[Boxing] Naoya Inoue vs Paul Butler - Undisputed Bantamweight Bout - December 13

[harizen]

He will definitely do that as he doesn't want to brawl with Inoue. Butler is a smart fighter, he knows his strength so he would just play with his strength, and though he is the underdog here (because people feels he has no chance) but I'm pretty sure he will take pride of trying to win all the belts at stake.

For let's say a KO win won't be a priority for Paul Butler, of course, what matters is to win, how can he gain more points each round if he will not go brawling with Inoue? There's no choice but to go toe-to-toe as there's no such thing as snatching an open blow if we talk about the defense side of Inoue.

The Japanese monster is also quick, agile, and versatile that's why it will be hard for Butler to play safe and avoid Inoue most of the time just to snatch a point. And with Inoue fighting Donaire, it's a good reference for him that's why he already formed a strategy on how to encounter a fast-phase and counter boxers like Donaire. Butler doesn't fall into that category of being quick and best at something.

Butler might be a smart fighter but so is Inoue. I like Butler to show the boxing fans that he will try to counter the phase of Inoue and not just by doing running, safety, and avoiding close bouts. It's good to see a boxer lose when it's clearly shown that they did their best effort to win at any cost.

[agustina2]

Either way, Butler's chance towards the monster Naoya Inoue is somewhat slim and I don't see any chances that he could at least give the latter a hard time because he doesn't have the skillset that can give Inoue some struggles on the midst of their fight. At first, I know that his aim is to at least exchange few punches with Inoue to somehow tell the people that he is not that afraid, but I bet his actions will change when he will have a taste of Inoue's fist.

That's what I'm thinking too. Paul Butler will do some test strategies to analyze the performance of Inoue from the early rounds. After exchanging fists and the result is bad and not favoring him, he might consider not aiming now for the win but at least try to remain to stand until the final bell rand and avoid knockout so that it won't be a bad record on his stats. Butler is not known for having a unique special skill that's why I don't know how can he pull up an upset win against Inoue.

I hope I'm wrong that Butler will focus on not being KO after realizing that he doesn't stand a chance to win once he feel the strength of Inoue in the early rounds as even underdog and knows that he lack the power to defeat Inoue, I'm expecting him to show his best that he is really trying to get the win.

[Oilacris]

Either way, Butler's chance towards the monster Naoya Inoue is somewhat slim and I don't see any chances that he could at least give the latter a hard time because he doesn't have the skillset that can give Inoue some struggles on the midst of their fight. At first, I know that his aim is to at least exchange few punches with Inoue to somehow tell the people that he is not that afraid, but I bet his actions will change when he will have a taste of Inoue's fist.

That's what I'm thinking too. Paul Butler will do some test strategies to analyze the performance of Inoue from the early rounds. After exchanging fists and the result is bad and not favoring him, he might consider not aiming now for the win but at least try to remain to stand until the final bell rand and avoid knockout so that it won't be a bad record on his stats. Butler is not known for having a unique special skill that's why I don't know how can he pull up an upset win against Inoue.

I hope I'm wrong that Butler will focus on not being KO after realizing that he doesn't stand a chance to win once he feel the strength of Inoue in the early rounds as even underdog and knows that he lack the power to defeat Inoue, I'm expecting him to show his best that he is really trying to get the win.

For sure they are already formulating ways and methods on how to beat up Inoue just like any other fighters out there which it is really just a normal approach or concept that you would be finding ways on

how to defeat your opponent.Its true that inside the ring, you would really be eventually find out the differences when it comes to strength and technicality on each boxer which as a fighter you might

be testing him first on earlier rounds but as the rounds been passing then you would really be realizing about the gaps in terms of those things mentioned above.
Trying out to run or last on 12 rounds without getting KO'ed? It is really still the same which 1L would be put up into your stats.

[goinmerry]

For sure they are already formulating ways and methods on how to beat up Inoue just like any other fighters out there which it is really just a normal approach or concept that you would be finding ways on how to defeat your opponent.

I agree that Paul Butler's side already formed a strategy that they can use against Naoya Inoue.

But if we have to think on our own about some strategies that Paul Butler should do, I can't think of a way on how these proposed strategies can be totally applied effectively since Naoya Inoue doesn't seem to have a weakness and if there's currently a Bantamweight boxer that can expose it.

The only time Inoue shows struggling in his career is against Nonito Donaire in their first match. He got serious damage in that fight but guess what, he was still able to get back on his rhythm even struggling, and dominates the later rounds and claimed his victory. What I'm saying here is, there's no reference that Butler's camp can look at to form a possible effective strategy against Inoue.

