inoue retakes #1 P4P ring mag

[baconCrunch]

after his devastating KO of nery, ring magazine votes for inoue as the best boxer on this planet.
https://www.ringtv.com/669759-ring-...o-1-in-p4p-rankings-japan-rules-bantamweight/
https://www.ringtv.com/ratings/

 

[Nova44]

Rightly so.

 

[that Indian]

I'm not unhappy with that

 

[borntoloseNOT]

Damn straight.

 

[Ruv]

Inoue deserves it currently. His activity level has been consistent the last 4 years and he has been very dominant.

Crawford can reclaim the spot within a year if he becomes unified at 154 and potentially becomes the Undisputed champion at that weight class as well.

 

[Hagler]

He goes to work.

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

Cool

 

[Iconoclast]

He deserves it.

 

[Seano]

I'm OK with that. Inoue fights more than Crawford, fights good opponents every time out. I'd have Inoue in the #1 spot, Canelo #2.

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

Inoue deserves it currently. His activity level has been consistent the last 4 years and he has been very dominant.

Crawford can reclaim the spot within a year if he becomes unified at 154 and potentially becomes the Undisputed champion at that weight class as well.

I find it hard to see Crawford over Inoue given how active Naoya is, and he's at least doing as much as what Crawford is doing in his weight class (and the ones above too of course)

 

[IanEdwards]

Inoue- and Japanese boxing more generally- is an example of what the fight game should aspire to, even aside from his in-ring skills. I'm so glad he is getting the recognition he deserves rather than any p4p claim being written off because 'muh lower weights' or 'muh smaller media market' as often happened with Chocolatito.

as for the in-ring side, he's just superlative. he leaves me shaking my head in awe. The single word I'd use to describe him, if limited to just one, would be 'poise'. albeit thats maybe underselling the murderous power and insane timing and distancing.

he fights regularly. he tries to fight the best. he runs them over and turns them into roadkill.

what a dude.

 

[PBAC]

Any superfights on the cards for him though?

 

[randomg1t]

Inoue- and Japanese boxing more generally- is an example of what the fight game should aspire to, even aside from his in-ring skills. I'm so glad he is getting the recognition he deserves rather than any p4p claim being written off because 'muh lower weights' or 'muh smaller media market' as often happened with Chocolatito.

as for the in-ring side, he's just superlative. he leaves me shaking my head in awe. The single word I'd use to describe him, if limited to just one, would be 'poise'. albeit thats maybe underselling the murderous power and insane timing and distancing.

he fights regularly. he tries to fight the best. he runs them over and turns them into roadkill.

what a dude.

dude you've made 13 posts in 14 years.

you should talk to us more, this was a good one.

 

[BusterKeaton]

we aremt in an era where I feel p4p is even needed. it makes more sense when there is one boxer that is without question well above the pac. I think there are 3-5 people that are close enough.

 

[IanEdwards]

dude you've made 13 posts in 14 years.

you should talk to us more, this was a good one.

thanks bro, i kind of forgot my membership here for a while but One Fc and One Friday Fights brought me back

boxing is nearly dead to me, I am afraid.

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

Inoue has lost the throne in the latest Ring & TBRB updates.

Ring Ratings Update: Oleksandr Usyk Retakes No. 1 in P4P Rankings

My opinion is that right now you could have either Inoue or Usyk as P4P king. I doubt anybody would complain. They're that close. I'd probably still edge Inoue. I think The Ring's panelists prefer Usyk because he has the bigger names on his resume (Fury & Joshua 2×). Sometimes it comes down to that.

 

[baconCrunch]

Inoue has lost the throne in the latest Ring & TBRB updates.

Ring Ratings Update: Oleksandr Usyk Retakes No. 1 in P4P Rankings

My opinion is that right now you could have either Inoue or Usyk as P4P king. I doubt anybody would complain. They're that close. I'd probably still edge Inoue. I think The Ring's panelists prefer Usyk because he has the bigger names on his resume (Fury & Joshua 2×). Sometimes it comes down to that.

yes i assumed they’d give it usyk, because of his recent win. neck & neck, but i give it to inoue.

i dont hold his win vs fury that high, based on his performance vs ngannou. that was a debut fight. unbelievable how much fury struggled.

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

yes i assumed they’d give it usyk, because of his recent win. neck & neck, but i give it to inoue.

i dont hold his win vs fury that high, based on his performance vs ngannou. that was a debut fight. unbelievable how much fury struggled.

Fury did look ridiculously bad against Ngannou. That said it was a 10 round non-championship fight against someone he didn't even train for. While there's really no excuse to explain how bad he looked the version of Fury we saw a few days ago was focused, looked very fast, and sharp looking. Plus Usyk beat Joshua twice and we saw what he did to Ngannou. He smashed him in 2 rounds without taking any damage.

 

[Blastbeat]

you know, the business of boxing may be in a rut right now. but as far as boxers go, our cups runneth over. its so cool to see Inoue, Usyk and Crawford all at the top of their game simultaneously. seems like every other month theyre overtaking each other for #1 p4p.

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

you know, the business of boxing may be in a rut right now. but as far as boxers go, our cups runneth over. its so cool to see Inoue, Usyk and Crawford all at the top of their game simultaneously. seems like every other month theyre overtaking each other for #1 p4p.

Yeah. Ever since Canelo lost to Bivol they've all been playing musical chairs. Jockeying for the top spot. We've only seen one other heavyweight champion in history rated #1 P4P by The Ring and that was Mike Tyson back in 1989. Actually, he was the first P4P king they ever crowned. Now 35 years later it's a former cruiserweight that moved up to heavyweight.