Inoue can definitely be a great fighter, but I think he's been heralded too much by boxing circles. I see some notable limitations.
I don't disagree. There were a lot of boxing writers simply hearing the name and jumped on the bandwagon. But, if Gonzalez was fighting better opposition, I'm quite sure more people would see limitations in him as well. I point things out and people call me a hater. I think Gonzalez is good, but I don't think he is pound for pound #1 good. He gets hit too much. We don't see that that often, because he has been fighting mostly scrubs.
Gonazalez or Inoue could lose their next fight and still have better options than Rigo. Chocolatito could go on a 3-fight losing streak and still walk into a fight with Rigondeaux - sad but true,.
Yeah, it's a real shame imo. Must be difficult for defectors to know what's up, being a fish out of water in the corporate pig ****ing capitalist maelstrom of boxing and media in America.