[Boxing] Inoue vs Tapales for Unified Super Bantamweight Title - December 26

[milewilda]

This battle between an aggressor and a counter-puncher is expected to be a captivating spectacle, as both fighters showcase their exceptional skills. It will undoubtedly be worth watching, and personally, I will be rooting for Inoue in this fight, perhaps even considering placing a bet on his victory. What do you think: will this match result in a knockout or a unanimous decision?

Hard to tell either it will be a technical knockout or via decision but if we look at the past fights made by Inoue then provably it will be a K.O victory as he is always looking for spectacular win on every fight he made. But we shouldn't downplay Tapales capability since he still a champion and anything could go wrong if the phase will not favor to that Japanese fighter and there's still huge chance for him to win against Inoue. For sure this is a tough match but everything could be handle by extensive training and proper strategy on how his opponent fight.

Basing up on Boxrec stats of Tapales.

37W-3L-0D
19KO's on win
3 KO on loss

Having the percentage knock out of 47.5%
https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/482863

Comparing out on Inoue which does have 88% on which means that when it comes to raw power then there's no doubt that Inoue does have the advantage
but i agree on what had been said that better not to take that lightly on Tapales, everything could happen and still if ever this fight would push through, they have still
4 months for them to have that intense training. Which one of the two would be able to unify all the belts?

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[harizen]

That was quick although already expected that after the fight between Fulton and Inoue, Marlon Tapales will be the next in line.

And a turn of events as before, it's Quadro Alas Casimero who is expected to be the next PH boxer that Naoya Inoue will face after Nonito Donaire Jr.

Comparing out on Inoue which does have 88% on which means that when it comes to raw power then there's no doubt that Inoue does have the advantage
but i agree on what had been said that better not to take that lightly on Tapales, everything could happen and still if ever this fight would push through, they have still
4 months for them to have that intense training. Which one of the two would be able to unify all the belts?

Actually, we don't really need these to look at these percentages and stats, especially for those who follow both boxers' recent fights. These percentages are somehow useless as a reference and we can already make up an analysis on who will win.

For betting-related discussions about this fight, the choosing will only be between;

- being an analyst
- being a supporter disregarding the technical analyst

It's going to be the pride of the Philippines that he will carry here. I do hope that Tapales is inspired by the recent successes of the Filipinos around the world. So it's hard to underestimate this kind of fighter. Having the heart to carry the flag of his country on his shoulder and then conquering what seems to be a overwhelming odds against a very good boxer in Inoue. Win or lose though, I'm going to support our countryman here. 

Being inspired and carrying a country's pride is not enough to fuel the determination to win. Those green eyes in the Japanese anime "Hajime No Ippo" can't happen in reality (just kidding). It should be associated with real strength, quickness, nice conditioning, and so on.

It's not just Tapales who is carrying the pride of the country but also Inoue is also having the same weight on his shoulder. But yes, there is no way I will support Inoue here to win and I understand the gap and huge distance between these 2.

List me on those just being a supporter disregarding the technical analyst.

[goinmerry]

Let's accept the fact that Marlon Tapales is going to be a massive underdog in this fight. I will also support him no matter what and who knows he can score an upset. But looking at the reality, it's hard to think that he can upset Inoue as this guy is currently at the peak of his prime and career.

What choice do we have then for PH fans? Murodjon Akhmadaliev is just on a par with Stephen Fulton in terms of capability if we looked at their respective stats and even Tapales upset the former, he get that win easily while on the other hand, Inoue just pulverized the latter.

Can't wait to see this battle. I hope Tapales will surprise us and even if he loses to Inoue here, I'm expecting a not-easy win for Inoue.

[goldkingcoiner]

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Venue: Japan (tentative)
Date: November (tentative)

Marlon Tapales was given the go signal to fight either Fulton or Inoue for the unified title and with the latter winning the bout last night, Tapales vs Inoue is a sure go AFAIC.

