[Boxing] Stephen Fulton vs. Naoya Inoue | WBC & WBO 122 lbs bout | July 25

[Finestream]

Yeah, we never thought that Fulton will be beaten to the punch, and I thought that he might be the first boxer that can give Inoue as serious run in the match. But Inoue is really that good, not just the quicker and faster puncher, but he has more power when he move to 122 lbs. So all the questions about his bringing his power to super bantamweight has been answered in this fight.

And most likely when Fulton as first felt the power of Inoue, he decided to go on the defense. And he tries to counter a faster boxer, and it's not going to work. We didn't see the technical prowess of Fulton because he has been intimidated, nor his body shots that he is known. On the other hand, Inoue is bringing everything including hitting Fulton in the body.

Until such time as Inoue has some trouble against his opponent, we can choose to bet on him, but for now, he is very dominant. He is in his prime and knocking down anyone who dares to fight him. So it's better to stick with the trend and not try to take a bigger risk by thinking he will lose. The good thing about Inoue is that despite having only a few months of training, he is still committed to fighting Tapeles this year. That's a good sign of a true warrior.

The hype of Fulton did not work, 

Even if they hype Fulton, people would still favor Inoue because they will look at the fighter's performance. The fact that Inoue was the favorite despite being the challenger shows a big underestimation of Fulton's capabilities. The guy was so confident that he could successfully defend his title that he flew to Japan to fight Inoue. However, as usual with all of Inoue's opponents, the expectations of the majority of the fans did come true.

There's still hope for Fulton to become a champion. Maybe he will move up or choose to stay in the division, since I'm sure Inoue will move up once he successfully unifies the belts.

It's really very different if you step on the ring with the Monster. Fulton was full of confidence, we have seen, he even stay at 122 lbs and instead of fighting Figueroa at 126 lbs for the belt, he chooses to stay because he wants to fight Inoue even in Japan because he believes that he can beat him.

But very different Fulton, his excuse is that he has an off night. However, as fans, that is not the case, Inoue is the bigger man, although Fulton should be the one because he is the natural super bantamweight. So there should be no excuses for him but accept the defeat.

He may be off that night but it will not change anything as people will still side and believe with Inoue, and most probably will not make any difference at all because the challenger was much stronger and faster than him.  Not to underestimate him, but Fulton was just a mere pawn meant to be Inoue's stepping stone to have more belts and reach further in his career.

[Pamadar]

This is what I said before the predictions of this fight is end by KO and as we saw their fight Ko is their and I all amaze that inoue can handle Fulton in that match we are all know that Fulton is a strong boxer but the monster inside the body of inoue was released and make Fulton feel too bad. Now in our claim a new title in his career once again and I think he will aim more and more achievements after this.

I disagree. Fulton may be considered good due to his undefeated record, but he isn't as strong in terms of his KO rate compared to Inoue, who has achieved most of his victories by knockout. We clearly saw how Fulton was able to compete with Inoue, but he seemed hesitant to throw punches because he knew he would be open to Inoue's knockout power, and that's precisely what happened.

That hesitation cause him that TKO, afraid of being open and trying to extend the fight to a judge's decisions.

But even it takes Inoue up to 8th rounds. His patience gives him that opportunity to make that clear punch and bring Fulton to kiss
the floor, from that, Inoue did not waste his chance and continue to throw those solid punches, not to allow Fulton to save by the bell,
Fulton is the current champ, but that aggressiveness from Inoue snatch that belt out from him.

[Lanatsa]

Yeah, we never thought that Fulton will be beaten to the punch, and I thought that he might be the first boxer that can give Inoue as serious run in the match. But Inoue is really that good, not just the quicker and faster puncher, but he has more power when he move to 122 lbs. So all the questions about his bringing his power to super bantamweight has been answered in this fight.

And most likely when Fulton as first felt the power of Inoue, he decided to go on the defense. And he tries to counter a faster boxer, and it's not going to work. We didn't see the technical prowess of Fulton because he has been intimidated, nor his body shots that he is known. On the other hand, Inoue is bringing everything including hitting Fulton in the body.

Until such time as Inoue has some trouble against his opponent, we can choose to bet on him, but for now, he is very dominant. He is in his prime and knocking down anyone who dares to fight him. So it's better to stick with the trend and not try to take a bigger risk by thinking he will lose. The good thing about Inoue is that despite having only a few months of training, he is still committed to fighting Tapeles this year. That's a good sign of a true warrior.

The hype of Fulton did not work, 

Even if they hype Fulton, people would still favor Inoue because they will look at the fighter's performance. The fact that Inoue was the favorite despite being the challenger shows a big underestimation of Fulton's capabilities. The guy was so confident that he could successfully defend his title that he flew to Japan to fight Inoue. However, as usual with all of Inoue's opponents, the expectations of the majority of the fans did come true.

There's still hope for Fulton to become a champion. Maybe he will move up or choose to stay in the division, since I'm sure Inoue will move up once he successfully unifies the belts.

It's really very different if you step on the ring with the Monster. Fulton was full of confidence, we have seen, he even stay at 122 lbs and instead of fighting Figueroa at 126 lbs for the belt, he chooses to stay because he wants to fight Inoue even in Japan because he believes that he can beat him.

But very different Fulton, his excuse is that he has an off night. However, as fans, that is not the case, Inoue is the bigger man, although Fulton should be the one because he is the natural super bantamweight. So there should be no excuses for him but accept the defeat.

He may be off that night but it will not change anything as people will still side and believe with Inoue, and most probably will not make any difference at all because the challenger was much stronger and faster than him.  Not to underestimate him, but Fulton was just a mere pawn meant to be Inoue's stepping stone to have more belts and reach further in his career.

