[Boxing] Inoue vs Goodman December 24th

[Dave1]

So IBF and WBO has Sam Goodman as their number 1 rank fighter. So Inoue will have to fight him otherwise he will be strip of the belt.

Consider that as a fight that will be finish early if Sam Goodman is not a type of boxer who focus on surviving than winning.

And even after he beat Sam Goodman, there could still be someone who says that he should stick in this division and fight Murodjon Akhmadaliev or Casimero.

I think Akhmadaliev would be a mismatch for Inoue as tapales had already beaten him, its still the power of Inoue would beat Akhmadaliev even if this guy is a olympic medalist IIRC. About Casimero, we have been waiting for Inoue to fight him but it seems he is docking him using the excuse of not worthy opponent.

Maybe Junto Nakatani if Inoue could wait for him until he moves up.

If we talk about Inoue cleaning up the division then yeah, Akhmadaliev is the only one that he needs to face and claim that he beat everyone at 122 lbs. But as you have said though, he already beaten Tapales soundly, the boxer that Akhmadaliev lost his belt, so it doesn't make sense for Inoue to face Akhmadaliev in my opinion.

I do not see a Nakatani vs Inoue fight if Inoue will be true to his words that after this fight he will move up 126 lbs. And usually, if by any circumstances it will happen, I do think that it could be at the end of the year as it was a tradition for Japan to have a great fight during that time.

[Yaunfitda]

^^ It is Nakatani that is chasing Inoue though, so everything is on his shoulder. If he wants to fight Inoue then he should go up in weight class. But it seems that he is not willing for now as he enjoy being the champion of the WBC. And he also have his hands full if he wants to clean up that division as Juan Estrada.

Although from my research, he will be facing Cuellar on February to defend his belt as Cuellar is rank number 6 in the WBC.

And then there is Jason Moloney and also the brother of Naoya, Takuma Inoue, so still pretty much stack up division. Maybe Nakatani is chasing Inoue because of the money or to set the record as who is the best Japanese fighter right now.

[Russlenat]

^^ It is Nakatani that is chasing Inoue though, so everything is on his shoulder. If he wants to fight Inoue then he should go up in weight class. But it seems that he is not willing for now as he enjoy being the champion of the WBC. And he also have his hands full if he wants to clean up that division as Juan Estrada.

They’re both Japanese, so it’s not ideal for them to challenge each other when they can reign in different weight classes. Maybe if there’s no other option, it could happen, but Nakatani still has plenty of challengers in his division. And honestly, with his power, I’m pretty sure he’ll dominate them too.

[Kemarit]

^^ It is Nakatani that is chasing Inoue though, so everything is on his shoulder. If he wants to fight Inoue then he should go up in weight class. But it seems that he is not willing for now as he enjoy being the champion of the WBC. And he also have his hands full if he wants to clean up that division as Juan Estrada.

They’re both Japanese, so it’s not ideal for them to challenge each other when they can reign in different weight classes. Maybe if there’s no other option, it could happen, but Nakatani still has plenty of challengers in his division. And honestly, with his power, I’m pretty sure he’ll dominate them too.

No, usually Japanese loves to face each other that's why Nakatani wanted to fight Inoue. Same with AJ vs Fury that we have been talking for years for all British showdown. The only race that I know that doesn't want to fight each other is Filipinos.

But I do agree that there are plenty of challenges of Nakatani at his current weight. And if he really wanted to cement his legacy, then he should also clean that division just like what Inoue did before him. So this fight is getting closer, but still the odds favors Inoue, and as fans we all are excited to see him back again in the ring.

[Dave1]

Because Japanese has a lot of great fighters specially in the lower weight class so they are not afraid to face each other. Just like Mexicans too, we have rivalry like Barrera, Morales and Marquez, so it make sense for Inoue to be challenge by his fellow Japanese in Nakatani.

Going back in this fight, I do not think that someone here will think that Goodman might have a chance for a upset here?