Inoue have said that he will be the unified champion at the end of the year so most likely this fight will happen on the fourth quarter of the year.

With Inoue's superb performance last night, do you think that Tapales has a chance to dethroned Inoue and became the first ever Filipino boxer to unified the four prestigious belt?

WBA gives green light for Marlon Tapales to unify title with winner of Inoue vs Fulton

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/sports/boxing/872157/wba-gives-green-light-for-marlon-tapales-to-unify-title-with-winner-of-inoue-vs-fulton/story/

Note: will update OP once we have the final venue and date and the odds also.

Inoue is obviously going to wipe the floor with Marion by knockout just like with Fulton. And I would not even have expected Tapales to stand up to Fulton, so I very much doubt that he will even stand a chance against Inoue. It is going to be Inoue's speed that Tapales will not be able to match, and it will conclude with one of Inoue's famous KO's, I think. Really an easy decision, I would wager. 

Although perhaps I am a bit biased for Inoue, since I have always praised his skill as a fighter. If Marion wins somehow then he will make Filipino's everywhere quite proud. I would not mind seeing an amazing underdog-type win.

[TravelMug]

This battle between an aggressor and a counter-puncher is expected to be a captivating spectacle, as both fighters showcase their exceptional skills. It will undoubtedly be worth watching, and personally, I will be rooting for Inoue in this fight, perhaps even considering placing a bet on his victory. What do you think: will this match result in a knockout or a unanimous decision?

Hard to tell either it will be a technical knockout or via decision but if we look at the past fights made by Inoue then provably it will be a K.O victory as he is always looking for spectacular win on every fight he made. But we shouldn't downplay Tapales capability since he still a champion and anything could go wrong if the phase will not favor to that Japanese fighter and there's still huge chance for him to win against Inoue. For sure this is a tough match but everything could be handle by extensive training and proper strategy on how his opponent fight.

Crazy though that Inoue will have a good chance to unify the belts and making a history against our very own Filipino. Nevertheless, as what we say, it's not over till it's over. Tapales should not be as arrogant as Fulton and not wake up the Monster in Inoue. Should be noted though that Tapales shouldn't be underestimate and of course I like what @harizen said, disregarding technical analysis in this fight, we are going to support our very own Marlon Tapales. He has been overlook, but I guess it's time for us to go with him regardless.

[bisdak40]

A bit shocked when I saw Tank Davis being competed now against Naoya Inoue. The dude just won in his new weight class but Davis is still too far, I doubt he will be fast enough to go on the weight class of Davis.

I've got a question before this fight happens and if ever Inoue wins it.
Do you think it's unfair that he could get all four major organization belts in just 2 fights in the Super Bantamweight? I mean, he could just leave those four belts again after he beat Marlon Tapales (if ever) and then he climbs up to the next weight class. It won't give the other boxers a chance like the number 2 or number 3 to try and get a shot and challenge Inoue. I respect the no rematch clause but what if the boxers lower than them could actually be the weakness of Inoue?
Marlon Tapales did beat Murodjon Akhmadaliev in an upset, Tapales was a heavy underdog in that match and yet he snatch both belts against the popular champion. All I am saying is, anything is possible.

Davis and Inoue is 13lbs apart if i'm not mistaken and if ever Top Rank would risk their ward to fight the Tank then in will be in the catchweight.

Assuming Inoue would beat Tapales, i think he would not go up directly to Featherweight because that would be too risky considering his size. Maybe two or three fight in the super bantamweight before considering on moving up but hopefully on those three fights before going up he could face the best boxer of the Philippines right now, Quadro Alas. Casimero is likely the fighter that could beat Inoue as the latter has the speed and power and the most important thing he has the guts and no fear/respect on the capabilities of Inoue.

[Kasabus]

This battle between an aggressor and a counter-puncher is expected to be a captivating spectacle, as both fighters showcase their exceptional skills. It will undoubtedly be worth watching, and personally, I will be rooting for Inoue in this fight, perhaps even considering placing a bet on his victory. What do you think: will this match result in a knockout or a unanimous decision?

