Bob Arum Says Naoya Inoue Is The Best Fighter He’s Ever Seen

Promoter Bob Arum says undisputed tremendous bantamweight champion Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue is the “greatest fighter” he’s ever laid eyes on in “60 years” that he’s been protecting the game. In different phrases, Arum charges Inoue above Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, and Roberto Duran.

Inoue Elevated Above Ali, Leonard, and Duran

Arum, who promotes the previous four-division world champion Inoue (31-0, 27 KOs) along with his Prime Rank firm, has promoted fighters with much better credentials than the 32-year-old Japanese star. It’s arduous to take him severely, given Inoue’s somewhat lackluster resume by way of high quality wins.

Arum’s Mount Rushmore of Greats

Muhammad Ali
Manny Pacquiao
Marvelous” Marvin Hagler
Sugar Ray Leonard
George Foreman
Oscar De La Hoya
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Alexis Argüello
Roberto Durán
Thomas Hearns

When one seems to be on the huge abilities that the 93-year-old Arum has promoted, they’ve carried out much more of their careers than ‘Monster’ Inoue. He’s a great fighter, however he’s had the benefit of combating in weak divisions towards restricted opposition.

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A Resume That Doesn’t Match the Reward

Stephen Fulton
Nonito Donaire (x2)
Murodjon Akhmadaliev
Ramon Cardenas
Marlon Tapales
Paul Butler
Luis Nery
Emmanuel Rodríguez
Omar Narváez
Jamie McDonnell
Juan Carlos Payano
Jason Moloney
Adrián Hernández

“Inoue is just not solely pound-for-pound one of the best on this planet, Inoue is one of the best fighter I’ve ever seen, it doesn’t matter what weight class or something,” stated promoter Bob Arum to Jai McAllister about Naoya Inoue.

“I’ve by no means ever within the nearly 60 years I’ve been in boxing seen something like Inoue,” stated Arum.

So far as Chris Williams is anxious, Inoue hasn’t examined himself by transferring as much as featherweight to face the sharks that may present whether or not he’s the factor.

If he moved up a mere 4 kilos to 126 to face the likes of Rafael Espinoza, Bruce Carrington, Angelo Leo, and Mirco Cuello, one may give him credit score for being among the many greats. However definitely, not the best as a result of Inoue would nonetheless must do excess of beat these guys to be within the prime 4 of the Mount Rushmore of boxing.

Followers See a Sample: Security Over Substance

Many followers view Inoue as a cherry-picker and a fighter who chooses to play it secure by taking simple fights to pad his report somewhat than leaping straight in with the cream of the crop. For instance, as a substitute of Inoue going through Junto Nakatani now, he’s defending his 4 122-lb belts towards David Picasso on December twenty seventh in Riyadh.

That struggle is seen as one other gimme for ‘The Monster’ Inoue. There’s zero demand for that struggle, and it’s simply one other certainly one of an extended line of setups that Naoya has taken somewhat than danger his cover combating the apex predators that may present his true expertise or lack thereof.