Naoya Inoue was NOT exposed

Great post fella

 

Im so sick and tired of hearing "this fighter got exposed". Its carries absolutely no weight because anything can be considered exposed. All fighters have weaknesses all fighters have flaws and nobody, I mean absolutely NOBODY is unbeatable. Guys have off nights or when you're fighting at a high level youre going to have tough fights. Errol Spence is the end all be all for many of the delusional on this forum yet he has not looked as dominant since hes stepped up the level of competition. He had a tough time with Brook, nearly lost to Porter and couldn't ko a sluggish and overweight Mikey no matter how hard he tried. Does this mean hes been exposed? Like how TF! is beating a 4X world champion that you moved up in weight to face off against and won a tough fight mean you got exposed? Bernard Hopkins lost his first Professional fight, Manny got ko`d early in his career and Loma lost in his second fight. So what does that even really mean? To me a guy gets exposed when hes fought a bunch of low level competition and looks dominant but the minute he steps up the level of competition the Ls starts piling up. Thats being exposed. Even then its still just my opinion.

 

People that say, "XXX was exposed" should be shot.

 

Donaire turned back the clock and came to win against Inoue. Sometimes fighters who aren't truly "done" (or completely "past it") can do such things. The Flash had at least one great fight left in him, and Naoya overcame his challenge while showing a lot of intangibles in there.

It was a helluva fight.

 

You basically created a thread to preempt criticism of Inoue based on what you agree was not his best performance?

 

Inoue & Donaire had a great fight the winners were the fans not exposed.

 

Yeah, Donaire gave him more trouble than I thought he would, but these things happens. A bigger veteran with a dangerous punch giving his all for one fight can always spell trouble.

Most on the p4p list have struggled with someone. It happens. Crawford perhaps hasn't, but then he hasn't faced that many quality fighters.

Inoue got to show grit and toughness. To be great you have to have that as well. It won't always be plain sailing, no matter who you are.

 

He got a bit exposed by an old fighter.

 

His orbital bone was fractured and he was seeing double for 10 rounds...huge heart to fight through that and it would of had a big impact on his fight plan...not taking anything away from donaire though as it was a legit shot that caused the damage.

 

He was not exposed. I think Donaire really turned back the clock and was very sharp. However I agree that compared to Donaire Inoue looked really skinny, somwhat fragile and probably 5-10 pounds lighter. On the other hand - so was Pacquiao against most of his opponents.

 

I had a bad feeling from the opening round that Nery was going to drop him as Inoue's timing and shot selection seemed a bit off while Nery was getting awfully close with some wicked looking swings. And the KD when it came was a hefty one that could have spelled the end for a lesser fighter. But Inoue showed why he was world class by riding out the round, regaining his composure and dropping Nery the very next round with a beautiful counter shot, then dominating him to one of the more brutal knockouts I've seen lately. Those are exactly the sorts of qualities that separate the very best from the merely very good, and I'm glad we got those questions asked and answered.

 

Sport's getting bonkers. We've gone through "lose one fight and you're EXPOSED", now it's "get knocked down once in 27 fights and you're EXPOSED".

 

Next year: "Bivol could only win eleven of the twelve rounds last night, EXPOSED"