Hard to tell either it will be a technical knockout or via decision but if we look at the past fights made by Inoue then provably it will be a K.O victory as he is always looking for spectacular win on every fight he made. But we shouldn't downplay Tapales capability since he still a champion and anything could go wrong if the phase will not favor to that Japanese fighter and there's still huge chance for him to win against Inoue. For sure this is a tough match but everything could be handle by extensive training and proper strategy on how his opponent fight.

Basing up on Boxrec stats of Tapales.

37W-3L-0D
19KO's on win
3 KO on loss

Having the percentage knock out of 47.5%
https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/482863

Comparing out on Inoue which does have 88% on which means that when it comes to raw power then there's no doubt that Inoue does have the advantage
but i agree on what had been said that better not to take that lightly on Tapales, everything could happen and still if ever this fight would push through, they have still
4 months for them to have that intense training. Which one of the two would be able to unify all the belts?

Right, it is still too soon to tell that Inoue already have an advantage over Tapales just because of the facts laid above and could achieve an undisputed title in this division. Let's not forget that there's a lot of cases like this where people are already expecting a certain situation but an upset happened as his foe that is much more experienced in the weight class managed to prove that he's not really easy to handle.

Perfect example for that is the battle of Canelo Alvarez vs Dmity Bivol where people already expected that the latter will lost the fight because of the same instances where Canelo's resume is too good compared to the latter but an upset happened and Bivol proved as well that he's not that easy to overcome.

[bbc.reporter]

However, he will be the first boxer in the history of the sport to be a unified champion in 2 weight divisions if he is victorious against Marlon Tapales. After this, it might be 3 unified championships if he again moves up to featherweight. Who are the big names there? I reckon all of the featherweight champions can be beaten by Inoue.

It all depends on what happens this Saturday. Crawford has a chance to beat him to that accomplishment of undisputed in 2 weight divisions.

Hehehe this will be good because it might make Inoue stay longer in the sport of boxing to break this record and become the firsr boxer to become a 3 division undisputed champion hehehe. I reckon after Tapales, 2024 will be 2 fights in featherweight to win 2 belts then another 2 fights to win the other belts on 2025! These will be historic years for Inoue that would also make him the greatest pound for pound.

@Kelvinid. Those are very accurate odds after the performance we have witnessed from Inoue against Fulton, I reckon. I have become convinced on the Japanese fighter. Inoue is like the young Pacman but with more knockout power in his hands.

I agree, he might not reach 8 division title as Pacman, but the way he is destroying everything that in his path, it's like Pacman when he was in the beginning of his career specially at lower weights. And Inoue can make another history, for Japan and then having won the unified title in bantamweight and super bantamweight in the 4 belt era.

However, he will be the first boxer in the history of the sport to be a unified champion in 2 weight divisions if he is victorious against Marlon Tapales. After this, it might be 3 unified championships if he again moves up to featherweight. Who are the big names there? I reckon all of the featherweight champions can be beaten by Inoue.

There's no Featherweight champion that can match Inoue's power there's this thing circulating in social media on Fan Page boxing page, that matches Inoue to Tank Davis, only 13 lbs set them apart, they have the same reach and they have the same height, they can go for it in a catchweight, it will be a huge attraction both fighters have speed, power, skill, and charisma, I'm sure some promoters are thinking to match these two great warriors in the ring.

I do not want to see this fight if Tank will be a little pussycat again and put various clauses in the contract to make the opponent weak when he goes to the ring. Tank does not want legacy, he only wants easy fights and money.

[bisdak40]

I do not want to see this fight if Tank will be a little pussycat again and put various clauses in the contract to make the opponent weak when he goes to the ring. Tank does not want legacy, he only wants easy fights and money.

I doubt this fight would happen because i think Tank would not go down to 122lbs and the plan of Team Inoue is to unify all the belts in the super bantamweight then depend the title against Luis Nerry or Casimero and after that go up in weight again, this time in the featherweight division where the champs are way bigger than him.