[freedomgo]

Either way, Butler's chance towards the monster Naoya Inoue is somewhat slim and I don't see any chances that he could at least give the latter a hard time because he doesn't have the skillset that can give Inoue some struggles on the midst of their fight. At first, I know that his aim is to at least exchange few punches with Inoue to somehow tell the people that he is not that afraid, but I bet his actions will change when he will have a taste of Inoue's fist.

That's what I'm thinking too. Paul Butler will do some test strategies to analyze the performance of Inoue from the early rounds. After exchanging fists and the result is bad and not favoring him, he might consider not aiming now for the win but at least try to remain to stand until the final bell rand and avoid knockout so that it won't be a bad record on his stats. Butler is not known for having a unique special skill that's why I don't know how can he pull up an upset win against Inoue.

I hope I'm wrong that Butler will focus on not being KO after realizing that he doesn't stand a chance to win once he feel the strength of Inoue in the early rounds as even underdog and knows that he lack the power to defeat Inoue, I'm expecting him to show his best that he is really trying to get the win.

Yes, of course Butler and his camp will create some plans on how they will take down the monster of Japan because they won't surely let Butler up in that ring unprepared. Also, that's not up to us, even Butler himself cannot answer that question now, not at least he cannot have a taste of Inoue's combination. After that, we will likely know what he would do in case that he's in a situation that he already knows that he cannot really defeat Inoue, he should just be careful not to get boxed by Inoue in case he'll just go for survival mode.

[Baofeng]

We've seen the Casimero vs Akaho fight already and it's a NC (no contest) result because Akaho refuses to continue with the match. And so I would say a bad start for Casimero but still though, the power is there and it seems very eager to show it to the world. Unfortunately, Akaho doesn't want to continue. Now I don't know if this kind of performance will impress Inoue or will still be willing to take Casimero as potential opponent in 122 lbs or go right away for the champion in this division if ever he wins this fight against Paul Butler next week.

[Japinat]

We've seen the Casimero vs Akaho fight already and it's a NC (no contest) result because Akaho refuses to continue with the match. And so I would say a bad start for Casimero but still though, the power is there and it seems very eager to show it to the world. Unfortunately, Akaho doesn't want to continue. Now I don't know if this kind of performance will impress Inoue or will still be willing to take Casimero as potential opponent in 122 lbs or go right away for the champion in this division if ever he wins this fight against Paul Butler next week.

It's a bad start if you look on paper but if you look how he fought, you can see that he was able to bring his power and even more powerful in the super bantamweight division. he has not won the fight but for sure he will have another fights, and hopefully that time it will not result to a "no contest", but a win for Casimero, KO for sure.

[Kemarit]

We've seen the Casimero vs Akaho fight already and it's a NC (no contest) result because Akaho refuses to continue with the match. And so I would say a bad start for Casimero but still though, the power is there and it seems very eager to show it to the world. Unfortunately, Akaho doesn't want to continue. Now I don't know if this kind of performance will impress Inoue or will still be willing to take Casimero as potential opponent in 122 lbs or go right away for the champion in this division if ever he wins this fight against Paul Butler next week.

I think if Inoue is wise, and if the money is still there, meaning fans are willing to pay a Inoue vs Casimero in 122 lbs then it could be made by Top Rank and Bob Arum. And it's less risk for Inoue, he will still be the favorite on that fight for sure, and although Casimero has power, it might not be enough for him to offset as Inoue is a complete and full fighter right now with no weakness.

But let's not jump into conclusions here, we will wait for the result of this fight and see what Inoue's plan for next year when he jumps into 122 lbs.

[goinmerry]

Now I don't know if this kind of performance will impress Inoue or will still be willing to take Casimero as potential opponent in 122 lbs or go right away for the champion in this division if ever he wins this fight against Paul Butler next week.

Maybe it doesn't catch Inoue's attention but surely he is impressed with how Casimero fought in that match. Akaho is something, not a level-type fighter that's why Inoue maybe considered that fight as just a usual fight and had no bearing on him.

Although, we hope in the future that someday, the supposed fight between Inoue and Casimero will now finally take place.

For now, let's wait for the result of this match that's already predictable by 99.9%.

[Sanitough]

Now I don't know if this kind of performance will impress Inoue or will still be willing to take Casimero as potential opponent in 122 lbs or go right away for the champion in this division if ever he wins this fight against Paul Butler next week.

Maybe it doesn't catch Inoue's attention but surely he is impressed with how Casimero fought in that match. Akaho is something, not a level-type fighter that's why Inoue maybe considered that fight as just a usual fight and had no bearing on him.

Although, we hope in the future that someday, the supposed fight between Inoue and Casimero will now finally take place.

For now, let's wait for the result of this match that's already predictable by 99.9%.

