[Boxing] Inoue vs Goodman December 24th

[FinneysTrueVision]

Quality of opponents, yes, Luis Nery could have a better resume than Sam Goodman. I even saw a video of Bob Arum though, highlighting Inoue and saying that he wanted to face tough opponents.

However, in this case, it's a move backward, there could be fighters like Casimero or Murodjon Akhmadaliev.

The fight with Sam Goodman though is already scheduled and so I doubt that Murodjon Akhmadaliev will have a case here as there are reports that he wanted to go legal so that he can fight Inoue.

Goodman fought 4 times in 2023 against high quality opponents. He might not come anywhere close to having enough skills to beat Inoue but he has earned the right to challenge him for his belts by becoming the mandatory. Akhmadaliev would also be a great opponent but he has lost momentum since the loss to Tapales. He beat some unkown guy and somehow became a mandatory also but he has been inactive for the past 10 months. Like Casimero, he is just sitting on the sidelines waiting to get picked while his career stagnates.

Arum has already hinted that Akhmadaliev might be next for Inoue in April 2025. That would leave Casimero on the outside once again. There are still plenty of good fighters in the division that he could beat and it will elevate his status, but without the backing of a major promoter, I feel like his opportunities are very limited at the moment.

[Sanitough]

Arum has already hinted that Akhmadaliev might be next for Inoue in April 2025.

So, Inoue isn’t really planning to move up? That makes this division pretty boring. We want to see him face some quality opponents, and we can’t pretend that the current division, where Inoue is the undisputed champion, has fighters who can truly challenge him. Most likely, these matchups will just pad Inoue's record.

If Casimero isn’t given a chance to fight him, it might be best for him to leave the division. He could potentially dominate in a new weight class, while Casimero could make a name for himself in this current division. At his age, he should be fast-tracking his career if he truly wants to be a Hall of Famer. Bob Arum really believes in him and even said he’s better than Pacquiao, which is a huge statement that needs to be proven. He should start making that happen.

[bisdak40]

Arum has already hinted that Akhmadaliev might be next for Inoue in April 2025.

So, Inoue isn’t really planning to move up? That makes this division pretty boring. We want to see him face some quality opponents, and we can’t pretend that the current division, where Inoue is the undisputed champion, has fighters who can truly challenge him. Most likely, these matchups will just pad Inoue's record.

If Casimero isn’t given a chance to fight him, it might be best for him to leave the division. He could potentially dominate in a new weight class, while Casimero could make a name for himself in this current division. At his age, he should be fast-tracking his career if he truly wants to be a Hall of Famer. Bob Arum really believes in him and even said he’s better than Pacquiao, which is a huge statement that needs to be proven. He should start making that happen.

Team Inoue plans to have at least two fights before eventually moving up to the featherweight division. However, I was surprised to hear Akhmadaliev’s name mentioned as a future opponent for Inoue, considering he was previously ruled out for not having anything that warrants Inoue’s attention. It seems Top Rank’s plans may have changed, as they are now considering an all-Japanese mega-fight with Inoue facing Junto Nakatani. I hope this fight materializes, as I believe it would be one of the best matchups in the 122-lbs division before Inoue moves up.

[Sanitough]

[......]

Team Inoue plans to have at least two fights before eventually moving up to the featherweight division. However, I was surprised to hear Akhmadaliev’s name mentioned as a future opponent for Inoue, considering he was previously ruled out for not having anything that warrants Inoue’s attention. It seems Top Rank’s plans may have changed, as they are now considering an all-Japanese mega-fight with Inoue facing Junto Nakatani. I hope this fight materializes, as I believe it would be one of the best matchups in the 122-lbs division before Inoue moves up.

That's a better matchup compared to Akhmadaliev since this boxer has already lost to Tapales. A Japanese vs. Japanese fight sounds great, especially since Nakatani is also undefeated and has impressive power in both hands. Who wouldn’t remember him? He knocked out a Filipino boxer Vincent Astrolabio in just the first round!

[Baofeng]

Arum has already hinted that Akhmadaliev might be next for Inoue in April 2025.

So, Inoue isn’t really planning to move up? That makes this division pretty boring. We want to see him face some quality opponents, and we can’t pretend that the current division, where Inoue is the undisputed champion, has fighters who can truly challenge him. Most likely, these matchups will just pad Inoue's record.

If Casimero isn’t given a chance to fight him, it might be best for him to leave the division. He could potentially dominate in a new weight class, while Casimero could make a name for himself in this current division. At his age, he should be fast-tracking his career if he truly wants to be a Hall of Famer. Bob Arum really believes in him and even said he’s better than Pacquiao, which is a huge statement that needs to be proven. He should start making that happen.

