Inoue Vs Kim: Why No Buzz?

Unified super bantamweight champion Naoya Ino’s title defense against replacement Ye Jun Kim (21-2-2, 13 KOs) is two days away, and there’s a surprise. Zero buzz On Friday, January 24, this war

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No buzz

This is a sign that Japanese star ‘Monster’ Inoue (28-0, 25 KOs) needs to challenge himself by moving up to featherweight, so that he can face opposition from the rest of the world outside of his home country of Japan. In Care Of.

Inoue is very rich, fights for whatever he wants, and probably doesn’t care to take risks in his career at this point. He’s found it easy, winning world titles in four divisions and never faced anyone more dangerous than 36-year-old Nonito Donaire. Inoue suffered a Fractured right orbital bone and a A broken nose In the year November 7, 2019 in their first fight. You can imagine what a younger Donaire would do to Inoue.

The event airs live on ESPN+ this Friday at 4:15 am ET/1:15 am PT from Ariake Arena, Koto-Ku, Tokyo, Japan. Few US boxing fans will watch this fight because they don’t want to wake up on a Friday morning to see what figures to be another mismatch for Inoue. You have to wonder what Top Rank thinks about this fight.

Inouye, 31, was scheduled to defend his duty. Sam GoodmanBut he pulled out with an eye injury. That was just as lackluster as Kim, and fans weren’t interested.

Featherweight options

It is not clear why Naoya chose to stay at 122 to fight the vague opposition rather than go to 126 to face these assassins.

– Rafael Espinoza
– King Vargas
– Bruce Carrington
– Angelo Leo
– Nick Ball
– Brandon Figueroa
– Suleiman Segawa
– Otabek Khlmatov

The answer to why Inoue chose not to move up to featherweight is pretty obvious. It’s very difficult. You could argue that Naoya doesn’t want to lose and doesn’t want to see him hit the bottom of his career. I can’t blame Inoue for the easy money that comes with taking no risks. I probably would have done the same. Working for a living wins.

Take no risk, earn the easy money, and The tender resistance of the filet mignon For the next ten years before retirement. It’s weak, obviously, but it’s better than hitting one of the killers with a featherweight.