Inoue is the new Chocolatito

I think p4p rankings are obsessed with the tiny guys. I remember when Chocolatito was p4p 1 and I just lol’d, because it’s obvious when you watch someone if they’re special or not.

Inoue is special, but he’s not that type of special. He’s not special like when I saw prime Tyson, or SRL, or RJJ, or a Pac or Floyd, or even more recently, like a prime Rigondeaux or Lomachenko.

Those guys were being carried by something God-given, the way they moved, there was nothing like it. A bit like if you watched Messi on the field.

Now Inoue, he’s being carried by perfect boxing. Same way Chocolatito was. Or JMM was. They are great, but they’re just a bit below being that ridiculousness that enters boxing and claims no.1.

Guys like Chocolatito and Inoue are going through weight classes, but in weight classes where the talent pool is much lower. And you know it’s much lower because none of these guys can get up to FW and do something. Is it that big weight jump? Nope, it’s simply that talent pool jump.

An example of that is how Pac was beating guys like Sasakul and Ledwaba who were considered the best of their divisions at the time. But going from them to a Barrera, Morales or JMM was a huge jump in talent.

I think the real talent starts at FW. I’d love to see Inoue fight Loma. Loma isn’t even top 10 p4p right now but he would be heavy favourite for me. They can meet at 126/130.

 

My guess is that most men when stripped down to muscle and bones and relatively small stature starts from FW. I’m referring to men from Mexico and Asia. Very few men are actually flyweights… so the talent pool is much larger.

There’s been many FW ATGs, far fewer ATGs in the 8 weight classes below FW. And 3lbs shouldn’t be new weight class ffs lol.

 

If he was so special why didn’t he dominate the p4p rankings for a long time like previous p4p 1s did? I mean that’s a title for the likes of Floyd, pac, bhop, RJJ, srl. Tell me he holds a candle to those guys?

 

HW is 200lb+ unless it’s changed? It’s an open weight class so I’m guessing there’s far more 200lb+ men in the world than there are 115lbs men in the world.

There’s a lot of people in Asia though so I could be wrong!

 

I’m not, he looks like the perfect boxer. Like boxing taken to the peak with training and dedication. He has good everything else. But he’s lacking that spark of specialness. Whether it’s Floyds speed and defense. RJJ’s superman like abilities. SRLs just maxed out stats on everything. Tyson’s also perfect boxing skills + insane speed and power.

I have him becoming the likes of JMM, Cotto and even Morales. Nothing to scoff at. Legit ATG level by the end of it. But I don’t see him going beyond that. Those guys were never the no.1 guys in boxing, they were top 3 at best.