With Top Rank holding Inoue I don't think Tank could squeeze their demand just to make this money fight against Inoue.

[bbc.reporter]

I do not want to see this fight if Tank will be a little pussycat again and put various clauses in the contract to make the opponent weak when he goes to the ring. Tank does not want legacy, he only wants easy fights and money.

I doubt this fight would happen because i think Tank would not go down to 122lbs and the plan of Team Inoue is to unify all the belts in the super bantamweight then depend the title against Luis Nerry or Casimero and after that go up in weight again, this time in the featherweight division where the champs are way bigger than him.

With Top Rank holding Inoue I don't think Tank could squeeze their demand just to make this money fight against Inoue.

Despite of the fact that I want to witness Inoue to defend a unified super bantamweight championship vs. Casimero, I speculate that it would be more possible for him and his team to announce another move to featherweight and create history there. If he is successful, the next speculation would be if he moves up again to super featherweight. This would be 130 pounds and will make a catch weight fight vs. Tank a possbility if there is enough money and excitement from the fans.

However, this is only my own speculation. I am not telling everyone that it will certainly happen, only the possbility is there.

[FinneysTrueVision]

Davis and Inoue is 13lbs apart if i'm not mistaken and if ever Top Rank would risk their ward to fight the Tank then in will be in the catchweight.

Assuming Inoue would beat Tapales, i think he would not go up directly to Featherweight because that would be too risky considering his size. Maybe two or three fight in the super bantamweight before considering on moving up but hopefully on those three fights before going up he could face the best boxer of the Philippines right now, Quadro Alas. Casimero is likely the fighter that could beat Inoue as the latter has the speed and power and the most important thing he has the guts and no fear/respect on the capabilities of Inoue.

The champions at featherweight are all very beatable. With how dominant Inoue was against Fulton, there is no doubt he would also be a heavy favorite to win against any of the featherweight champions.

I do not want to see this fight if Tank will be a little pussycat again and put various clauses in the contract to make the opponent weak when he goes to the ring. Tank does not want legacy, he only wants easy fights and money.

Tank has plenty of options at 135 and 140 all of which would be considered superfights, yet here we are with the Showtime Sports president trying to match him against a smaller fighter. Inoue is considered #1 pound for pound by most people and is well known across the world. There is no reason for him to accept any ridiculous limitations because he is an A-side fighter.

[bbc.reporter]

I do not want to see this fight if Tank will be a little pussycat again and put various clauses in the contract to make the opponent weak when he goes to the ring. Tank does not want legacy, he only wants easy fights and money.

Tank has plenty of options at 135 and 140 all of which would be considered superfights, yet here we are with the Showtime Sports president trying to match him against a smaller fighter. Inoue is considered #1 pound for pound by most people and is well known across the world. There is no reason for him to accept any ridiculous limitations because he is an A-side fighter.

If we are very lucky that they announce something in the future, we will see. I am quite certain Tank Davis' team will play their dirty tricks to get an advantage before the fight. I reckon for Davis, the war begins during negotiations and similar to a real war, there will be nothing fair about it. However, yes, you are also right. Inoue is an A-list fighter, it would be on his terms. He would also not be stupid to agree to unfair deals like Ryan Garcia's team.

[Dave1]

I do not want to see this fight if Tank will be a little pussycat again and put various clauses in the contract to make the opponent weak when he goes to the ring. Tank does not want legacy, he only wants easy fights and money.

Tank has plenty of options at 135 and 140 all of which would be considered superfights, yet here we are with the Showtime Sports president trying to match him against a smaller fighter. Inoue is considered #1 pound for pound by most people and is well known across the world. There is no reason for him to accept any ridiculous limitations because he is an A-side fighter.