He could be good, but he is not good enough to pull a miracle and beat this version of Inoue. We haven't seen anyone as close to beating him, except the Donaire first fight or maybe we consider the Nery fight as he goes down, but then makes a comeback and knockout Nery.

[FinneysTrueVision]

Sam Goodman has injured his eye again and the fight with Inoue is called off for good. I was always skeptical that he would recover in time for the rescheduled date.




A new opponent has been announced for Inoue and it will be an unknown Korean boxer named Ye Joon Kim, who has a record of 21-2-2 (13 KOs). Looking at the names on his record, he should not be much of a challenge. I guess being the WBO Oriental champion is enough to qualify Kim for a title opportunity, but I do not see how the other organizations can accept this as a title defense for Inoue, considering Kim has no real meaningful wins. For an opponent with two weeks notice, this is the kind of fighter I would expect. Hopefully Inoue gets him out of there early and moves on quickly to much better opposition in the coming months.

[Kemarit]

A new opponent has been announced for Inoue and it will be an unknown Korean boxer named Ye Joon Kim, who has a record of 21-2-2 (13 KOs). Looking at the names on his record, he should not be much of a challenge. I guess being the WBO Oriental champion is enough to qualify Kim for a title opportunity, but I do not see how the other organizations can accept this as a title defense for Inoue, considering Kim has no real meaningful wins. For an opponent with two weeks notice, this is the kind of fighter I would expect. Hopefully Inoue gets him out of there early and moves on quickly to much better opposition in the coming months.

Just very unfortunate for Sam Goodman to re-injured himself again. To be honest, I thought that it will not heal very quick due to the extend of the cut. It's really deep and it will take months before it finally go back to normal and be 100%.

Not sure who this Ye Joon Kim, yeah, he is relatively unknown, rank outside of the top 10 and he is just rank by WBO only. So perhaps they are in a hurry to find a replacement and it just so happen that Ye is available as a back up fighter.

So bye bye for Sam Goodman as he might not have the opportunity to fight Inoue.

[Fredomago]

Because Japanese has a lot of great fighters specially in the lower weight class so they are not afraid to face each other. Just like Mexicans too, we have rivalry like Barrera, Morales and Marquez, so it make sense for Inoue to be challenge by his fellow Japanese in Nakatani.

Going back in this fight, I do not think that someone here will think that Goodman might have a chance for a upset here?

He could be good, but he is not good enough to pull a miracle and beat this version of Inoue. We haven't seen anyone as close to beating him, except the Donaire first fight or maybe we consider the Nery fight as he goes down, but then makes a comeback and knockout Nery.

Yeah,  those two fights gave a glimpse on how you might be able to beat Inoue, the thing is, Inoue managed to fight back and in the end wins the game, with the possiblities of Goodman beating Inoue on his current status it's a tough assignment though in this sport upset happens and it's not new to the boxing world that something like may take place, as long Goodman will prepare and brings his best inside the ring there's still possibility we never know till we see them fighting.

[Jating]

Because Japanese has a lot of great fighters specially in the lower weight class so they are not afraid to face each other. Just like Mexicans too, we have rivalry like Barrera, Morales and Marquez, so it make sense for Inoue to be challenge by his fellow Japanese in Nakatani.

Going back in this fight, I do not think that someone here will think that Goodman might have a chance for a upset here?

He could be good, but he is not good enough to pull a miracle and beat this version of Inoue. We haven't seen anyone as close to beating him, except the Donaire first fight or maybe we consider the Nery fight as he goes down, but then makes a comeback and knockout Nery.

Yeah,  those two fights gave a glimpse on how you might be able to beat Inoue, the thing is, Inoue managed to fight back and in the end wins the game, with the possiblities of Goodman beating Inoue on his current status it's a tough assignment though in this sport upset happens and it's not new to the boxing world that something like may take place, as long Goodman will prepare and brings his best inside the ring there's still possibility we never know till we see them fighting.

Sam Goodman is already out of the picture as news say that he reinjured his eyes so that is not good to hear and hopefully his injury will not be a career ending for him. So the replacement fighter, he is very lucky indeed that he was given a chance to fight the monster.

