7/25 ESPN+: Stephen Fulton vs Naoya Monster Inoue (WBC/WBO Super Bantamweight Titles)

[aceboon]

much better time for the main event than the 6:00am I had seen

 

[patscorpio]

much better time for the main event than the 6:00am I had seen

exactly plus i wanted to watch that robeisy fight against that unknown jap with the crazy KO record

 

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Fulton-Inoue: No Officials From Japan Or U.S. Assigned To 122-Pound Title Fight In Tokyo​

BY KEITH IDEC
Published Wed Jul 19, 2023, 01:21 PM EDT
None of the officials that have been assigned to the Stephen Fulton-Naoya Inoue fight are from the United States or Japan.
BoxingScene.com has learned that Canada’s Richard Blouin, Italy’s Guido Cavalleri and Spain’s Manuel Palomo have been chosen as the judges for their 12-round, 122-pound championship bout Tuesday night at Ariake Arena in Tokyo. Panama’s Hector Afu has been selected as the referee who will officiate Fulton-Inoue.
Philadelphia’s Fulton (21-0, 8 KOs) will fight outside of the United States for the first time when he defends his WBC and WBO championships against Japan’s Inoue, who is a superstar in his home country. Yokohama’s Inoue (24-0, 21 KOs) has fought three times in the United States – twice in Las Vegas and once in Carson, California – and once in Glasgow, Scotland, but 20 of his 24 professional fights have taken place in Japan.

Cavalleri is the most experienced in championship matches among the three judges picked to score Fulton-Inoue. In his most recent noteworthy fight, Cavalleri scored Spanish southpaw Sandor Martin a 95-94 winner over Brooklyn-born Teofimo Lopez in a 10-round, 140-pound bout Lopez won by split decision December 10 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
In Palomo’s most recent high-profile fight, he scored Devin Haney a 118-110 winner against Australia’s George Kambosos Jr. in their 12-round rematch October 16 at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne. Haney, of Henderson, Nevada, decisively beat Kambosos on all three scorecards in their second fight (119-109, 118-110, 118-110).
Quebec’s Blouin will work without a doubt the biggest fight of his eight-year career as a professional judge when he takes a ringside seat to score Fulton-Inoue.
Like Cavalleri, Afu also has a lot of experience in championship bouts on the international level. Most notably in recent years, Afu officiated the first bouts between Haney and Kambosos, which Haney easily won on the scorecards in June 2022 in Melbourne, and Jermell Charlo and Brian Castano, which resulted in a 12-round split draw in July 2021 in San Antonio.
ESPN+ will stream Fulton-Inoue on Tuesday morning in the United States (approximately 8 a.m. EDT; 5 a.m. PDT). Inoue is a little less than a 3-1 favorite to become a four-weight world champion, according to most sportsbooks.

 

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[R=G]

Tank said he's flying to Japan to support Fulton...

 

[spencerforhire]

Tank said he's flying to Japan to support Fulton...

Isnt he in jail?

 

[spencerforhire]

This guy is smart, he doesn't pick fighters based off skin color. Great UNBIASED analysis of why he thinks Inoue wins this fight.

 

[R=G]

Isnt he in jail?

Got out

 

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Japanese Business Trip Sets Stage for Robeisy Ramirez’s Future Feats​

