Picasso pulled out vs Inoue

Three replacement opponents in a row would be ****. MJ or Junto are the best opponents for Inoue, if he could get either of them in the ring that would be ace. Honestly though, I'd settle for Shabaz Masoud at the rate opponents are dropping out on Inoue.

 

This is one of the silliest analysis I have read. A cash cow does not mean that there is only one, big box office draw in the division, or the sport.
The reason Fury and Usyk has such a big purse is because of the Saudis, not because they can actually draw those numbers via ticket and PPV sales.
Joshua has been a cash cow his entire career, and still is. He sells PPV´s and tickets at numbers which few can rival.
Could be that Canelo is the bigger draw, but it doesn´t take away from Joshua.

It´s completely fine to say that Canelo is the bigger draw, but that Usyk and Joshua are both cash cows.

 

Usyk and Fury were paid extremely high rates because Turki has chosen to overpay fighters to get them onto his cards. Turki has been throwing money at fighters to get them in the ring with whoever he wants them in with. AJ is a massive star in the UK and has been for the better part of a decade. No-one else can sell tickets or PPV buys like AJ with the UK boxing audience. Fury never endeared himself to UK fans anywhere near the level AJ did. AJ is quite obviously a cash-cow in the sport and it's kinda insane to argue he isn't.
Likewise, Inoue is the biggest pay-cheque anyone at these weights is likely going to see. The crowds he draws in Japan are enormous, he's a celebrity over there. No-one under 135 can headline and sell out stadiums like Inoue can, none of them have his fanbase or his popularity. He brings a massive pay-cheque compared to everyone else at the weight. Fulton gets stuck on PBC undercard to fight in front of half-empty arenas, Bam is still stuck as a co-main in Philly for Boots and can't draw by himself, and Junto fights to much smaller crowds than Inoue. Inoue is the only high-earner at those weights and he compensates his opponents well.

 

Theres no reason not to fight MJ now.

 

You seem like a d*ck sometimes, but you're absolutely spot on here.

 

This is a clear duck.

Picasso is young and his team don't want him anywhere near Inoue. One brutal loss will set him back and reduce his marketability.

They're waiting for Inoue to leave the division and then make their move.

 

I think the fight is in June. If he says he doesn't have enough time till then he simply doesn't want the the fight.

 

Inoue honestly should just move up in weightclass, his current divisions are full of divas.

 

Picasso pulled out vs Inoue, 2025, was that literally or creating a piece of art all over Inoue?

Satire manifests in a lot of ways.

 

No excuse to not fight MJ now.

Or Inoue scared?

 

He's scared he might kill him.

 

He'd have to actually fight him first lol

 

I would like to say he will but with Arum involved I don't know.

 

Apparently Alan Picasso's father and Erik Morales are to blame for telling him that he wasn't ready.