Not expecting any from him though, not downplaying his talent or what, but Inoue is in his prime and very difficult to beat because he is a complete boxer. And the only way he could be beaten is that if he lost focus and not train hard.

[btc_angela]

Because Japanese has a lot of great fighters specially in the lower weight class so they are not afraid to face each other. Just like Mexicans too, we have rivalry like Barrera, Morales and Marquez, so it make sense for Inoue to be challenge by his fellow Japanese in Nakatani.

Going back in this fight, I do not think that someone here will think that Goodman might have a chance for a upset here?

He could be good, but he is not good enough to pull a miracle and beat this version of Inoue. We haven't seen anyone as close to beating him, except the Donaire first fight or maybe we consider the Nery fight as he goes down, but then makes a comeback and knockout Nery.

Yeah,  those two fights gave a glimpse on how you might be able to beat Inoue, the thing is, Inoue managed to fight back and in the end wins the game, with the possiblities of Goodman beating Inoue on his current status it's a tough assignment though in this sport upset happens and it's not new to the boxing world that something like may take place, as long Goodman will prepare and brings his best inside the ring there's still possibility we never know till we see them fighting.

Sam Goodman is already out of the picture as news say that he reinjured his eyes so that is not good to hear and hopefully his injury will not be a career ending for him. So the replacement fighter, he is very lucky indeed that he was given a chance to fight the monster.

Not expecting any from him though, not downplaying his talent or what, but Inoue is in his prime and very difficult to beat because he is a complete boxer. And the only way he could be beaten is that if he lost focus and not train hard.

And it's fight week already, and Kim, Ye Joon is a huge 15:1 underdog. And the sports bookies are not thinking that he will last more rounds as it open up at over/under 3.5 rounds in this fight.

It's obvious that Inoue will have a easy time here, and will score another knockout victory. So for some fans this is not as exciting as Inoue vs Goodman. The good news is that after this fight, we will see Inoue going to fight in the United States.  So let's just wait for the outcome here and then there are going to be a big hype if he move up in weight class and then challenge for the belt next.

[Fredomago]

Because Japanese has a lot of great fighters specially in the lower weight class so they are not afraid to face each other. Just like Mexicans too, we have rivalry like Barrera, Morales and Marquez, so it make sense for Inoue to be challenge by his fellow Japanese in Nakatani.

Going back in this fight, I do not think that someone here will think that Goodman might have a chance for a upset here?

He could be good, but he is not good enough to pull a miracle and beat this version of Inoue. We haven't seen anyone as close to beating him, except the Donaire first fight or maybe we consider the Nery fight as he goes down, but then makes a comeback and knockout Nery.

Yeah,  those two fights gave a glimpse on how you might be able to beat Inoue, the thing is, Inoue managed to fight back and in the end wins the game, with the possiblities of Goodman beating Inoue on his current status it's a tough assignment though in this sport upset happens and it's not new to the boxing world that something like may take place, as long Goodman will prepare and brings his best inside the ring there's still possibility we never know till we see them fighting.

Sam Goodman is already out of the picture as news say that he reinjured his eyes so that is not good to hear and hopefully his injury will not be a career ending for him. So the replacement fighter, he is very lucky indeed that he was given a chance to fight the monster.

Not expecting any from him though, not downplaying his talent or what, but Inoue is in his prime and very difficult to beat because he is a complete boxer. And the only way he could be beaten is that if he lost focus and not train hard.

And it's fight week already, and Kim, Ye Joon is a huge 15:1 underdog. And the sports bookies are not thinking that he will last more rounds as it open up at over/under 3.5 rounds in this fight.

It's obvious that Inoue will have a easy time here, and will score another knockout victory. So for some fans this is not as exciting as Inoue vs Goodman. The good news is that after this fight, we will see Inoue going to fight in the United States.  So let's just wait for the outcome here and then there are going to be a big hype if he move up in weight class and then challenge for the belt next.