If we are very lucky that they announce something in the future, we will see. I am quite certain Tank Davis' team will play their dirty tricks to get an advantage before the fight. I reckon for Davis, the war begins during negotiations and similar to a real war, there will be nothing fair about it. However, yes, you are also right. Inoue is an A-list fighter, it would be on his terms. He would also not be stupid to agree to unfair deals like Ryan Garcia's team.

We've seen how and sorry for Tank Davis fans, but it seems that they are very treacherous in terms of their negotiations with Ryan Garcia and for sure this has been their tactics ever since as they included a lot in the contract that they are going to benefit and at the same disadvantageous like rehydration clause.

So yeah, we will see, not sure though if we can see this kind of fight in the future. Maybe Tank will go up as high as 147 lbs and then Inoue only at 130 lbs and that will only leave Manny Pacquiao as the only 8 division champ, from 108-154 lbs climb.

[btc_angela]

I do not want to see this fight if Tank will be a little pussycat again and put various clauses in the contract to make the opponent weak when he goes to the ring. Tank does not want legacy, he only wants easy fights and money.

I doubt this fight would happen because i think Tank would not go down to 122lbs and the plan of Team Inoue is to unify all the belts in the super bantamweight then depend the title against Luis Nerry or Casimero and after that go up in weight again, this time in the featherweight division where the champs are way bigger than him.

With Top Rank holding Inoue I don't think Tank could squeeze their demand just to make this money fight against Inoue.

Despite of the fact that I want to witness Inoue to defend a unified super bantamweight championship vs. Casimero, I speculate that it would be more possible for him and his team to announce another move to featherweight and create history there. If he is successful, the next speculation would be if he moves up again to super featherweight. This would be 130 pounds and will make a catch weight fight vs. Tank a possbility if there is enough money and excitement from the fans.

However, this is only my own speculation. I am not telling everyone that it will certainly happen, only the possbility is there.

126 lbs could be the weight class the we might see Inoue struggle in my opinion. I think there are taller and have the length to offset Inoue. The likes of Rey Vargas very tall and lanky and I would say his power is under rated.

And then what Top Rank and Bob Arum talks about, Robeisy Ramirez the WBO champion. So it will be very interesting if Inoue decided to go up after unifying the belts at 122 lbs and create more history for him.

[Kemarit]

I do not want to see this fight if Tank will be a little pussycat again and put various clauses in the contract to make the opponent weak when he goes to the ring. Tank does not want legacy, he only wants easy fights and money.

I doubt this fight would happen because i think Tank would not go down to 122lbs and the plan of Team Inoue is to unify all the belts in the super bantamweight then depend the title against Luis Nerry or Casimero and after that go up in weight again, this time in the featherweight division where the champs are way bigger than him.

With Top Rank holding Inoue I don't think Tank could squeeze their demand just to make this money fight against Inoue.

Despite of the fact that I want to witness Inoue to defend a unified super bantamweight championship vs. Casimero, I speculate that it would be more possible for him and his team to announce another move to featherweight and create history there. If he is successful, the next speculation would be if he moves up again to super featherweight. This would be 130 pounds and will make a catch weight fight vs. Tank a possbility if there is enough money and excitement from the fans.

You have a point, but Crawford if he wins against Spence tomorrow, will be the first one to win a unified belt in 2 divisions. And most likely that is what Inoue is aiming, as he is targeting Tapales. If ever he will make history is that for the Japanese legacy of winning multiples belts if I'm not mistaken. So still make sense for him to clean up the division fight Casimero or whoever it is, Nery for example is a good fighter as well as 122 lbs and he needs to defeat them before moving up next at 126 wherein other champions are waiting for him. And again, it's better that Inoue will have to go out of his comfort zone and fight in the US for more money.

[danherbias07]

A bit shocked when I saw Tank Davis being competed now against Naoya Inoue. The dude just won in his new weight class but Davis is still too far, I doubt he will be fast enough to go on the weight class of Davis.

