Where do you rank Naoya Inoue P4P?

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Freedom2013
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Where do you rank Naoya Inoue P4P?

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Naoya Inoue has been underrated on the P4P lists:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JGj0kWJ-6E
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I don't have him in my Top 10 at the moment. He'd be Top 25 or so, but needs a win over either Roman Gonzalez, Donnie Nietes or Sor Rungvisai to crack the Top 10.
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anywhere from 7-15 seems reasonable.
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gilgamesh wrote:I don't have him in my Top 10 at the moment. He'd be Top 25 or so, but needs a win over either Roman Gonzalez, Donnie Nietes or Sor Rungvisai to crack the Top 10.
I think a win over Gonzalez would put him at or near #1.

I'd love to see that fight.
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I do not know almost anything about him, unfortunately . Is he really dangerous for Roman Gonzalez, or only an empty hype ?
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ValMar wrote:I do not know almost anything about him, unfortunately . Is he really dangerous for Roman Gonzalez, or only an empty hype ?
He'd be the favorite against Gonzalez.
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Pound for pound, he is definitely 115 :lol:
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SaadOffTheDeck wrote:
ValMar wrote:I do not know almost anything about him, unfortunately . Is he really dangerous for Roman Gonzalez, or only an empty hype ?
He'd be the favorite against Gonzalez.
Interesting....I have to find his fights on YouTube....
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Defense can be somewhat lax (his biggest weakness IMO), but overall a very good fighter. Highly explosive, with an impressive mix of speed and power, and some of the best combination punching in the sport. He's the type of ultra-athletic fighter who can throw a triple hook with power on each shot, and he also seems fresh in the late rounds if his fights get that far.

I think he'd have too much firepower for Gonzalez
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gilgamesh wrote:I don't have him in my Top 10 at the moment. He'd be Top 25 or so, but needs a win over either Roman Gonzalez, Donnie Nietes or Sor Rungvisai to crack the Top 10.
Are you crazy? I want to see your p4p list. What fighters do you rank above Inoue? Guys currently in the top 10 don't even have that impressive of a resume. :lol:

1. Ward
2. Kovalev
3. Gonzalez
4. Crawford
5. Lomachenko
6. Pacquiao
7. Inoue

Inoue could arguably be #7 all the way to #6 if you don't count Pacquiao who is half-retired. Most people that make some joke p4p lists.
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Mexi-Box wrote:
gilgamesh wrote:I don't have him in my Top 10 at the moment. He'd be Top 25 or so, but needs a win over either Roman Gonzalez, Donnie Nietes or Sor Rungvisai to crack the Top 10.
Are you crazy? I want to see your p4p list. What fighters do you rank above Inoue? Guys currently in the top 10 don't even have that impressive of a resume. :lol:

1. Ward
2. Kovalev
3. Gonzalez
4. Crawford
5. Lomachenko
6. Pacquiao
7. Inoue

Inoue could arguably be #7 all the way to #6 if you don't count Pacquiao who is half-retired. Most people that make some joke p4p lists.
1. Vasyl Lomachenko
2. Sergey Kovalev *
3. Andre Ward *
4. Gennady Golovkin
5. Terence Crawford
6. Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
7. Guillermo Rigondeaux
8. Roman Gonzalez
9. Saul "Canelo" Alvarez
10. Manny Pacquiao
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Re: Where do you rank Naoya Inoue P4P?

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gilgamesh wrote:
Mexi-Box wrote:
gilgamesh wrote:I don't have him in my Top 10 at the moment. He'd be Top 25 or so, but needs a win over either Roman Gonzalez, Donnie Nietes or Sor Rungvisai to crack the Top 10.
Are you crazy? I want to see your p4p list. What fighters do you rank above Inoue? Guys currently in the top 10 don't even have that impressive of a resume. :lol:

1. Ward
2. Kovalev
3. Gonzalez
4. Crawford
5. Lomachenko
6. Pacquiao
7. Inoue

Inoue could arguably be #7 all the way to #6 if you don't count Pacquiao who is half-retired. Most people that make some joke p4p lists.
1. Vasyl Lomachenko
2. Sergey Kovalev *
3. Andre Ward *
4. Gennady Golovkin
5. Terence Crawford
6. Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
7. Guillermo Rigondeaux
8. Roman Gonzalez
9. Saul "Canelo" Alvarez
10. Manny Pacquiao
Yeah, that's a horrible list. Lomachenko too high, Golovkin too high, Rungvisai is way too high, Rigondeaux too high, Gonzalez too low, Alvarez is fine, Pacquiao is too low.
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Post by HyacinthusTurnipseed »

I had him at a perhaps generous #6 - between Golovkin and Mikey Garcia. Haven't seen his latest fight yet but I doubt he could have done anything to change that against the opponent he was in with.

Isn't he moving up again for his next fight? Anyone know any more about it?
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Re: Where do you rank Naoya Inoue P4P?

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Ward shouldn't even be in top 10.
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