With that kind of offer from the bookies it's  a risk that a gambler will take if they'll be betting against the public, though we knew that there are gamblers who thinks differently and if luck permits and the fighter manage to hold and exceed from what the bookies offer for the handicap, that's a decent paycheck that they'll going to withdraw what more if upset take place but for sure it's a small portion to none that will take that huge risk against Inoue.

[coin-investor]

And it's fight week already, and Kim, Ye Joon is a huge 15:1 underdog. And the sports bookies are not thinking that he will last more rounds as it open up at over/under 3.5 rounds in this fight.

It's obvious that Inoue will have a easy time here, and will score another knockout victory. So for some fans this is not as exciting as Inoue vs Goodman. The good news is that after this fight, we will see Inoue going to fight in the United States. 

Only die-hard fans of Inoe will be excited to see this fight, but for boxing afficionados and fight fans, this is going to be a one-sided boring fight. There's a big discrepancy on skills, power, and experience; Kim's chances are just zero. There are better opponents than Kim, but they prefer a very easy fight.
I hope we will see more challenging fights for Inoue after this fight; he should move on to a more challenging division. Bob Arum thinks Inoue is better than Pacquiao when in fact he only has one Hall of Famer on his list, and that is Donito Donaire.

[Baofeng]

And it's fight week already, and Kim, Ye Joon is a huge 15:1 underdog. And the sports bookies are not thinking that he will last more rounds as it open up at over/under 3.5 rounds in this fight.

It's obvious that Inoue will have a easy time here, and will score another knockout victory. So for some fans this is not as exciting as Inoue vs Goodman. The good news is that after this fight, we will see Inoue going to fight in the United States. 

Only die-hard fans of Inoe will be excited to see this fight, but for boxing afficionados and fight fans, this is going to be a one-sided boring fight. There's a big discrepancy on skills, power, and experience; Kim's chances are just zero. There are better opponents than Kim, but they prefer a very easy fight.
I hope we will see more challenging fights for Inoue after this fight; he should move on to a more challenging division. Bob Arum thinks Inoue is better than Pacquiao when in fact he only has one Hall of Famer on his list, and that is Donito Donaire.

So true, maybe we will watch this fight in free streams, but personally, as much as I wanted to bet, maybe I will just pass on the opportunity and just wait for the outcome of the fight. We love underdogs, but in this case, it is going to be very hard to pull a upset against Inoue.

Inoue is great but he will have to challenge himself, face great boxers in his career to be able to be with the same breath as Manny Pacquaio. Yes, he has accomplished a lot becoming undisputed in two weight classes, but he is still very far on what Manny had accomplished.

[coin-investor]

Inoue is great but he will have to challenge himself, face great boxers in his career to be able to be with the same breath as Manny Pacquaio. Yes, he has accomplished a lot becoming undisputed in two weight classes, but he is still very far on what Manny had accomplished.

Pacquiao is the standard; just take a look at their resume and compare; the majority of Pacquiao's fights are legacy fights; he never shy away from competition. There is no fighter in the boxing world who, in Pacquiao's glory days, can say that Pacquiao avoided him, but on Inoue's resume, there are so many cherry-pick fights and one boxer he avoided.
I'm sure in the heavier weight category he will continue to avoid boxers who can possibly beat him.
Its better that Inoue cancel this fight, but on the other hand, if Kim can deliver, he will be a celebrity overnight.
And possibly another Rocky story.

[Jating]

Inoue is great but he will have to challenge himself, face great boxers in his career to be able to be with the same breath as Manny Pacquaio. Yes, he has accomplished a lot becoming undisputed in two weight classes, but he is still very far on what Manny had accomplished.

Pacquiao is the standard; just take a look at their resume and compare; the majority of Pacquiao's fights are legacy fights; he never shy away from competition. There is no fighter in the boxing world who, in Pacquiao's glory days, can say that Pacquiao avoided him, but on Inoue's resume, there are so many cherry-pick fights and one boxer he avoided.
I'm sure in the heavier weight category he will continue to avoid boxers who can possibly beat him.
Its better that Inoue cancel this fight, but on the other hand, if Kim can deliver, he will be a celebrity overnight.
And possibly another Rocky story.

