Naoya Inoue and Terence Crawford Faults

None.

 

Crawford tends to get hit more than he should sometimes.

Inoue tend to become a little reckless sometimes.

 

Crawford usually takes three to four rounds to get going, I say usually because in his most recent fight he only needed a round. This allows opponents to bank early rounds leaving him in a deficit.

Crawford also has that dog in him which causes him to take shots to deliver his own and get into exchanges where he could have simply outboxed the other guy.

 

Crawford has leaky defense and really doesn't like pressure. Inoue can be reckless at times. I find both to be quite overrated

 

You would need an ATG opponent to reveal either of their weaknesses.

Bud has fought and beaten Spence, Porter, Brook, Gamboa, Burns, Postol, Diaz, and Jean. His chin has been tested a few times and some fights were closer than they needed to be because he starts slow.

Inoue has fought and beat Tapales, Fulton, Butler, Donaire, Moloney, Dasmarinas, Rodriguez, Narvaez, and Payano. His chin has been tested and larger fighters (Donaire) have shown he can be boxed WITH so long as they can withstand the power.

Again, both Crawford and Inoue are ATGs. There are no fighters in history that have an easy night with either guy. Not saying either Inoue or Crawford beat other ATGs, just saying they would be live in any era w previous ATGs.

 

"Inoue and Crawford are the only current fighters who could fight in any era and fit in"--Teddy Atlas

 

Usyk

 

Def worth consideration. I trust we'll learn more after the Fury scrap

 

Nope also currently Uysk, Beterbiev, Bivol, Fury, Canelo.
Then you have the little guys like gonzalez, estrada.
Atlas is acting like every Era was stacked.

 

Atlas loves EE's so much but he just can't see how they compete in good eras.

 

My bad. I will correct myself. He also said in another interview in Saudi Arabia, the same thing for Crawford. In those eras.

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Late to the party, but in turn:
Inoue:
-bad habit of dropping his other hand when throwing shots. He normally gets away with it because his athletic gifts, attacking variety and control of distance make him difficult to time, and he does have a good chin, but it's dangerous regardless.
-Tends to move back in straight lines after exiting range. It means opponents can follow Inoue out cos he's still on the line of attack, and he can get stuck on the ropes; it can obviously bait opponents into walking onto something, but if he runs out of road against a bigger, stronger guy with a good inside game, that could spell real trouble.
-His inside game is pretty limited. Knows how to shorten up his shots and is still dangerous, but isn't defensively responsible; he doesn't physically control the opponents body/arms to stop guys hitting him or getting leverage, he sorta puts up the high guard and has a tough man contest. That said, you rarely see Inoue here unless he's volunteered it against a guy he's decided is food; he's great at controlling range.

 

excellent observations. welcome.

 

Bud is both more versatile and more flawed than Monster.