Naoya Inoue’s skills - how would you rate them?

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  1. rayrobinson

    rayrobinson Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Perfect technique combined with world class speed.

    Japanese efficiency at its best.

    Tough to beat unless you are absolute elite.
     
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  2. vast

    vast Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It is impossible to assess him right now, as he has never been tested. Not even close.
     
  3. farpost

    farpost New Member Full Member

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    No. It was a wrong translation. He did not say that he felt he lost the 1st round. He just said Manny gave him a lot of pressure in the round.
    And actually he did not lose the round. All the refrees gave 10-9 to Inoue.
     
  4. PaddyGarcia

    PaddyGarcia Trivial Annoyance Gold Medalist Full Member

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    It's almost quite difficult to change how good he is technically (and from a defensive point of view) because his fights are usually over in about 5 ****ing seconds
     
  5. FastSmith7

    FastSmith7 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I’ll compare mine to some other p4p fighters
    Inoue
    Power - 10/10
    Speed - 8.5/10
    Defense - 7/10
    Offense - 9.5/10
    Footwork - 8/10
    Ring IQ - 7.5/10
    Jab - 8/10
    Counter - 9.5/10
    Chin - largely untested so I’d go for 7/10
    8.3 average

    Loma
    Power - 6/10
    Speed - 9.5/10
    Defense - 9.5/10
    Offense - 10/10
    Footwork - 10/10
    Ring IQ - 10/10
    Jab - 9/10
    Counter - 9/10
    Chin - 8/10
    9.0 average

    Usyk
    Power - 7/10
    Speed - 9/10
    Defense - 8/10
    Offense - 9/10
    Footwork - 9.5/10
    Ring IQ - 9.5/10
    Jab - 8.5/10
    Counter - 8.5/10
    Chin - 8.5/10
    8.6 average

    Crawford
    Power - 8.5/10
    Speed - 9/10
    Defense - 9/10
    Offense - 9/10
    Footwork - 9/10
    Ring IQ - 10/10
    Jab - 8.5/10
    Counter - 9/10
    Chin - 7.5/10
    8.8 average

    Beefman
    Power - 7/10
    Speed - 9/10
    Defense - 9.5/10
    Offense - 8.5/10
    Footwork - 6/10
    Ring IQ - 8.5/10
    Jab - 8/10
    Counter - 9.5/10
    Chin - 9.9/10
    8.4 average

    Golovkin
    Power - 9/10
    Speed - 7/10
    Defense - 8/10
    Offense - 9.5/10
    Footwork - 9/10
    Ring IQ - 8.5/10
    Jab - 10/10
    Counter - 8.5/10
    Chin - 10/10
    8.8 average
     
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  6. Official Scorecard

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    His skillset looks so good to me. The only things i'd like him to straight out is his defense and especially his awareness after finishing his attacks.
     
  7. Paranoid Android

    Paranoid Android Manny Pacquiao — The Thurmanator banned Full Member

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    This is a dumb statement.
     
  8. Paranoid Android

    Paranoid Android Manny Pacquiao — The Thurmanator banned Full Member

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    How do you not give his offense a perfect 10? He is ruthlessly efficient, creative in his punch sequences, and every single shot he lands counts. His jab should also be a 10. That thing is FAST, ACCURATE with HEAVY POP.

    And why is his Ring IQ so low? Inoue seems to know exactly where he is at all times and he's always in position to do damage...

    :lol:
     
  9. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  10. Zhuge Liang

    Zhuge Liang Active Member Full Member

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    Inoue's punch acceleration is unreal. He can pull a full barrage variation of power punches without pause. This is a rare talent that very few boxer have.

    His body mechanism is excellent. And he has very strong boxing fundamentals. Reminds me to the great Ricardo Lopez.
     
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  11. sid

    sid Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Great post,I said long ago on here that Emanuel Navarrete would be Inoue's hardest fight & I still think this.Any other boxer in lower weights Inoue beats.
     
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  12. f1ght3rz

    f1ght3rz Ronaldoooo is crying in his caaaaaar Full Member

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    People still underrating his skillset. I read "Fulton would school him", "Prime Rigo would school him"...what the ****??? Did you guys watch any Inoue fights yet? He has a master class jab, his footwork is insane especially the angles he's creating with it. He's a sniper too. He's by far the best PURE boxer between BELOW 130 pounds. There is nobody who can beat him there. People who say otherwise are just biased as **** and can't see the truth because they have to suck some dicks from their favorite fighters....

    I'm not even a huge Monster fanboy or so. I like to watch his fights but thats it.
     
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  13. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Bump.
    I think people are still underrating Inoue’s boxing skills and ring IQ. Inoue will definitely show his full arsenal and put his skills on display once he finally gets in the ring with Fulton.
     
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  14. drenlou

    drenlou Tres Delinquentes Full Member

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    You don't say?
     
  15. JunlongXiFan

    JunlongXiFan Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Not only his skills but his speed. He's by far the fastest guy on anyone's pound for pound list, even relative to his division. He's underrated as a speedster. But to be fair to some of these guys, back in 2019 his defense really was a lot worse and so his skills overall were less impressive.