Not just standard, he is the Gold Standard as far as boxing accomplished goes. I know Bob Arum has compared Naoya to Manny, but I think they are still very far if we think of the fights and accomplished goes. I know that we can't compare era, but that's how sports personalities are being judge and compare, to those previous boxers. And I doubt that even Naoya can be in the same league as Manny, as Pacquiao fought many champion and former champions in his era.

He was not shy of competition, he doesn't care about any losses because just like the greats before him, they also have losses in their career but it didn't stop them from becoming legends and cemented their legacies.

[acroman08]

A new opponent has been announced for Inoue and it will be an unknown Korean boxer named Ye Joon Kim, who has a record of 21-2-2 (13 KOs). Looking at the names on his record, he should not be much of a challenge. I guess being the WBO Oriental champion is enough to qualify Kim for a title opportunity, but I do not see how the other organizations can accept this as a title defense for Inoue, considering Kim has no real meaningful wins. For an opponent with two weeks notice, this is the kind of fighter I would expect. Hopefully Inoue gets him out of there early and moves on quickly to much better opposition in the coming months.

Well, this turned out to be a total disaster, I mean this mandatory title defence match is basically guaranteed on Inuoe's side. It would have been nice to see a more capable fighter( ), but then again, with such short notice, they probably picked the fighter who was readily available for the fight.

[Yaunfitda]

A new opponent has been announced for Inoue and it will be an unknown Korean boxer named Ye Joon Kim, who has a record of 21-2-2 (13 KOs). Looking at the names on his record, he should not be much of a challenge. I guess being the WBO Oriental champion is enough to qualify Kim for a title opportunity, but I do not see how the other organizations can accept this as a title defense for Inoue, considering Kim has no real meaningful wins. For an opponent with two weeks notice, this is the kind of fighter I would expect. Hopefully Inoue gets him out of there early and moves on quickly to much better opposition in the coming months.

Well, this turned out to be a total disaster, I mean this mandatory title defence match is basically guaranteed on Inuoe's side. It would have been nice to see a more capable fighter( ), but then again, with such short notice, they probably picked the fighter who was readily available for the fight.

They really don't have a choice, as Goodman has re-injured and there's no way that Inoue will want to pass the date and not fight. And so they've chosen a unknown fighter and yes, probably that belt is enough for the Korean to get to fight the champion in Inoue. But for sure there is a big disparity in talents and the tools and Ye Joon Kim but not even last even half of the 12 rounds here and being knockout early. And if everything goes right, after this easy win, then he will go and challenge the 126 lbs champion and fight them in the US as this was the plan of Bob Arum. Have Inoue be exposed to the American boxing fans so that his fame will grow even more. But let's not talk about him and Pacquiao as they took a different route in becoming a famous boxer from Asia.

[Mr. Magkaisa]

A new opponent has been announced for Inoue and it will be an unknown Korean boxer named Ye Joon Kim, who has a record of 21-2-2 (13 KOs). Looking at the names on his record, he should not be much of a challenge. I guess being the WBO Oriental champion is enough to qualify Kim for a title opportunity, but I do not see how the other organizations can accept this as a title defense for Inoue, considering Kim has no real meaningful wins. For an opponent with two weeks notice, this is the kind of fighter I would expect. Hopefully Inoue gets him out of there early and moves on quickly to much better opposition in the coming months.

Well, this turned out to be a total disaster, I mean this mandatory title defence match is basically guaranteed on Inuoe's side. It would have been nice to see a more capable fighter( ), but then again, with such short notice, they probably picked the fighter who was readily available for the fight.

What do we expct from this fighter? He who always choose the easy way and nothe right match.
he should be facing Casimero a long time ago but still choosing the othe way. Always picking on the weaker opponent and stay on ther country.
We should see a fight at MGM with this Japan's champ vs the world champ.

