Naoya Inoue vs. Paul Butler | Undisputed - 13 December 2022

[Ruthless-RKO]

We are in GMT now of course

So that means it starts... nearly 2 hrs ?!
And we got nothing till then ?

At this rate, we can follow RBR and commentary.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Results
Andy Hiraoka TKO-8 Min Ho Jung (2:06)
Yoshiki Takei TKO-11 Bruno Tarimo (2:17)
Takuma Inoue TKO-8 Jake Bornea (2:45)

[garethhop]

Ringwalks happening now.

Anyone who hasn't got an IPTV app on a firestick for this kind of stuff (even if they want to subscribe to other stuff) is crazy....

[qatarm]

Just found it on my Firestick.

This could be an entertaining 2 minutes

[maninthemiddle]

Ridiculous one of the bigger services not picked this up. BT and Sky had barely anything for a month as the World Cup been showing elsewhere. DAZN is basically a boxing channel in the UK and for some bizarre reason they don’t seem to buy outside broadcasts. They don’t seem to realise but with poor PPVs and things like this people are leaving to IPTV in droves…

[skanksta]

Imperialist dirges glorifying the conquests of hereditary rulers first...


Japan's is terrible.

[qatarm]

Inoue’s punches just sound different, like Kov back in the day

[Ruthless-RKO]

Round 1

Butler is light on his feet. Inoue is shuffling back and forth. Butler flicks out a couple of jabs, but Inoue leans back to evade.

Now the Japanese fighter comes forward slowly. He then lunges into a left hook, but it’s off the mark. He stabs some jabs towards Butler – he’s so quick, it’s frightening.

A left hook connects for the home fighter. Butler is moving along the ropes with his guard up.

Inoue launches a right overhand at Butler but just misses, then sees two hooks blocked. Butler comes back with a measured combination, landing the final shot.

Inoue backs him up again, fighting behind the jab before curling hooks into the mid-section of the tourist.

Inoue picks up the volume late in the round, cornering Butler.

[skanksta]

Butler is a very good fighter, but he looks like a scared novice.
The Monster is very special indeed.

[qatarm]

Butler doing what he can to survive, covering up and moving around. Not throwing much.

He can’t be blamed, Inoue is different

[qatarm]

It’s lasted longer than I thought it would

[skanksta]

Butler landed a flurry in R3 but he's hopelessly outclassed.

Hopefully he can last a few more rounds...

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Round 2

Inoue switches up his offence from head to body and back. He briefly waits on Butler, whose main focus has been on movement rather than output.

Inoue stalks the Briton then unloads shots to the body, then the head! A clever combination, not at full power but rather with teasing strikes. Butler with a right hand to try to get the unified champion off of him.

Again Inoue lets go, with Butler backed against the ropes. Great head movement from Inoue, too, to avoid Butler’s retaliatory combinations! A left hook is off target for Butler twice.

Inoue doesn’t exaggerate his movement; he’s always just out of range.

Inoue ends the round with a terrific combination, alternating between head and body with hooks again.

[smiling assassin]

Fair play to Butler he’s had a few moments but he’s got nothing to bother inoue

[qatarm]

Butler isn’t doing anything because he can’t.
He’s doing well to survive but this is pointless as a contest.

[skanksta]

c'mon Butler last one more round...

[smiling assassin]

Butler isn’t doing anything because he can’t.
He’s doing well to survive but this is pointless as a contest.

Yep

[Coco]

Butler just has to dig in and see what happens, maybe the Japanese fighter will get cut, injured or blow up.
It's a 12 round fight

[skanksta]

Inoue contempuous, but guilty of "looking for it"

Hands down, doing nothing, wanting a highlight-reel one-shot-KO, but not creating it.
Still obvs 7-0 x3.

[smiling assassin]

I know it’s easy to say rather than actually doing it but this is a poor showing for all the marbles

[skanksta]

Yeah, Butler trying to survive.
Monster needs some1 to fight...

[qatarm]

I know it’s easy to say rather than actually doing it but this is a poor showing for all the marbles

Agree.
Inoue is bored chasing Butler around and blasting away at his guard.
If Butler lasts 12 he’ll see it as a minor victory

Inoue won’t get cut without getting hit and Butler doesn’t have the power to put him away if he does eventually land.

[qatarm]

Butler is content to dance around the ring for the first 45-50 rounds until Inoue punches himself out

[samwbr]

Sounds a pointless match, Butler just on the run, ref should remind him and his corner he's there to fight

[smiling assassin]

Butler is content to dance around the ring for the first 45-50 rounds until Inoue punches himself out