I've got a question before this fight happens and if ever Inoue wins it.
Do you think it's unfair that he could get all four major organization belts in just 2 fights in the Super Bantamweight? I mean, he could just leave those four belts again after he beat Marlon Tapales (if ever) and then he climbs up to the next weight class. It won't give the other boxers a chance like the number 2 or number 3 to try and get a shot and challenge Inoue. I respect the no rematch clause but what if the boxers lower than them could actually be the weakness of Inoue?
Marlon Tapales did beat Murodjon Akhmadaliev in an upset, Tapales was a heavy underdog in that match and yet he snatch both belts against the popular champion. All I am saying is, anything is possible.

Davis and Inoue is 13lbs apart if i'm not mistaken and if ever Top Rank would risk their ward to fight the Tank then in will be in the catchweight.

Assuming Inoue would beat Tapales, i think he would not go up directly to Featherweight because that would be too risky considering his size. Maybe two or three fight in the super bantamweight before considering on moving up but hopefully on those three fights before going up he could face the best boxer of the Philippines right now, Quadro Alas. Casimero is likely the fighter that could beat Inoue as the latter has the speed and power and the most important thing he has the guts and no fear/respect on the capabilities of Inoue.

But I do believe that's his goal. To dominate the weight classes that he can although you have a point that he will need to consider buffing himself first before going to the higher weight and that may take some time. Organizations might try to give force him to fight before he can let go of all those belts. Looking at his physical body though, I think he can do it. It's the lack of height which I see that may become a problem as he goes up the ladder.

Let's accept the fact that Marlon Tapales is going to be a massive underdog in this fight. I will also support him no matter what and who knows he can score an upset. But looking at the reality, it's hard to think that he can upset Inoue as this guy is currently at the peak of his prime and career.

What choice do we have then for PH fans? Murodjon Akhmadaliev is just on a par with Stephen Fulton in terms of capability if we looked at their respective stats and even Tapales upset the former, he get that win easily while on the other hand, Inoue just pulverized the latter.

Can't wait to see this battle. I hope Tapales will surprise us and even if he loses to Inoue here, I'm expecting a not-easy win for Inoue.

Truly a massive underdog. But I am with you here. Will be betting for Marlon Tapales and take that high risk to support him. This is boxing, we will never know and we Filipinos like the challenge and I bet even Casimero is now excited that his countryman will be putting his fists in the face of Inoue.  

[Distinctin]

I do not want to see this fight if Tank will be a little pussycat again and put various clauses in the contract to make the opponent weak when he goes to the ring. Tank does not want legacy, he only wants easy fights and money.

I doubt this fight would happen because i think Tank would not go down to 122lbs and the plan of Team Inoue is to unify all the belts in the super bantamweight then depend the title against Luis Nerry or Casimero and after that go up in weight again, this time in the featherweight division where the champs are way bigger than him.

With Top Rank holding Inoue I don't think Tank could squeeze their demand just to make this money fight against Inoue.

Despite of the fact that I want to witness Inoue to defend a unified super bantamweight championship vs. Casimero, I speculate that it would be more possible for him and his team to announce another move to featherweight and create history there. If he is successful, the next speculation would be if he moves up again to super featherweight. This would be 130 pounds and will make a catch weight fight vs. Tank a possbility if there is enough money and excitement from the fans.

You have a point, but Crawford if he wins against Spence tomorrow, will be the first one to win a unified belt in 2 divisions. And most likely that is what Inoue is aiming, as he is targeting Tapales. If ever he will make history is that for the Japanese legacy of winning multiples belts if I'm not mistaken. So still make sense for him to clean up the division fight Casimero or whoever it is, Nery for example is a good fighter as well as 122 lbs and he needs to defeat them before moving up next at 126 wherein other champions are waiting for him. And again, it's better that Inoue will have to go out of his comfort zone and fight in the US for more money.

Inoue has an easier path compared to Crawford, as Spence is sure not going to allow that to happen. As we saw during their face-off, both boxers seemed to have trained well, evidenced by the shape of their bodies. Although Crawford is likely to win, he has to respect the power of Spence, as he did not become a champion and undefeated for no reason.