Team Inoue plans to have at least two fights before eventually moving up to the featherweight division. However, I was surprised to hear Akhmadaliev’s name mentioned as a future opponent for Inoue, considering he was previously ruled out for not having anything that warrants Inoue’s attention. It seems Top Rank’s plans may have changed, as they are now considering an all-Japanese mega-fight with Inoue facing Junto Nakatani. I hope this fight materializes, as I believe it would be one of the best matchups in the 122-lbs division before Inoue moves up.

Yes, and that's why it's hard to take Bob Arum's word though, he said that Inoue will likely to move up in weight next year after a Goodman fight. But who knows, as we have discussed, names like Casimero, Nakatani and Akhmadaliev are still a good fight for Inoue next year.

And if Inoue is going to be true to his words that he only fight the best, then he should face two out of this three fighters in the future. It will still be very lucrative for him specially if the fight is going to be held in his native country Japan. So money wise there will be no issues for him and maybe we can see him postponing his move up to the next weight class for now.

[Yaunfitda]

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Team Inoue plans to have at least two fights before eventually moving up to the featherweight division. However, I was surprised to hear Akhmadaliev’s name mentioned as a future opponent for Inoue, considering he was previously ruled out for not having anything that warrants Inoue’s attention. It seems Top Rank’s plans may have changed, as they are now considering an all-Japanese mega-fight with Inoue facing Junto Nakatani. I hope this fight materializes, as I believe it would be one of the best matchups in the 122-lbs division before Inoue moves up.

That's a better matchup compared to Akhmadaliev since this boxer has already lost to Tapales. A Japanese vs. Japanese fight sounds great, especially since Nakatani is also undefeated and has impressive power in both hands. Who wouldn’t remember him? He knocked out a Filipino boxer Vincent Astrolabio in just the first round!

And there seems to be a rivalry between the two Japanese that's why this could be the best fight for Inoue if he wanted to still stay at the super bantamweight to face Junto Nakatani. Yes, I have seen how he destroyed a good fighter in Astrolabio is just one round during their fight and then he started calling Inoue for a fight as he is willing to move up in the 122 lbs just to face the Monster. So let's see how this could go. Maybe Arum or his Japanese manager might re-consider Nakatani after Sam Goodman because of their rivalry in the local Japanese boxing fans. There are a lot of Japanese boxers and very talented and champion and so it makes sense as well that they are willing to face each other to see who is the current number 1 Japanese boxer.

[stadus]

Any updates on this fight? Feels like it’s flying under the radar since fans aren’t really talking about it. If it were Casimero vs. Inoue, though, you can bet we’d be talking about it nonstop. Real fans would be all over any updates, whether it’s legit news or just rumors making the rounds.

[BitMaxz]

Any updates on this fight? Feels like it’s flying under the radar since fans aren’t really talking about it. If it were Casimero vs. Inoue, though, you can bet we’d be talking about it nonstop. Real fans would be all over any updates, whether it’s legit news or just rumors making the rounds.

The fight will start on Tuesday, Dec 24, Based on the news, I don't see any updates yet, and it seems this is the first defeat for Goodman.
Based on the insights and bets, more people are choosing Inoue and only 5% for Goodman. Well, I am betting on Inoue because he is more aggressive than Goodman and has more experience.

Regarding Casimero vs Inoue, I have been looking for their fight for weeks. Is it true that Inoue was defeated by Casimero in their first fight, or is this just a joke?
I can't seem to find any videos on YouTube about their fight.

[FinneysTrueVision]

Regarding Casimero vs Inoue, I have been looking for their fight for weeks. Is it true that Inoue was defeated by Casimero in their first fight, or is this just a joke?
I can't seem to find any videos on YouTube about their fight.

They have not fought before. They were supposed to but it was cancelled due to the Covid pandemic and it was not rescheduled. Casimero is suspended from fighting in Japan, where his promoter is from and where Inoue fights most of the time. Their careers have gone in different directions and it is not likely they will fight anytime soon.

[Baofeng]

Any updates on this fight? Feels like it’s flying under the radar since fans aren’t really talking about it. If it were Casimero vs. Inoue, though, you can bet we’d be talking about it nonstop. Real fans would be all over any updates, whether it’s legit news or just rumors making the rounds.

The last time I heard it was still a go, so we can only speculate that they have been training very hard already as it's just 4 weeks from now. Usually Inoue's fight is low key as the fight is being held in Japan and news could be just inside that country, just like in his last fight wherein it was just a week before the fight that we have heard news about it. And the only thing that could have been news worthy is that if Inoue gets injured (again), but so far no news yet.

