A look ahead to the big fight with our Inoue vs Nakatani breakdown ahead of the big one in Japan in boxing.
Both Naoya Inoue and Junto Nakatani have prepared well for this.
Inoue in particular is shredded and ready to go and although Nakatani is moving up in weight and a big underdog to some, we think this will only play to his advantage.
Pressure is off for him.
All the pressure is clearly on the shoulders of Naoya ‘The Monster’ Inoue.
Sometimes this can be good for him sometimes not too good as if he over commits he will be there to be tagged and caught by a patient by very fast Nakatani who will not have weight drained himself either moving up in weight.
Power advantage is going to be with Inoue obviously.
Maybe some technical boxing ability advantage however will be with his fellow Japanese native in Nakatani.
If Inoue comes out in round one and starts trying to walk Junto Nakatani down and just wade through anything coming his way without using feints or subtle trap setting or being patient while being aggressive at the same time, he might be in trouble.
Nakatani will be well schooled on him and have done his homework on him in his boxing matches over the years.
It is about who imposes their fight game plan on the other and starts fastest for us in this more than other fights as it is a fight at the lower weight classes where there will be a whole bunch of speed on display.
Much more than you see at heavyweight. Don’t blink in this Japanese pound for pound boxing clash.
He who starts best possibly has the best chance of being triumphant on Saturday.
Any Inoue vs Nakatani breakdown would be remiss without a prediction but we will reserve that privately.
Enjoy the fight.
A legacy fight awaits Japan in Inoue vs Nakatani.
