Is Naoya Inoue The GOAT Bantamweight???

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Is Naoya Inoue The GOAT Bantamweight???

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  1. Jpreisser

    Jpreisser Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Is he even the greatest Japanese bantamweight over the last 15 years? Would Inoue have beaten Donaire at his peak?
     
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  2. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member

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    Too sharp would have beat inoue imo.
     
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  3. Sandman_

    Sandman_ Undisputed Full Member

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    Lionel Rose schools him the same way he schooled Fighting Harada.

    NOT EVEN CLOSE!

    Jeff Fenech KAYOS him. Say GOODNIGHT, Scary Monsta.
     
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  4. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member

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    Rafael Marquez too. Cmon mang.
     
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  5. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    Do you mean head to head or in terms of accomplishment? There have been some career bantamweights who racked up some impressive victories there as well as some all time greats who passed through the division. As others have said Eder Jofre, Fighting Harada, Carlos Zarate, Ruben Olivares, Manuel Ortiz, Happy Lora, etc all have very impressive resumes at the weight.
     
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  6. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Some more killers who would have hunted down the Monster.
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  7. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    As much as I really hate d!ck sucking.... that was really impressive from the Monster. :sisi1
    Must admit I thought going the distance with Donaire first time around made him look less of a H2H beast but after his latest performance against Donaire my mind has changed. He really does have a case of being one of the best BWs, if he clears out the division which he is very much capable of doing.

    Still think that he's not the best BW and the guys I mentioned are H2H beasts but Inoue should indeed be mentioned alongside with them as one of the best.
     
    Flo_Raiden, Jun 7, 2022
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  8. JOKER

    JOKER Froat rike butterfry, sting rike MFER! banned Full Member

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    Ain't NOBODY beating Inoue at 118. No fighter now, no fighter in the past, nor will there be a fighter to the end of time.
     
    JOKER, Jun 7, 2022
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  9. Skins

    Skins Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'm a classic guy, but he is as good as anybody I've seen. Might not stay at bantam long enough to break records but his talent is off the charts. Hope he fights a lot more to show the skeptics how great he can really be
     
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  10. Drew101

    Drew101 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    H2H I think the Inoue that we just saw today can hang with anyone at the weight.

    Historically, I think ranking him around and maybe even a bit ahead of a guy like Jimmy Carrathrers would be appropriate. Bantamweight's deep, but Carrathrers got a lot done in a short amount of time, never lost at the weight and has landed in the top 20 on a few well researched lists. Inoue's trajectory seems similar to that at 118.
     
    Drew101, Jun 7, 2022
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  11. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Like I said in the RBR thread, people were forgetting that Inoue was fighting with a broken orbital socket from round 2 onward in the first Nonito fight and I was expecting a better version of him today and not a better version of Nonito

    'Naoya Inoue knew as early as the second round of their fight that he probably wouldn’t be able to knock out Nonito Donaire.

    That’s when Inoue realized that he had suffered a serious injury, which a doctor determined was a fractured orbital bone around his right eye. He had to protect the right side of his face, which made Inoue change his strategy.

    “Just thinking back to the injury, it’s bringing back shivers”

    “I had to basically adjust my fight plan from knocking him out to winning a decision.”

    Inoue also suffered a cut above his right eye in the second round, which worsened throughout their 12-round, 118-pound title fight last November 7 at Saitama Arena in Saitama, Japan. It was the broken orbital bone, though, that caused the IBF/WBA bantamweight champion tremendous pain during the final of the World Boxing Super Series’ 118-pound tournament.

    “It was like shockwaves coming through where it was broken,” said Inoue, who’ll battle Jason Moloney on Saturday night. “After that injury, I was seeing double vision. I saw two Donaires in the ring until the 12th round [ended].”
     
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  12. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Carlos Zarate
     
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  13. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    What a lineup!!! I've always thought the bantamweight division has the greatest debate as who's the all time best.
    ...and you're right, Inoue couldn't come through that bunch with his head intact
     
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  14. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    6 fights at 118 and he's the greatest of all time? That's a uh, Hmm, shall we say unique way of looking at it.
     
    Reinhardt, Jun 7, 2022
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  15. JOKER

    JOKER Froat rike butterfry, sting rike MFER! banned Full Member

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    Inoue's had 8 fights at 118. And he produced highlight reel KOs in 5 of those fights... IN UNDER 8 TOTAL ROUNDS.
     
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