[Boxing] Inoue vs Goodman December 24th

[Zadicar]

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.

Or maybe he do tend to stay for a while despite of unifying all the belts for this division and trying to prepare himself on moving up another weight division. If he do able to taste up some first knock down of his career on this division then he might be thinking that moving up another level might be that be even more dangerous if he would really be planning out on having that unbeaten record.
We dont know on whats the thing that come up into his mind on which it will really be just that too impossible that he wont be able to scale himself basing up on his performance in against
with his recent opponents on this division on which we do able to say that this is really that indeed not an easy walk for him.

[TravelMug]

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

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

You're right, we wanted for Inoue to go outside of his comfort zone and fight in the USA. But it seems that he really doesn't want to because of the money that he can generated in his country. He can fill in stadium with 50,000 fans watching him fight. But then again, when you are in the pound for pound list, you should have at least where the Mecca of Boxing is, and that is United States.

Although the good news is that after this fight, he might go to the US as per Bob Arum because they said that Inoue will be jumping up in weight class. And most of the champions at 126 lbs are US base so it's only right that he will go and fight in the US moving forward.

[Maslate]

Although the good news is that after this fight, he might go to the US as per Bob Arum because they said that Inoue will be jumping up in weight class. And most of the champions at 126 lbs are US base so it's only right that he will go and fight in the US moving forward.

I really hope that news has some substance because, honestly, I’ve been hearing rumors too, that Inoue isn’t done yet and plans to keep defending his title after this fight. The longer he stays in this division, the more his popularity risks taking a hit. It’s like he’s holding back the hype by not challenging himself against boxers who have a shot at beating him, real champions. Dominant wins are great, but if there’s no real competition, it starts to lose its spark.

[Sanitough]

Although the good news is that after this fight, he might go to the US as per Bob Arum because they said that Inoue will be jumping up in weight class. And most of the champions at 126 lbs are US base so it's only right that he will go and fight in the US moving forward.

I really hope that news has some substance because, honestly, I’ve been hearing rumors too, that Inoue isn’t done yet and plans to keep defending his title after this fight. The longer he stays in this division, the more his popularity risks taking a hit. It’s like he’s holding back the hype by not challenging himself against boxers who have a shot at beating him, real champions. Dominant wins are great, but if there’s no real competition, it starts to lose its spark.

Yeah, it’s all just speculation for now as there’s no official word from Bob Arum about Inoue moving up. But honestly, even if they make an announcement, they can always backtrack if they feel Inoue isn’t ready yet or just want to play it safe. This fight isn’t exactly what fans were hoping for, especially with so many better opponents available. But it’s the choice they made, so we’re stuck watching it.

Honestly, I doubt anyone here is rooting for Goodman to win. The betting odds say it all: the chances of an upset are ridiculously slim. It feels more like a formality than an actual challenge for Inoue.

[Oasisman]

Nothing new for Inoue, he is fighting a nobody again. Even though the guy is undefeated, but It's just the way the boxing goes these days. They create an undefeated boxer so it can look like a good match against the superstars.
I was once impressed by Inoue, especially when he destroyed Donaire, but after that he was already fighting a bunch of nobodies. I lost interest with his match already.

[stomachgrowls]

Nothing new for Inoue, he is fighting a nobody again. Even though the guy is undefeated, but It's just the way the boxing goes these days. They create an undefeated boxer so it can look like a good match against the superstars.
I was once impressed by Inoue, especially when he destroyed Donaire, but after that he was already fighting a bunch of nobodies. I lost interest with his match already.

The only one fight that i do enjoy on watching is going against with Donaire, you could be able to see Inoue have those blood into his face and nose on which you could be able to tell that he had been punished on that fight despite on winning up the fight via TKO but you could really be able to see that he do have that a hard time. If Donaire was able to have that more durability or stamina and wasnt able to get that liver blow
then he might be able to win up against Inoue. Yes, i do agree into your sentiment that this one really do looks like that he's that been that paired up or arranged with with fight with nobody or not really that known boxers on which trying out to pile up his win counts but with those fighters on which we dont even know on where they do came from or simply not popular then you will really be just that thinking that this is really that
an another boring fight or you had already assumed that this would be an easy win for him.

We would be all that delighted if we will be able to see to fight some popular boxer with have some solid stats on which this will really be able to test him up totally and not really just that trying to make up some fight
into those who arent that known or popular.

[Yaunfitda]

Although the good news is that after this fight, he might go to the US as per Bob Arum because they said that Inoue will be jumping up in weight class. And most of the champions at 126 lbs are US base so it's only right that he will go and fight in the US moving forward.