Not that really because lots of people is really that expecting that this might be a hard fight for Inoue considering that this is his first on higher weight division on which we cant really be able to blame out on how

people would really be having that impression considering that Fulton is the champ on said division but of course lots of fans of Inoue is really that expecting that it would really be just that easy for Inoue
on which he did really prove out that he's far superior in terms of power and speed towards fulton on which it is really that been showcased out on how Inoue did really be able to dominate out Fulton.
There are talks on which he might be unifying all the belts on this new division before he would really be moving up or there are chance that he would be going after on the next division that fast?

Now he's been already on 4 division champion on which if he wont really be skipping out on said division domination then for sure he would be reaching out 6 or more.
He do really have the potential if we do really talk about power and speed and intelligence towards on every fight on which we can say that he could really
push up well if ever he would be pursuing to go more in this career.

[BitcoinPanther]

He may be off that night but it will not change anything as people will still side and believe with Inoue, and most probably will not make any difference at all because the challenger was much stronger and faster than him.  Not to underestimate him, but Fulton was just a mere pawn meant to be Inoue's stepping stone to have more belts and reach further in his career.

I am one among those who thought the Fulton can absorb Inoue punches but ends up wrong.  Fulton isn't off that night but looks off because Inoue had countered his plan.  If your opponent is outsmarting you, more faster and quicker without any hesitation, it is sure that it will prevent you from playing your style.  I believe Inoue's camp had scouted Fulton's ability and is able to make a counter plan which is shown on their fight.

After this fight, the next fight would be easier for Inoue if Tapales failed to make an adjustment and improvement of his self both in defense and offense.

[Jating]

He may be off that night but it will not change anything as people will still side and believe with Inoue, and most probably will not make any difference at all because the challenger was much stronger and faster than him.  Not to underestimate him, but Fulton was just a mere pawn meant to be Inoue's stepping stone to have more belts and reach further in his career.

I am one among those who thought the Fulton can absorb Inoue punches but ends up wrong.  Fulton isn't off that night but looks off because Inoue had countered his plan.  If your opponent is outsmarting you, more faster and quicker without any hesitation, it is sure that it will prevent you from playing your style.  I believe Inoue's camp had scouted Fulton's ability and is able to make a counter plan which is shown on their fight.

After this fight, the next fight would be easier for Inoue if Tapales failed to make an adjustment and improvement of his self both in defense and offense.

I think majority of us here also thought above that, Fulton is the natural bigger guys so at least he can take that punch and absorb the power. But he was caught off guard, and we know that if a boxer is hit by a punch that they didn't expect, they are deemed to go down or at least be hurt on that exchange. So in the case of Fulton he was trying to avoid it by shifting his head and try to defend it, but Inoue is too fast for him. Up next is Tapales, yes it could be an easier fight as compare for Fulton, but Inoue shouldn't underestimate Tapales. I mean Filipinos are know to bring everything, and they have a big heart. Not saying that Tapales will win, but I will expect him to fight harder.

[stomachgrowls]

He may be off that night but it will not change anything as people will still side and believe with Inoue, and most probably will not make any difference at all because the challenger was much stronger and faster than him.  Not to underestimate him, but Fulton was just a mere pawn meant to be Inoue's stepping stone to have more belts and reach further in his career.

I am one among those who thought the Fulton can absorb Inoue punches but ends up wrong.  Fulton isn't off that night but looks off because Inoue had countered his plan.  If your opponent is outsmarting you, more faster and quicker without any hesitation, it is sure that it will prevent you from playing your style.  I believe Inoue's camp had scouted Fulton's ability and is able to make a counter plan which is shown on their fight.

After this fight, the next fight would be easier for Inoue if Tapales failed to make an adjustment and improvement of his self both in defense and offense.

I think majority of us here also thought above that, Fulton is the natural bigger guys so at least he can take that punch and absorb the power. But he was caught off guard, and we know that if a boxer is hit by a punch that they didn't expect, they are deemed to go down or at least be hurt on that exchange. So in the case of Fulton he was trying to avoid it by shifting his head and try to defend it, but Inoue is too fast for him. Up next is Tapales, yes it could be an easier fight as compare for Fulton, but Inoue shouldn't underestimate Tapales. I mean Filipinos are know to bring everything, and they have a big heart. Not saying that Tapales will win, but I will expect him to fight harder.

Is there any announcement or telling about Inoue going for other belts on the current division? If he do then Tapales would be the next target on unifying all the belts before he would be deciding on moving up.

I agree on the saying that he shouldn't really be taking lightly on Tapales considering that he has been holding the other belt and knowing about Filipino fighters then this is something that cant really be underestimated.
About speed and power then there's no doubt that Inoue is faster and have solid punches even just looking on the start of Round 1. You could really tell and see the difference into those aspects.
It is really just that good that Fulton did make out some sustain in later round until he got caught off guard or just simply that Inoue is really just that too fast.

There are lots of talks about the foul that had been done by Inoue? When Fulton touches up his gloves on the floor, then it should really be called down but instead he do make out some follow up punch
on securing out that knock down. Dont know on whats the take of this one.

[harizen]

Since the new Super Bantamweight Champion Naoya Inoue is expecting to face his fellow title holder in that division, Marlon Tapales, and this fight against Stephen Fulton is already settled a few days ago, I will now the locked this thread.

Further discussions such as controversies, issues, or something related on this can be continued to other threads:

Boxing Speculation, Odds and Predictions - by @noormcs5 (can also discussed post-fight stuffs here)
   
[Boxing] Inoue vs Tapales for Unified Super Bantamweight Title - November - by @bisdak40