Naoya Inoue vs. Omar Andrés Narváez & Akira Yaegashi vs. Pedro Guevara RBR

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  1. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    At least.

    Just think, Pacquiao started at flyweight as well and worked his way to 154lbs.

    Granted, he was 16 when he debuted while Inoue was 19..and PPacquiao has a little over 2" on him...but Inoue seems to have a larger frame that could accommodate several more jumps up comfortably - and is, dare I say it, as naturally talented as the young unrefined Pacquiao ever was along with a well schooled amateur background (which Pac never had) to boot.

    Link him up with a world class trainer like Roach and who knows where Inoue might find his ceiling? Of course at 5'4" it may be hard to envision him at welter or junior middle - but who the hell could have foreseen a scrawny 5'6.5" Cebuano kid eventually collecting belts all the way up there?

    I'll be a little surprised if he doesn't end up campaigning - successfully - at LW or even LWW.
     
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  2. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Hey Curtis Stevens is only 5'6 and he started out a Light Heavyweight.
     
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  3. OvidsExile

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

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    With all due respect to the number thirty-five middleweight in the world, maybe he should lay off the weights and roids. You don't need those huge muscles in boxing if you have a little technique. They slow you down and make you gas. With his build, he'd probably be a lot better off at 140.

    I would have used James Toney, Dwight Qawi, or Sam Langford as the example of a guy that height who was abnormally short, but solid and bull strong, and a natural light heavyweight.
     
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  4. OvidsExile

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

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    Fighter of the year. My heart is still breaking after Nonito Donaire. Do I dare to love again so soon?
     
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  5. PIPO23

    PIPO23 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Pacific typhoon Naoya Inoue!!! Bombaye! any replays?
     
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  6. Boxing Prospect

    Boxing Prospect Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Earlier today the Ohashi team said Featherweight is where they expect Inoue to top out
     
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  7. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    [YT]e0y0vNaPK8I[/YT]
     
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  8. Peril

    Peril The Scholar Full Member

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    What a fight! It was a treat for true boxing fans. I think we have a japanese Golovkin being groomed for the total takeover!
     
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  9. OvidsExile

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

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    He looks about right for featherweight.
     
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  10. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    Groomed?
    He took out the two best fighters from 108 and 115 in a single year :lol:
     
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  11. Alcanelo

    Alcanelo The Spider Full Member

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    But Naoya is well groomed so it's fitting in some regards
     
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