Breaking Down Naoya Inoue's Elite Boxing Skills | THE BLUEPRINT
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Published 2024-05-04
Japan’s pound-for-pound hero is set to headline the biggest boxing event his country has ever seen. Undisputed junior featherweight world champion Naoya “The Monster” Inoue will defend all the belts against Mexican puncher Luis “Pantera” Nery on Monday, May 6 at the Tokyo Dome.
Inoue, a four-weight world champion and two-weight undisputed king, will headline at the iconic venue for the first time.
Inoue-Nery and three additional world title showdowns will stream live and exclusively in the U.S. on ESPN+ at 4 a.m. ET/1 a.m. PT. Australia’s WBO bantamweight world champion, Jason “Mayhem” Moloney will defend his belt against rising knockout artist and former kickboxing world champion Yoshiki Takei.
The world title quadruple-header also features WBA bantamweight world champion Takuma Inoue (19-1, 5 KOs), younger brother of Naoya, who defends his title against former world title challenger Sho Ishida (34-3, 17 KOs). And, in a flyweight world title tilt, newly minted WBA world champion Seigo Yuri Akui (19-2-1, 11 KOs) battles Taku Kuwahara (13-1, 8 KOs) in a rematch of their 2021 Japanese title bout, which Akui won by 10th-round TKO.
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All Comments (21)
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When Inoue joined Ohashi Gym at the age of 18, he and his father set conditions for him. ``I only fight against strong players,'' he said. This is a famous story in Japan. When Inoue was a child, he couldn't stand champions who picked weak players to create consecutive winning streaks.
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Inoue "I'm not 100% confident that we will win. So I will prepare 100%."
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Naoya Inoue is for boxing fans only. This is a casual free zone. I only hope japan gate keeps him and don’t fall for the “he need to fight in USA” nonsense all so rappers can walk him out and influencers sit front row in Vegas. This is ours, the boxing fans! 💯
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The sharpest boxer today, with tremendous power also has that killer instinct that when he smells blood or sees his opponent hurt, he goes for the kill right away.. so sharp!
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7:23 How he lands the punch on Fulton as he chases him is beyond me man...that accuracy while having that power is insane
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”INOUE”の発音が丁寧ですばらしい。みんな”INOWAY”になるからね。
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Legendary the Monster Inoue what an unbelievable talent. 🥊 P4P 1
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Inoue has one of the best pendulum footwork in boxing. Also shown here as the in/out technique.
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The way he fought Fulton and the way he fought tapales was totally different. With tapales he stood toe to toe with tapales fighting on the inside and even letting tapales corner him which watching all of inoue fights he never lets himself gets cornered. With Fulton he had a reason to beat the hell out of Fulton and nery nery disrespected Japan. Not sure inoue is gonna come at nery but I just know it’s gonna be one hell of a knockout.
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Legend in the making right now is the Monster, period. He is on an island when it comes to skillz.
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He's great with keep distance, step, and sharpness.
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Nery is R.I.P.
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距離の取り方がうますぎる😮
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Many American commentators haven't been willing to give him his dues
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Naoya is the real deal unlike the posers such as Devin Haney, Ryan Garcia, Tank Davis, and Shakur Stevenson. Naoya has shown not just skills but also tremendous heart. He doesn't give up even with broken nose and orbital. The new gen slick boy personas like Devin etc, are just fake ass hype jobs who crumble the moment they meet someone who can hurt them.
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His first step is ridiculous
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Best asset is his speed, half of his power comes from speed.
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こうやってスローモーションで解説されると、改めて井上は物凄いことをしてるんだなと驚かされる
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井上の発音が正しい外国人初めて見たかも、皆wayみたいな発音になるから
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acabo de ver la pelea de Canelo vs Munguía y es una pelea de teletubies comparado con las verdaderas peleas de Naoya Inoue, esto si es Boxeo por eso amo este hermoso deporte y reniego con el circo de Canelo 😒