I really hope that news has some substance because, honestly, I’ve been hearing rumors too, that Inoue isn’t done yet and plans to keep defending his title after this fight. The longer he stays in this division, the more his popularity risks taking a hit. It’s like he’s holding back the hype by not challenging himself against boxers who have a shot at beating him, real champions. Dominant wins are great, but if there’s no real competition, it starts to lose its spark.

And there are still rumors that he might still have one fight left at this division, so after Goodman, he could be facing another great contender, but let's see. I do hold Bob Arum's statement though, as he knows how to promote and make Inoue great in the US, just like how he brought Manny Pacquaio and then make him a household name by careful matchmaking although Manny has already had that talent already. But as boxing fans, we want Inoue to go stateside and faces a lot of great champions at 126 lbs and see if he can bring his power to that division and be as destructive as he is in the bantam/super-bantamweight.

[coin-investor]

And there are still rumors that he might still have one fight left at this division, so after Goodman, he could be facing another great contender, but let's see. I do hold Bob Arum's statement though, as he knows how to promote and make Inoue great in the US, just like how he brought Manny Pacquaio and then make him a household name by careful matchmaking although Manny has already had that talent already.

I'd like to correct you that it was not Bob Arum who brought Paquiao in the US and arranged his fight against Ledwaba; it was Murad Muhammad who arranged the fight when Enrique Sandchez, the supposed opponent of Ledwaba, got injured. Pacquiao was a replacement for that title fight. He was about to go home in the Philippines when he got a phone call that he would fight for the title; he won the title with only 7 days of training.
Arum only came later after Pacquiao was already a household name.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

I still like for Inoue to really go up in weight after this. No need to stay at the division wherein he all knockout the champion and have all the belts. There is no challenge in him right now at 122 lbs.

And we are all anticipating that he will going to knock out Sam Goodman anyways, and so majority of us are not really excited, or at least knows what the outcome of this fight and that it could really end bad for Sam Goodman.

[freedomgo]

And we are all anticipating that he will going to knock out Sam Goodman anyways, and so majority of us are not really excited, or at least knows what the outcome of this fight and that it could really end bad for Sam Goodman.

That’s probably the best outcome we can hope for in this fight, because if there’s no knockout, it’s likely going to be a boring fight. It’s pretty clear this is a mismatch... Inoue is just on another level, as we’ve seen from his past fights. So, the real question isn’t whether Inoue will win but which round will Goodman get knocked out?

[Dave1]

And we are all anticipating that he will going to knock out Sam Goodman anyways, and so majority of us are not really excited, or at least knows what the outcome of this fight and that it could really end bad for Sam Goodman.

That’s probably the best outcome we can hope for in this fight, because if there’s no knockout, it’s likely going to be a boring fight. It’s pretty clear this is a mismatch... Inoue is just on another level, as we’ve seen from his past fights. So, the real question isn’t whether Inoue will win but which round will Goodman get knocked out?

Current line is over and under 7.5 rounds, @2.00/1.72.

So odd makers see this fight as going under, as we all know that Inoue usually takes some time to read his opponents movement in the first 5 rounds and then might go with the knockout on the next, like his next two fights.

Speaking of Akhmadaliev,  another of supposedly a opponent of Inoue, he will have fight Ricardo Espinoza on Dec 15.

[Yaunfitda]

And there are still rumors that he might still have one fight left at this division, so after Goodman, he could be facing another great contender, but let's see. I do hold Bob Arum's statement though, as he knows how to promote and make Inoue great in the US, just like how he brought Manny Pacquaio and then make him a household name by careful matchmaking although Manny has already had that talent already.

I'd like to correct you that it was not Bob Arum who brought Paquiao in the US and arranged his fight against Ledwaba; it was Murad Muhammad who arranged the fight when Enrique Sandchez, the supposed opponent of Ledwaba, got injured. Pacquiao was a replacement for that title fight. He was about to go home in the Philippines when he got a phone call that he would fight for the title; he won the title with only 7 days of training.
Arum only came later after Pacquiao was already a household name.

Yeah, but technically it was not Murad who make Pacquiao a household name. And so that is what I'm saying here, the Bob Arum has the formula and blue print already and probably this is only the reason why he did want to bring Inoue in the USA. Already Inoue's name is already big, but the center of boxing is in the US and for sure Inoue an even surpassed Manny as the biggest in Asia if he will just go and fight outside of Japan.

With this fight, I'm thinking that I might go under 7.5 rounds here.

Sam doesn't have the power and then Inoue is going to be too fast for him. Not sure what other boxing fans are thinking here, others might agree or disagree with me regarding which rounds will Inoue stop Goodman.

[FinneysTrueVision]

Yeah, but technically it was not Murad who make Pacquiao a household name. And so that is what I'm saying here, the Bob Arum has the formula and blue print already and probably this is only the reason why he did want to bring Inoue in the USA. Already Inoue's name is already big, but the center of boxing is in the US and for sure Inoue an even surpassed Manny as the biggest in Asia if he will just go and fight outside of Japan.

