Shingo Inoue thinks Naoya Inoue should retire right now

Naoya Inoue's father thinks he doesn't really have much left to prove and can retire any time now. Do you think he's done enough for him to retire while he's still on top? Or should he at least fight one more time and retire after the Bam fight without moving to 126?

If Inoue does end up fighting and perhaps beats Bam I don't think there's anything wrong with him retiring especially if its on a high note. His HOF / ATG status has been sealed and he's done so much in his career already. Inoue has every right to retire however he pleases even if he chooses not to go up to 126. His critics won't like it because they're hoping for him to get beaten at that weight but retiring without moving up won't hurt his legacy at all IMO.

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Inoue is the kind of fighter who isn't content with himself and I see him taking up the challenge at 126 next year after Bam. 126 is where he'll have much tougher fights and the risk of him losing will come into play but even if he does end up losing at some point against the bigger guys there's absolutely no shame in that, especially at his age. And even if he changes his mind about moving up and retires there should be no complaints about it.

 

IG links doesn't seem to be working anymore. Wonder if Shingo was being misquoted with that statement.

 

I don't think him not scoring any knockdowns or stoppages while also barely losing rounds in his last 3 fights equates to him going on a fast downward spiral. If he's really declining that bad he would have already struggled badly with MJ, Picasso, and Nakatani yet he made those guys look ordinary. Nakatani is probably the only guy from Inoue's last 3 fights who actually won rounds. Inoue doesn't need to rely on his power to keep winning.

 

From what I'm getting at Shingo hasn't really stated that he thinks that his son is past prime or damaged goods but more that he doesn't think that it's necessary for him to keep going after continuously fighting the best opponents and just winning the biggest fight of his career. I don't blame Shingo for thinking that and wanting his son to retire right now while he's on top. I do think that he has one more year left in him to fight at the very top level before he actually starts to slow down tremendously. It'll be more apparent once he's at 126 if he decides to continue that route.