[bbc.reporter]

A new opponent has been announced for Inoue and it will be an unknown Korean boxer named Ye Joon Kim, who has a record of 21-2-2 (13 KOs). Looking at the names on his record, he should not be much of a challenge. I guess being the WBO Oriental champion is enough to qualify Kim for a title opportunity, but I do not see how the other organizations can accept this as a title defense for Inoue, considering Kim has no real meaningful wins. For an opponent with two weeks notice, this is the kind of fighter I would expect. Hopefully Inoue gets him out of there early and moves on quickly to much better opposition in the coming months.

Well, this turned out to be a total disaster, I mean this mandatory title defence match is basically guaranteed on Inuoe's side. It would have been nice to see a more capable fighter( ), but then again, with such short notice, they probably picked the fighter who was readily available for the fight.

What do we expct from this fighter? He who always choose the easy way and nothe right match.
he should be facing Casimero a long time ago but still choosing the othe way. Always picking on the weaker opponent and stay on ther country.
We should see a fight at MGM with this Japan's champ vs the world champ.

I very much agree and the boxing news media and writers should create a storyline that Naoya Inoue is very much afraid to take a risk against better boxers in his weight division. I was not very excited on this Sam Goodman already, This boxer from Korea has very much decreased the expectation and has increased the disappointment. If his next fights on featherweight does not include Brandon Figueroa because he will avoid another risk, I reckon we are witnessing this Inoue is becoming very much similar to the scammer Tank Davis.

In any case, Brandon Figueroa will fight Stephen Fulton on a rematch. I wish this will be a knockout for Brandon Figueroa and Inoue will witness this.

[Baofeng]

A new opponent has been announced for Inoue and it will be an unknown Korean boxer named Ye Joon Kim, who has a record of 21-2-2 (13 KOs). Looking at the names on his record, he should not be much of a challenge. I guess being the WBO Oriental champion is enough to qualify Kim for a title opportunity, but I do not see how the other organizations can accept this as a title defense for Inoue, considering Kim has no real meaningful wins. For an opponent with two weeks notice, this is the kind of fighter I would expect. Hopefully Inoue gets him out of there early and moves on quickly to much better opposition in the coming months.

Well, this turned out to be a total disaster, I mean this mandatory title defence match is basically guaranteed on Inuoe's side. It would have been nice to see a more capable fighter( ), but then again, with such short notice, they probably picked the fighter who was readily available for the fight.

What do we expct from this fighter? He who always choose the easy way and nothe right match.
he should be facing Casimero a long time ago but still choosing the othe way. Always picking on the weaker opponent and stay on ther country.
We should see a fight at MGM with this Japan's champ vs the world champ.

I very much agree and the boxing news media and writers should create a storyline that Naoya Inoue is very much afraid to take a risk against better boxers in his weight division. I was not very excited on this Sam Goodman already, This boxer from Korea has very much decreased the expectation and has increased the disappointment. If his next fights on featherweight does not include Brandon Figueroa because he will avoid another risk, I reckon we are witnessing this Inoue is becoming very much similar to the scammer Tank Davis.

In any case, Brandon Figueroa will fight Stephen Fulton on a rematch. I wish this will be a knockout for Brandon Figueroa and Inoue will witness this.

He might be interested to see this fight though, he already knockout Stephen Fulton so it doesn't make sense for him to root for Fulton. Although his chances to become a champion at 126 is higher if Fulton wins and then Inoue going after him in the US for a fight. But that is if Fulton beat this version of Figueroa. Yeah, he beat Brandon before at 122 lbs but it was a very close fight and I think they have robbed Brandon that time.

So a rematch again for Fulton and Figueroa and this time, the WBC will be in the line. So the winner might be interested to fight Inoue or Inoue is the one chasing as he is going up in weight after this fight. In any case, for me it will be better if Brandon is going to win as it will be a big test for Inoue then as he hasn't seen a fighter with the length and the physical advantage over him.