With this fight, I'm thinking that I might go under 7.5 rounds here.

Sam doesn't have the power and then Inoue is going to be too fast for him. Not sure what other boxing fans are thinking here, others might agree or disagree with me regarding which rounds will Inoue stop Goodman.

The US hasn’t been the center of boxing since HBO and Showtime got out of the business. Due to investments from DAZN, the Saudi government, and some other players, the sport has become more international. Out of the top 10 in ESPN’s pound for pound list, only 5 of them fought at least once in the US in 2024. Compared to a decade ago, it was very rare to see a fighter based outside of the US in the top 10.

[Yaunfitda]

Yeah, but technically it was not Murad who make Pacquiao a household name. And so that is what I'm saying here, the Bob Arum has the formula and blue print already and probably this is only the reason why he did want to bring Inoue in the USA. Already Inoue's name is already big, but the center of boxing is in the US and for sure Inoue an even surpassed Manny as the biggest in Asia if he will just go and fight outside of Japan.

With this fight, I'm thinking that I might go under 7.5 rounds here.

Sam doesn't have the power and then Inoue is going to be too fast for him. Not sure what other boxing fans are thinking here, others might agree or disagree with me regarding which rounds will Inoue stop Goodman.

The US hasn’t been the center of boxing since HBO and Showtime got out of the business. Due to investments from DAZN, the Saudi government, and some other players, the sport has become more international. Out of the top 10 in ESPN’s pound for pound list, only 5 of them fought at least once in the US in 2024. Compared to a decade ago, it was very rare to see a fighter based outside of the US in the top 10.

I think it's because of the emergence of combat sports like UFC that really lead to the downfall of boxing in the US. But still for me I consider it as the center, which many great American boxers right now. But I will do agree that there are a lot of players like the Saudi with their big money, that really pushes some to be out, and then it's the British invasion with the likes of Matchroom's Eddie Hearn. And then there where times wherein the promoters wanted in-house money, just like what Top Rank did and GBP promotions. It is that they just cooperated later when Eddie Hearn and to some extend Frank Warren make their presence felt in the last 10 years in the US soil. Plus the PPV numbers are very expensive and then we have illegal streamers that really killed HBO and Sho as they can't make money out of the boxing fans in the US.

[bisdak40]

Current line is over and under 7.5 rounds, @2.00/1.72.

So odd makers see this fight as going under, as we all know that Inoue usually takes some time to read his opponents movement in the first 5 rounds and then might go with the knockout on the next, like his next two fights.

I'll be going with the over 7.5 rounds in this fight, go against the bookies. Though i see this fight ending in a knockout win by Inoue but i think it will take some time before Inoue would catch Sam Goodman.

Speaking of Akhmadaliev,  another of supposedly a opponent of Inoue, he will have fight Ricardo Espinoza on Dec 15.

It good to see that Akhmadaliev have finally move on. He should stop calling out Inoue and fight another name to be active and not wait on Inoue's camp to pick him as future opponent.

[AliMan]

Yeah, but technically it was not Murad who make Pacquiao a household name. And so that is what I'm saying here, the Bob Arum has the formula and blue print already and probably this is only the reason why he did want to bring Inoue in the USA. Already Inoue's name is already big, but the center of boxing is in the US and for sure Inoue an even surpassed Manny as the biggest in Asia if he will just go and fight outside of Japan.

With this fight, I'm thinking that I might go under 7.5 rounds here.

Sam doesn't have the power and then Inoue is going to be too fast for him. Not sure what other boxing fans are thinking here, others might agree or disagree with me regarding which rounds will Inoue stop Goodman.

The US hasn’t been the center of boxing since HBO and Showtime got out of the business. Due to investments from DAZN, the Saudi government, and some other players, the sport has become more international. Out of the top 10 in ESPN’s pound for pound list, only 5 of them fought at least once in the US in 2024. Compared to a decade ago, it was very rare to see a fighter based outside of the US in the top 10.

This is one reason why non western countries became so proud of this recorded data. That proves that everybody could thrive harder even though they're at different races. Not just with Saudi, but for all countries who participated sports particular to boxing career. Don't under estimate Inoue, we don't know what in the future he can give for his future fights.

[Fredomago]

Current line is over and under 7.5 rounds, @2.00/1.72.

So odd makers see this fight as going under, as we all know that Inoue usually takes some time to read his opponents movement in the first 5 rounds and then might go with the knockout on the next, like his next two fights.

I'll be going with the over 7.5 rounds in this fight, go against the bookies. Though i see this fight ending in a knockout win by Inoue but i think it will take some time before Inoue would catch Sam Goodman.

