Naoya Inoue vs TJ Doheny - 9th Sep - Japan

[joshj909]

First time in a while I've been disappointed with an Inoue opponent. This stinks of Arum's matchmaking though.

There are quite a lot of much more legitimate options than Doheny. Goodman, Casimero, Akhmadaliev, Davies, Nakatani, a few other bantamweights, a few featherweights.

[margaret thatcher]

what the actual f@ck

i was disappointed with the goodman talk, but tj doheny?

[margaret thatcher]

i hope bobby is trolling

we've been from it's probably goodman, to it's probably mj, to now it's probably the guy who lost to goodman

[Sendo Takeshi]

Imagine all it takes to fight the undisputed champ is to fight in japan for a year.

[giacomino]

Poor opponent, but Monster doesn’t fight a lot of gimmie fights so this will just be target practice for something more important. Probably won’t last long

[margaret thatcher]

target practice for sam goodman if bob is to be believed, hopefully not

[gregregegg]

This is really bad. Sam Goodman was solid for normal but disappointing for inoue… this just sucks.

Why? Is there money in it? I can’t imagine so. Mabey inoue just wants a rest and figured he can beat th with a light camp. Whatever the reason, I hate it.

[squiggy]

The dude spoils us though. What he's done in one year at this division is pretty hard to top.

[margaret thatcher]

This is really bad. Sam Goodman was solid for normal but disappointing for inoue… this just sucks.

Why? Is there money in it? I can’t imagine so. Mabey inoue just wants a rest and figured he can beat th with a light camp. Whatever the reason, I hate it.

ya, sam a pretty standard 'disappointing' fight. likee im not into that one at all but i can understand it as a lighter touch for inoue. goodman is at least world top 10, its not dipping crazy low.

but tj, just wtf man, especially if he's just a warm up to sam

[margaret thatcher]

The dude spoils us though. What he's done in one year at this division is pretty hard to top.

true, true. this smells more like bob than inoue tbh

[joshj909]

Hearn has 100% been telling us the same lies Arum is currently telling us before but this time he is bang on

[Thomastearns]

Bob Arum loves easy risk free money, but then again who doesn't?

And this is about as risk free as it gets.

It's more of an stay busy exhibition for the home fans than a meaningful fight.

And, after the recent incredible run of Inoue, why not?

It's not as if he's spent years avoiding his most dangerous rivals like some have been known to do.

TJ Doheny will be at home in Japan and he is also literally the opponent with nothing to lose.