A look at the Boxing News and Views Naoye Inoue vs Nakatani full fight analysis ahead of a great clash to look forward to in Tokyo.
Japan of course has a great history of world champions in professional boxing.
People know of the US, the Filipinos, the UK, Mexico and Puerto Rico being very accomplished and near the top 6 always in terms of overall most professional boxing world champions in history (not in that order but in that ballpark).
Japan is always underestimated in professional boxing and has had a huge amount of pro boxing world champions in history – the Inoue vs Nakatani full fight by the time it plays out for fans around the world will be something that fans should consider a modern noble art masterpiece in theory.
It has everything.
Both have shown the ability to mix it in the trenches in their boxing careers and have done so many times over the years.
Both have been hurt in fights and both have shown an ability to brush that off and come back to win in contests.
But both have shown excellent combinations and power as well and great technical boxing skill when over the years.
At the final press conference neither boxer looked to shake hands nor even look at one another. This is serious for these two and they understand that now.
Very much so.
You could cut the tension with a knife and the people of Japan know it for the two of them as well.
Both appear to be focused and that’s good.
That will come first before they get in there and see the power for real.
This an atypical fight for both even though they are multi-weight division world champions and that cannot be looked over as this is a fight that has been building for years.
It is the big one for both of them both domestically, internationally and from a sporting context in terms of its holding with boxing’s upper echelons of debated best boxers in the world current regardless of weight class.
Sometimes referred to as pound for pound.
In many ways they are both boxer-puncher type protagonists and this is something that adds another dimension to how the Naoye Inoue vs Nakatani full fight plays out however long it goes.
This is the creme de la creme, the pinnacle of boxing they are messing with now. The good people of Japan will let them know about it too. Rest assured.
When they get in there in that fight the energy will be outstanding to say the least.
The Inoue vs Nakatani full fight could have a little bit of everything for new and old hardcore boxing fans alike — in both the East and the West in America too.
Speed, power punching, some chess early on, excellent footwork by two highly skilled champions, combinations, toe to toe exchanges, feints, counters, blocks and body and head shots mixed up between both at one another.
Don’t blink.
It will hit you when you least expect.
This fight.
Roll on.
Naoya Inoue is far from invincible but if he wins big this weekend he goes in to our number one boxing pound for pound rankings.