BY LYLE FITZSIMMONS
Published Fri Jul 21, 2023, 06:32 AM EDT
He won’t say it. But I will.
Robeisy Ramirez is going to fight Naoya Inoue someday.
And he’s going to beat him.
Because he’s smart enough. He’s tricky enough. And doggone it, fans will like him.
But first things first.
The newly minted WBO featherweight champ will stoke the fires for the down-the-road showdown with an appearance on the undercard of Inoue’s 122-pound unification with Stephen Fulton.
There, in Tokyo, he’ll face local hero Satoshi Shimizu, who’s ranked 12th by the WBO and has scored all but one of his career victories by KO.
None of those victories have come outside of Japan and none have been at the expense of a widely recognized foe, but the 37-year-old – who competed at the 2008 Olympics, earned a bronze medal at the 2012 Games, and turned pro after failing to qualify in 2016 – does present some physical challenges.
Shimizu stands 5-foot-11 and has a reach just beyond 71 inches, which gives him significant advantages over Ramirez, who is a half-foot shorter with a more featherweight-like 68-inch wingspan.
And while Ramirez has stopped better than 50 percent of his foes, the Cuban is apparently far more reliant on ring IQ and trickiness than his Japanese opponent with the 91 percent KO rate, who’s gone beyond eight rounds just once.
“Becoming world champion was a big leap in my quest to be considered the world's top featherweight and eventually becoming a consensus pound-for-pound fighter,” Ramirez said. “My battle against the tough and experienced Shimizu will be another important stop in my journey.”
As for that journey, let’s just say it’s gotten better after a bad start.
A few no doubt stopped believing in Ramirez after a surprise split loss to an anonymous journeyman in his pro debut in 2019, but the comprehensive subtlety and guile he showed while winning his title against bona fide world class operator Isaac Dogboe in April more than erased any remaining distaste.
He’s avenged the defeat. He’s become a champion. And though the term has been diluted beyond recognition these days – easily the most damaging of the sport’s myriad self-inflicted wounds – he’s already as deserving as any of the other three claimants at featherweight and seems sure to rise.
Though his frame and reach don’t stack up so well alongside belt-holders at 130 pounds, his skill set would create a fascinating matchup with former 126-pound king Emanuel Navarrete – and an obvious long-term carrot still dangles in the form of ex-amateur rival Shakur Stevenson, whom Ramirez defeated for gold at the 2016 Olympics.
But if Stevenson is too far gone weight-wise and Ramirez is more inclined to till featherweight ground for the time being, he’s well-positioned to welcome Inoue into his neighborhood assuming the “Monster” gets by Fulton and ultimately finishes his other belt-securing business at 122.
Ramirez is promoted by Top Rank. Inoue is co-promoted by Top Rank. And now that they’re appearing in separate bouts on the same card, it’s a natural progression to have them headline together one day.
If nothing else, Ramirez seems excited by the prospect of performing as a pro in Asia.
He’s already worked the back rooms of Fresno and Tulsa in the U.S., played the bigger stages in Las Vegas and New York, and did a European star turn with a 2022 trip to Scotland.
And that was after life as a globe-trotting amateur yielded Olympic gold in London and Rio de Janeiro, and regional titles in Mexico, Singapore, and Azerbaijan.
He began training for the Shimizu fight in Las Vegas before moving the camp to Japan.
“I fulfilled my cherished goal of becoming world featherweight champion,” Ramirez said.
“The time has now come for the first defense of my title, and I couldn’t be happier or more honored for it to be in Tokyo, Japan, in front of a sold-out arena. I’m looking forward not only to the fight, but also experiencing all that this beautiful country has to offer with its passionate boxing fans, its vibrant culture and rich history, among so many other things.”
Assuming he beats Fulton and wins the WBC and WBO belts at 122, Inoue may continue to pursue his goal of a second four-belt reign by securing a match with IBF/WBA champion Marlon Tapales.
Tapales, who won his titles with a surprise split decision over Murodjon Akhmadaliev in April, has already received permission from the WBA to go straight into a unification bout with the Inoue-Fulton winner for what the Mexico-based group called “the sake of boxing.”
Inoue became a champion in his third weight class while at bantamweight, where he ultimately secured all four title belts. If he wins a title at 122, he’ll become the second Japanese fighter to be a four-weight champion. And if he wins all four, he’ll be the first two-division undisputed claimant of the era.
No less an authority than Top Rank czar Bob Arum told Lance Pugmire that Inoue is “the best fighter I've seen in years in person” and “has the ability to be as popular as Manny Pacquiao was.”
You might be right, Bob. You might be right.
But he’s got to go through “El Tren” first. And it says here he won’t.

 

[Deafheaven]

Almost time

 

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Ring Mag Final Tally: Inoue 18-3

 

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a glimpse into the future

 

[UncleTomFord15]

Is this really happening at 430 in the morning (eastern time) .

Edit:Nevermind