If Goodman's camp will use their cards I think they will try not to engage too much knowing how powerful Inoue avoiding that solid combination will extend him fighting, though we really can't tell what Goodman's strategy for this fight but same with your prediction it can
extend to that round and maybe more than 8 rounds before Inoue will push his way trying to put Goodman down.

Speaking of Akhmadaliev,  another of supposedly a opponent of Inoue, he will have fight Ricardo Espinoza on Dec 15.

It good to see that Akhmadaliev have finally move on. He should stop calling out Inoue and fight another name to be active and not wait on Inoue's camp to pick him as future opponent.

Yeah, instead of insisting just keep onfghting and let his records attracts Inoue and his camp, adding value to your name might attract them to pick him as their next deal to sign.

[TravelMug]

Although the good news is that after this fight, he might go to the US as per Bob Arum because they said that Inoue will be jumping up in weight class. And most of the champions at 126 lbs are US base so it's only right that he will go and fight in the US moving forward.

I really hope that news has some substance because, honestly, I’ve been hearing rumors too, that Inoue isn’t done yet and plans to keep defending his title after this fight. The longer he stays in this division, the more his popularity risks taking a hit. It’s like he’s holding back the hype by not challenging himself against boxers who have a shot at beating him, real champions. Dominant wins are great, but if there’s no real competition, it starts to lose its spark.

Yeah, it's because he is supposedly to fight Murodjon Akhmadaliev, to clean up the division for good. But Sam Goodman got the fight and so it's like Murodjon Akhmadaliev is clamouring for a fight, or least Inoue give him the credit as he is a former champion.

However, he has nothing to offer to Inoue at this point and so just like you, this should be Inoue's last fight in the division. And we really wanted him to fight in the US and not just box in Japan and moving him for him, there will be a lot of competitions because he might be small at 126 lbs, or we will not known if he is really that good if he don't want to go to US and move up in the next weight class.

[Dave1]

Current line is over and under 7.5 rounds, @2.00/1.72.

So odd makers see this fight as going under, as we all know that Inoue usually takes some time to read his opponents movement in the first 5 rounds and then might go with the knockout on the next, like his next two fights.

I'll be going with the over 7.5 rounds in this fight, go against the bookies. Though i see this fight ending in a knockout win by Inoue but i think it will take some time before Inoue would catch Sam Goodman.

Speaking of Akhmadaliev,  another of supposedly a opponent of Inoue, he will have fight Ricardo Espinoza on Dec 15.

It good to see that Akhmadaliev have finally move on. He should stop calling out Inoue and fight another name to be active and not wait on Inoue's camp to pick him as future opponent.

Yes, the odds for over is attractive already, however, we might go and bet early and this line could go lower as the fight night approaches.

Also good for  Akhmadaliev to really not to talk about Inoue for now, seen interviews of him though claiming that he can beat Inoue, but that is not going to happen. He had a fight as I have said so he should focus on Espinoza.

If he is lucky enough to get a crack once he win against Espinoza then good, but it should be impressive enough so that Inoue might reconsider his case.

[Baofeng]

Yeah, but technically it was not Murad who make Pacquiao a household name. And so that is what I'm saying here, the Bob Arum has the formula and blue print already and probably this is only the reason why he did want to bring Inoue in the USA. Already Inoue's name is already big, but the center of boxing is in the US and for sure Inoue an even surpassed Manny as the biggest in Asia if he will just go and fight outside of Japan.

With this fight, I'm thinking that I might go under 7.5 rounds here.

Sam doesn't have the power and then Inoue is going to be too fast for him. Not sure what other boxing fans are thinking here, others might agree or disagree with me regarding which rounds will Inoue stop Goodman.

The US hasn’t been the center of boxing since HBO and Showtime got out of the business. Due to investments from DAZN, the Saudi government, and some other players, the sport has become more international. Out of the top 10 in ESPN’s pound for pound list, only 5 of them fought at least once in the US in 2024. Compared to a decade ago, it was very rare to see a fighter based outside of the US in the top 10.

This is one reason why non western countries became so proud of this recorded data. That proves that everybody could thrive harder even though they're at different races. Not just with Saudi, but for all countries who participated sports particular to boxing career. Don't under estimate Inoue, we don't know what in the future he can give for his future fights.

What do you mean? Inoue has etched his name in boxing already, cemented his legacy when he unified the super bantamweight. He is the second boxer to unified two divisions, so races has nothing to do with boxing. If you talk about the Saudis, well they are now the powerful broker in boxing and obviously, they have deep pockets that's why they can put up great fights in the Middle East.

As for this fight, the over and under could be the safest bet, Inoue by KO is a bad choice in terms of the odds. So I will agree that the over 7.5 like what @bisdak40 said. At least there are values, doubling your money.