out.
One thing's for goddam sure MJ isn't going to be intimidated by the yakuza. He moonwalked into the lion's den of Nagoya without a care in the world and don't forget his crew consists of Bivol, Madrimov, Bek The Bully, and damn near that entire Uzbekistan amateur team. If the yakuza wanna kick off they gonna find out right quick. You can see it in MJ's eyes - he's here to dethrone the king and he believes Inoue has mandible issues and as the ''King of Pop'' he's looking to exploit that with his Uzbek power Don't get me wrong, Inoue is good and he got respectable pop of his own. The kid can fight no doubt about it and MJ did lose to Tapales who Inoue knocked out. But maybe, just maybe.. MJ was sick that night or wasn't himself and we're getting the real MJ tomorrow morning The only fight night weight I could find of MJ's is 134 but that was in 2018 Inoue weighed 138.5 vs TJ. That's the heaviest fight night weight for him and MJ looks like he walks round heavy so hopefully the fight night weights will be disclosed at some point