This fight is highly anticipated, and every boxing enthusiast has their own prediction and opinion. But no one knows how it will end; tomorrow, we will find out if the public is correct when Crawford wins.

[bittraffic]

13lbs is not so hard to achieve if Inoue wants it. I bet he will still win against Tank as long as he can still keep up with the speed and his power. But this is too optimistic that he will still be fast.

Inoue has an easier path compared to Crawford, as Spence is sure not going to allow that to happen. As we saw during their face-off, both boxers seemed to have trained well, evidenced by the shape of their bodies. Although Crawford is likely to win, he has to respect the power of Spence, as he did not become a champion and undefeated for no reason.

This fight is highly anticipated, and every boxing enthusiast has their own prediction and opinion. But no one knows how it will end; tomorrow, we will find out if the public is correct when Crawford wins.

They weren't really trash talking but were just talking and smiling during their faceoff, it seem rare to happen. I'm kind of expecting the fight to last up to 12 rounds already all because of these smiling faces.

[Japinat]

@Kelvinid. Those are very accurate odds after the performance we have witnessed from Inoue against Fulton, I reckon. I have become convinced on the Japanese fighter. Inoue is like the young Pacman but with more knockout power in his hands.

I agree, he might not reach 8 division title as Pacman, but the way he is destroying everything that in his path, it's like Pacman when he was in the beginning of his career specially at lower weights. And Inoue can make another history, for Japan and then having won the unified title in bantamweight and super bantamweight in the 4 belt era.

However, he will be the first boxer in the history of the sport to be a unified champion in 2 weight divisions if he is victorious against Marlon Tapales. After this, it might be 3 unified championships if he again moves up to featherweight. Who are the big names there? I reckon all of the featherweight champions can be beaten by Inoue.

There's no Featherweight champion that can match Inoue's power there's this thing circulating in social media on Fan Page boxing page, that matches Inoue to Tank Davis, only 13 lbs set them apart, they have the same reach and they have the same height, they can go for it in a catchweight, it will be a huge attraction both fighters have speed, power, skill, and charisma, I'm sure some promoters are thinking to match these two great warriors in the ring.

I do not want to see this fight if Tank will be a little pussycat again and put various clauses in the contract to make the opponent weak when he goes to the ring. Tank does not want legacy, he only wants easy fights and money.

Besides, it's too soon to discuss that because we don't even know if Inoue will make the weight of a lightweight boxer and moreover, I don't think that Tank will meet Inoue in a junior lightweight bout considering that he only wants a fight where he does have a chance and definitely have the advantage over the opposite camp. Just like what he did to Ryan Garcia for making ridiculous clauses that only him is entitled.

[Cling18]

13lbs is not so hard to achieve if Inoue wants it. I bet he will still win against Tank as long as he can still keep up with the speed and his power. But this is too optimistic that he will still be fast.

Inoue has an easier path compared to Crawford, as Spence is sure not going to allow that to happen. As we saw during their face-off, both boxers seemed to have trained well, evidenced by the shape of their bodies. Although Crawford is likely to win, he has to respect the power of Spence, as he did not become a champion and undefeated for no reason.

This fight is highly anticipated, and every boxing enthusiast has their own prediction and opinion. But no one knows how it will end; tomorrow, we will find out if the public is correct when Crawford wins.

They weren't really trash talking but were just talking and smiling during their faceoff, it seem rare to happen. I'm kind of expecting the fight to last up to 12 rounds already all because of these smiling faces.

I must say that they are a good match here though Inoue has really been building up a firm foundation of records n this field. It will be a huge challenge for Tapales but based on their face off, they seemed to be so prepared so I also guess that they could reach 12 rounds unless Inoue would show off his max strength.
Tapales seems too ready knowing that Inoue has great winning streaks. He should double his effort and give his best shot during this trainings so he will be able to counter the fast punches of Inoue. This is an exciting match and would be another opportunity for Tapales to build a good record if ever he'll bring Inoue down.