@BitMaxz - Inoue and Casimero hasn't fought before and I doubt that it will happen in the future as Inoue is reported to move up in another weight class after this and fight in the US next year as per his US manager, Bob Arum.

[AmoreJaz]

Any updates on this fight? Feels like it’s flying under the radar since fans aren’t really talking about it. If it were Casimero vs. Inoue, though, you can bet we’d be talking about it nonstop. Real fans would be all over any updates, whether it’s legit news or just rumors making the rounds.

The last time I heard it was still a go, so we can only speculate that they have been training very hard already as it's just 4 weeks from now. Usually Inoue's fight is low key as the fight is being held in Japan and news could be just inside that country, just like in his last fight wherein it was just a week before the fight that we have heard news about it. And the only thing that could have been news worthy is that if Inoue gets injured (again), but so far no news yet.

@BitMaxz - Inoue and Casimero hasn't fought before and I doubt that it will happen in the future as Inoue is reported to move up in another weight class after this and fight in the US next year as per his US manager, Bob Arum.

I believe, there's little noise on this match because there's no controversial news out of this match. As of now, it is looking that Goodman is a heavy underdog with early odds of 12x, whereas, Inoue's odds only at about 1.05-1.18x. So we can expect not many people will bet on this line, but maybe on what round this fight will end up with. Some sites are predicting to finish this at round 6-8, having Inoue knocking out Goodman. But should not really be very confident as Goodman has also good record.

On the note of Casimero being in the picture, I can understand a lot of people here are fans of Casimero. But the status of Inoue right now is quite far already for Casimero to have a match up with him.

[Jating]

Any updates on this fight? Feels like it’s flying under the radar since fans aren’t really talking about it. If it were Casimero vs. Inoue, though, you can bet we’d be talking about it nonstop. Real fans would be all over any updates, whether it’s legit news or just rumors making the rounds.

The last time I heard it was still a go, so we can only speculate that they have been training very hard already as it's just 4 weeks from now. Usually Inoue's fight is low key as the fight is being held in Japan and news could be just inside that country, just like in his last fight wherein it was just a week before the fight that we have heard news about it. And the only thing that could have been news worthy is that if Inoue gets injured (again), but so far no news yet.

@BitMaxz - Inoue and Casimero hasn't fought before and I doubt that it will happen in the future as Inoue is reported to move up in another weight class after this and fight in the US next year as per his US manager, Bob Arum.

I believe, there's little noise on this match because there's no controversial news out of this match. As of now, it is looking that Goodman is a heavy underdog with early odds of 12x, whereas, Inoue's odds only at about 1.05-1.18x. So we can expect not many people will bet on this line, but maybe on what round this fight will end up with. Some sites are predicting to finish this at round 6-8, having Inoue knocking out Goodman. But should not really be very confident as Goodman has also good record.

On the note of Casimero being in the picture, I can understand a lot of people here are fans of Casimero. But the status of Inoue right now is quite far already for Casimero to have a match up with him.

There is a controversial in this match, Akhmadaliev is trying to block this fight as he contest that he should be given the chance to fight for belt here. He should be the number 1 or the mandatory as per WBA.

He contest that he was bypassed before, when WBA allowed Inoue to fight Nery. But now, he should be given that status as mandatory now. But Inoue chooses Sam Goodman.

[BitMaxz]

@BitMaxz - Inoue and Casimero hasn't fought before and I doubt that it will happen in the future as Inoue is reported to move up in another weight class after this and fight in the US next year as per his US manager, Bob Arum.

If I remember correctly there's someone share a short video before on facebook with the fight between Inoue and Casimero.
A short video shows Casimero defeating Inoue via TKO in the first round, and it appears to be a real fight. So I think it was a fake or edited video created via AI because I can not find any video on YouTube. I thought they deleted that videos on YouTube but it's not actually exist.

[Hirose UK]

Any updates on this fight? Feels like it’s flying under the radar since fans aren’t really talking about it. If it were Casimero vs. Inoue, though, you can bet we’d be talking about it nonstop. Real fans would be all over any updates, whether it’s legit news or just rumors making the rounds.

Yes, this fight is not much talked about, even some people are more focused on other boxers and in fighting Goodman it doesn't really give big hype, but actually this is interesting because Goodman himself is one of the boxers with an undefeated record in 19 fights.
I think maybe the reason is because he is still in the super bantamweight class and that has been mastered by Inoue, if the fight in higher division might attract more attention from the fans, we want more dramatic fight.