It's nice if he is impressed and challenged at the same time because that would result in a possible fight in case he will decide to move up. Their fight did not happen in the bantamweight division, so maybe it will happen here in super bantamweight division, but of course, he has to beat Butler first.

[lienfaye]

Maybe it doesn't catch Inoue's attention but surely he is impressed with how Casimero fought in that match. Akaho is something, not a level-type fighter that's why Inoue maybe considered that fight as just a usual fight and had no bearing on him.

That's true. Akaho is not an amateur but it looks like he can't bear to be punch hard and afraid to lose the fight. Casimero showed us a good performance. Thus if Inoue watched the fight and impress on how Casimero fought then he might consider him to fight in the future. We'll never know but there's a possibility.

For now, let's wait for the result of this match that's already predictable by 99.9%.

We already know who might win in their upcoming fight but let's see if Butler prepared a hidden strategy that can beat the monster.

[Distinctin]

For now, let's wait for the result of this match that's already predictable by 99.9%.

We already know who might win in their upcoming fight but let's see if Butler prepared a hidden strategy that can beat the monster.

At least give Butler 1% chance of winning as a sign of respect, saying 99.9% chance for Inoue, that only gives Butler 0.01% chance. I know upset happens in boxing, but just like guys, I don't see it happening because Inoue are just too good for Butler.

[Botnake]

For now, let's wait for the result of this match that's already predictable by 99.9%.

We already know who might win in their upcoming fight but let's see if Butler prepared a hidden strategy that can beat the monster.

At least give Butler 1% chance of winning as a sign of respect, saying 99.9% chance for Inoue, that only gives Butler 0.01% chance. I know upset happens in boxing, but just like guys, I don't see it happening because Inoue are just too good for Butler.

Whatever percentage of chances your predictions are, it doesn't change the fact that Inoue is a heavy favorite, most likely bookies would only give 1.05 at max for Inoue, and I'm sure there are still bettors who would risk at that odds. On the other hand, isn't it a motivation for Butler to train hard to prove to the majority of us who believe that he has no chance that he ca beat Inoue?

[Distinctin]

For now, let's wait for the result of this match that's already predictable by 99.9%.

We already know who might win in their upcoming fight but let's see if Butler prepared a hidden strategy that can beat the monster.

At least give Butler 1% chance of winning as a sign of respect, saying 99.9% chance for Inoue, that only gives Butler 0.01% chance. I know upset happens in boxing, but just like guys, I don't see it happening because Inoue are just too good for Butler.

Whatever percentage of chances your predictions are, it doesn't change the fact that Inoue is a heavy favorite, most likely bookies would only give 1.05 at max for Inoue, and I'm sure there are still bettors who would risk at that odds.

We are just stating our prediction too, hehe.. We all have predictions and I think disrespecting boxers is just normal because as a fan, we are biased and we believe 100% that our fighter will beat the other. That's how I see Inoue, though I like Casimero over him, but since Inoue is not fighting a Filipino challenger, so my support is on him.

On the other hand, isn't it a motivation for Butler to train hard to prove to the majority of us who believe that he has no chance that he ca beat Inoue?

I hope that motivation will save him, or will help him win.

[Jawhead999]

We are just stating our prediction too, hehe.. We all have predictions and I think disrespecting boxers is just normal because as a fan, we are biased and we believe 100% that our fighter will beat the other. That's how I see Inoue, though I like Casimero over him, but since Inoue is not fighting a Filipino challenger, so my support is on him.

It depends on which purpose you're want to support the boxer you're favor too. If you're a bettor and Paul Butler is a Filipino, I don't think you will bet him since there's many fights Inoue beat his opponent via KO and he even beat Donaire for two times. If I were you, I would bet Inoue although my heart still support Paul Butler lol. To be honest, upset can happen in every sports, but it's really hard on boxing.

[BitcoinPanther]

We are just stating our prediction too, hehe.. We all have predictions and I think disrespecting boxers is just normal because as a fan, we are biased and we believe 100% that our fighter will beat the other. That's how I see Inoue, though I like Casimero over him, but since Inoue is not fighting a Filipino challenger, so my support is on him.

It depends on which purpose you're want to support the boxer you're favor too. If you're a bettor and Paul Butler is a Filipino, I don't think you will bet him since there's many fights Inoue beat his opponent via KO and he even beat Donaire for two times. If I were you, I would bet Inoue although my heart still support Paul Butler lol. To be honest, upset can happen in every sports, but it's really hard on boxing.

For a heavy hitter underdog, upset can easily realized.  It just need a perfect timed bomb to the chin and boom, upset happens.  But I think this upset win is almost impossible in this Inoue - Butler fight because Paul Butler has no explosive punches that can knock down Inoue. I believe Inoue can absorb Butler's punches without any issue since  Paul Butler isn't a stronger puncher than Donaire and Donaire failed to KD Inoue. 

