Can you conquer “the monster” Naoya Inoue?

By Manny Delgado: It was not too long ago that Naoya Inoue (29-0.26 kos) was just a close fighter before he was widely recognized as “the monster.” Despite his small heavy weight frame of 108 pounds, quickly, with very few Fights, he gained recognition for boxing forums for his devastating power.

Many fan of boxing forums would ask: “How can such a small combat have a monstrous power like this!” It was a vision of seeing, with punches that you could hear on the screen that made their opponents physically stepping on the best.

In the worst cases, they end up facing the canvas, feeling that they had just been affected by a freight train. All this in a class of weight that is not even recognized for the power of its fighters.

The discussion after the discussion comes from who this small Japanese fighter was. Hit everyone who faced a baseball bat for the fists as if they had debt to pay. Inoue was there to charge all the coast, but not without a serious pain. They call a sport like boxing “the business of bad”, and Naoya Inoue was the incarnation to bring it to the heart, so to say.

Impeccable technician

However, power was not his only attribute. Given the various comments they made about him by different observers, you could say that he had previously been described as he owned almost every possible attribute for a boxer. From its rapid speed to its Freak precision of nature and its impeccable technique, its monstrous power.

Boxing fans of various forums would be over the poetry about this “superstar in creation” that were already celebrating it as “generational talent”. You could say that the writing was on the wall for Inoue’s future, bringing home the World WBC title to the flying division of fly until its sixth struggle when he won Adrian Hernandez.

Inoue vs donire

Prior to his fight with the legend Viva Nonito Donaire in Bantamweight, Inoue was relatively unknown in the great boxing scheme. The lighter weight classes do not receive as much attention as the other divisions of the sport.

Typically, when Inoue vs Donaire was announced, the sections of commentaries on social media came out of departure with “Who? I have never heard of this kind”, and more mocking, “who is this type! “The followers of his career came out in his defense, claiming that Inoue had more than enough of the attributes needed to overcome a faded legend as a woman, but there were still doubts.

What turned out was an incredible and exciting struggle. Tried Inoue so he had not been tested before. It was an absolute war of struggle, where Inoue’s orbital bone was broken in the second round. The struggle was awarded the 2019 struggle for Ring Magazine.

After all, he was against a living legend to Donaire. Although his best days as a fighter were behind him, he gave Inoue his most competitive struggle at that time. Inoue surpassed the challenge and persevered to win by a unanimous decision, but not without facing adversity and receiving a few times heavy.

History in the realization

The rest, you could say, it is history. The story is still underway, as the small Japanese known as “the monster” continues its undisputed and unbeaten reign due to its devastating power. So far, conquering a total of four classes of weight as a world champion and indisputable in two. He recently defeated the Yee Jong Kim replacement opponent in the fourth round to keep Super Bantamweight’s undisputed headline.

It was a relatively easy struggle, where the dark Yee Jong Kim was abused and hit by Inoue a Will for four rounds in a row before passing through the finish that decided on the victory.

An “unknown” monster

Can you ever stop the “monster” despite this easy victory? Or will you continue to devour your opponents as you want? You could say that no man is invincible, after all, Inoue has been dropped. And, as my mother said, “there will always be someone better than you.” Whatever it is, either at 122 pounds or in which many fans consider their limit more than 126 pounds. Who will be the man to beat Inoue finally? And end his reign as “monster” that does not yet have to be conquered.

Potential struggles of 2025

The talks are already warming up on who Naoya Inoue will fight the rest of 2025.In a press conference, he announced that he intends to fight four times this year and the United States and Saudi Arabia.

There are more than some probable candidates, from the unbeaten Mexican fighter and the WBC no. 1 Alan Picasso (32-0-1.17 ko) to his Japanese countryman with Nakani (29-0, 26 ko), which is what is the number 1 ranked weight heavy in the world and also unbeaten. Among the other possible opponents are Murodjon Akhmadaliev (13-1.10 Ko’s) and Nick Ball (21-0-1.12 Ko’s). The year will be full of great coincidences for “The Monster”.