[Baofeng]

@BitMaxz - Inoue and Casimero hasn't fought before and I doubt that it will happen in the future as Inoue is reported to move up in another weight class after this and fight in the US next year as per his US manager, Bob Arum.

If I remember correctly there's someone share a short video before on facebook with the fight between Inoue and Casimero.
A short video shows Casimero defeating Inoue via TKO in the first round, and it appears to be a real fight. So I think it was a fake or edited video created via AI because I can not find any video on YouTube. I thought they deleted that videos on YouTube but it's not actually exist.

Most likely it's AI mate, lots of those kind of videos are appearing, and most likely I believed this could be the hype on Casimero vs Sanchez or the video itself is that fight as Casimero won via technical knockout on the first round.

As for the odds, Sam Goodman, just like the other opponents of Inoue is a huge underdog here, as per the latest odds he is 9:1 underdog.

So it's really hard to go against Inoue here, it's just a matter of time what rounds he is going to score a knockout victory here.

[BitMaxz]

Most likely it's AI mate, lots of those kind of videos are appearing, and most likely I believed this could be the hype on Casimero vs Sanchez or the video itself is that fight as Casimero won via technical knockout on the first round.

As for the odds, Sam Goodman, just like the other opponents of Inoue is a huge underdog here, as per the latest odds he is 9:1 underdog.

So it's really hard to go against Inoue here, it's just a matter of time what rounds he is going to score a knockout victory here.

That's the sad part they can make a fake video using AI I am drinking with friends and told them about Inoue got technical knockout by Casimero I thought its true.
After searching for the full fight for many weeks no video or proof exist online.

Well, the odds for Inoue are pretty low, not good to bet compared to Sam Goodman.
It is much better to bet on which rounds Goodman will be knocked out.

[bisdak40]

Regarding Casimero vs Inoue, I have been looking for their fight for weeks. Is it true that Inoue was defeated by Casimero in their first fight, or is this just a joke?
I can't seem to find any videos on YouTube about their fight.

That was a joke as the two have never meet in the ring yet and as of the moment Casimero has nothing to offer to Inoue so that the latter would have the interest in facing him.

But i do hope that Casimero vs Inoue may happen in the near future so that everybody will be silenced if ever Inoue beat Casimero badly lol.

[Mr. Magkaisa]

Arum has already hinted that Akhmadaliev might be next for Inoue in April 2025.

So, Inoue isn’t really planning to move up? That makes this division pretty boring. We want to see him face some quality opponents, and we can’t pretend that the current division, where Inoue is the undisputed champion, has fighters who can truly challenge him. Most likely, these matchups will just pad Inoue's record.

If Casimero isn’t given a chance to fight him, it might be best for him to leave the division. He could potentially dominate in a new weight class, while Casimero could make a name for himself in this current division. At his age, he should be fast-tracking his career if he truly wants to be a Hall of Famer. Bob Arum really believes in him and even said he’s better than Pacquiao, which is a huge statement that needs to be proven. He should start making that happen.

Team Inoue plans to have at least two fights before eventually moving up to the featherweight division. However, I was surprised to hear Akhmadaliev’s name mentioned as a future opponent for Inoue, considering he was previously ruled out for not having anything that warrants Inoue’s attention. It seems Top Rank’s plans may have changed, as they are now considering an all-Japanese mega-fight with Inoue facing Junto Nakatani. I hope this fight materializes, as I believe it would be one of the best matchups in the 122-lbs division before Inoue moves up.

           - What Inoue needs to do is to fight outside Japan.
this is a big disadvantage to any of his opponent, specially to the Japan rule which protect this boxer.
second, Fight Casimiro! His legacy in boxing will never that good if he will continue to be a coward hiding on his country and not getting Casimiro on his gloves.

[btc78]

Maybe Inoue’s trying to beat Casimero’s first-round TKO. Let’s see how it goes. 


https://www.boxingnews24.com/2024/10/naoya-inoue-vs-sam-goodman-being-finalized-for-december-24th/

not interested in Inoue's fight again unless this will be happening outside His territory like what most Boxers does and still doing .

[stadus]

not interested in Inoue's fight again unless this will be happening outside His territory like what most Boxers does and still doing .

Thank you for being real, but honestly, that won’t happen unless Inoue moves up to a new division. I get the frustration, man, I’d also love to see him push himself and take on new challenges against other champions. Staying this long in a division where he’s already unified all the belts feels pointless at this stage. It’s like, what’s left to prove? Time to aim higher and keep satisfying the fans.