I hope that motivation will save him, or will help him win.

Motivation is a great thing to help pursue any goal but in boxing, the most important factor to win a fight is the skill and strength of a boxer.  Unless Paul Butler take PED I do not think his punching strength will KO Inoue.

[Vaculin]

Now I don't know if this kind of performance will impress Inoue or will still be willing to take Casimero as potential opponent in 122 lbs or go right away for the champion in this division if ever he wins this fight against Paul Butler next week.

Maybe it doesn't catch Inoue's attention but surely he is impressed with how Casimero fought in that match. Akaho is something, not a level-type fighter that's why Inoue maybe considered that fight as just a usual fight and had no bearing on him.

Although, we hope in the future that someday, the supposed fight between Inoue and Casimero will now finally take place.

For now, let's wait for the result of this match that's already predictable by 99.9%.

I really hope so too that their path will cross this time in the super bantam and I hope it will be a title fight to make things more interesting because their fight is already marinated for years and it will be worth to wait it. Although, there's a side of me that thinks that Bob Arum or Inoue might take and challenge Casimero on the latter's debut.

With just over a week more to go and we will witness Naoya Inoue getting crowned as the undisputed champion in the bantamweight division. And just like we all are expecting, I hope he will speak after the fight if he will indeed vacate all the titles as he climb the next weight class.

[carlisle1]

For now, let's wait for the result of this match that's already predictable by 99.9%.

We already know who might win in their upcoming fight but let's see if Butler prepared a hidden strategy that can beat the monster.

At least give Butler 1% chance of winning as a sign of respect, saying 99.9% chance for Inoue, that only gives Butler 0.01% chance. I know upset happens in boxing, but just like guys, I don't see it happening because Inoue are just too good for Butler.

Whatever percentage of chances your predictions are, it doesn't change the fact that Inoue is a heavy favorite, most likely bookies would only give 1.05 at max for Inoue, and I'm sure there are still bettors who would risk at that odds. On the other hand, isn't it a motivation for Butler to train hard to prove to the majority of us who believe that he has no chance that he ca beat Inoue?

A good motivation but to make it happen that's another thing for Butler, we all know that Inoue is not just a heavy favorite in papers, but
with all those previous fights that he takes.

That KO to Donaire is something Butler can also suffer if he will engage with a toe-to-toe exchanges of punches, we all know what kind
of a hard punchers Inoue was.

He won't be named a monster for nothing, a week more and we will witness the fight.

[Viscore]

Also, it is every boxer's dream is to maintain their undefeated status while also cement their legacy and there's just few boxers who did that until they retire.
As for this one, Inoue will have to risk his record in-order to gain because he won't be growing if he will always stay in his comfortable division.

Naoya Inoue already knows and surely understands that moving up will come to him. He's prepared for that.

Besides, I think SuperBantamweight will still be his comfortable division soon as it's not that a big leap from Bantamweight to Super Bantamweight.

It's easy to move up instead of moving down. Boxers increase their strength more during moving up as they will also take additional training in the process.

And with Inoue being younger at his age compared to any boxers, then surely he will always have a lot of chances to improve and move up in his boxing career. Definitely he sees that and he’s been making moves to prove that. If he will defeat his opponent at the current, then it’s certain that he will start moving up and be ready again to settle into another level if his boxing career.

[btc_angela]

Also, it is every boxer's dream is to maintain their undefeated status while also cement their legacy and there's just few boxers who did that until they retire.
As for this one, Inoue will have to risk his record in-order to gain because he won't be growing if he will always stay in his comfortable division.

Naoya Inoue already knows and surely understands that moving up will come to him. He's prepared for that.

Besides, I think SuperBantamweight will still be his comfortable division soon as it's not that a big leap from Bantamweight to Super Bantamweight.

It's easy to move up instead of moving down. Boxers increase their strength more during moving up as they will also take additional training in the process.

And with Inoue being younger at his age compared to any boxers, then surely he will always have a lot of chances to improve and move up in his boxing career. Definitely he sees that and he’s been making moves to prove that. If he will defeat his opponent at the current, then it’s certain that he will start moving up and be ready again to settle into another level if his boxing career.

He has improved a lot since the Donaire fight and could be hitting his peak in the next 2-3 years that why he is very dangerous today. We are not saying that Paul Butler is a bad champion, but he has a slim chance to win because he doesn't have that single punch power that can knockout anyone including Inoue.

So very hard pressed for him unless he really lucky to hit Inoue with a perfect punch that Inoue is not expecting and so his chin will react.

Just a couple of days before we see this fight, and honestly, It might not go to distance and hopefully there is no drama like the Casimero vs Akaho.