True boxing fans feels the same way as Leonard Ellerbe. It's not fair for Inoue to outright fight Tank Davis. It's a huge weight difference and for Tank to already beat these top fighters at 140 like Pitbull Cruz and Ryan Garcia...idc what people think but Tank is who he is. In my honest opinion, he's not only the strongest and most powerful but he's the #1 fighter in the lightweight division (130-140 lbs). People who want Inoue to move up and fight Tank just want to see the monster lose because they upset seeing a non-American fighter being more recognized than guys like Crawford. But a potential fight with Inoue and Tank Davis is if Inoue dominates the 126 and 130 weight division, then we can talk about that potential fight way down the road.
asking inoue to move up and yet they dont ask tank to move up and fight boots or crawford or even janibek since they want big weight jumps. i wonder why. probably because one uppercut from janibek will put tank to sleep coz of the weight difference xD
Yeah, Inoue simply doesn't have Pacquiao's giant calves, to allow him to slowly build up a robust, stocky body to move from the teens, when he was 18, to the 147, by the time he's fighting much bigger and taller guys, from elites like Floyd to bums like 5'11" Margarito. Inoue is already pushing himself at 122, and he HAS put on some good muscles. But 126, if he chooses to add another 5 pounds of solid muscles... likely will be his limits. Tanks has always been a TANK SINCE his teens, a giant, stocky guy, having worn that big mass, despite his shorter stature, for over 20 years. Leonard Ellerbe's right: no chance Inoue should move to 130, so Tank could come down to 130. That's just not fair for Inoue. If Inoue was still only 25 years of age, I could see him bulking up to do 130, after 4-5 years of fighting at 122, 126, etc. But no way, now at 31, for him to just overnight bulk up to 130 and go fight Tank there. Asking Inoue to go to 130 at the age of 31, is like asking Tank to go do 147 against Crawford, right now. In fact, it is FAIRER to ask Tank to go up 7 pounds to fight Crawford, right now, than it is to ask Inoue to jump from 122 to 130, in 1-2 fights...
@@philipm5043 C A P - y'all overexagerating to protect the kid.. It would be more like bud fighting Canelo since they're the same height and they'll both be going up 2 weight classes.
@@philipm5043 You might think this way because it's a 7 division jump from where they started but you also have to factor in the height to weight ratio (BMI). 130lbs at 5 '5 is healthy but 175lbs at 5 '8 is overweight (according to the BMI chart). Bud needing to bulk up (since his walk around weight is 170lbs) + Being overweight in accordance to his height (BMI) + Fighting someone taller IS NOT EQUAL TO Inoue needing to trim down (since his walk around weight is 140lbs) + Being at a healthy weight in accordance to his height (BMI) + Fighting someone his same height.
@@Devin_Haney its the frame that matters, not the height. Frame is what makes you put on more mass, height is not necessarily the main factor. Inoue has a small frame. He is a natural bantamweight. At 122 almost everybody looks bigger than him already. He is not going to 130 let alone 135
Well said. There’s a gang of elite fighters at 126 and 130. The fact that they just overlooked both divisions and bring out Tank to sick him, tells you how good Inoue really is lol
They want that big money it ain’t about Inoue win or loose. If Tank vs Monster ever fight, it will be the highest PPV in history. Tank is ready to retire and he wants a big payday that will set him for life.
No there's not. Inoue would knock everyone out 126 and 130. Look at navarette vs conceicao, supposed to be the top of the division. Wild swings. Inoue would sleep them
@@celticdaft1084 ok I wouldn’t say elite lol. But there are a few that would give him problems. And I guarantee he won’t be able to just walk em down like he’s been doing to everyone so far. Hell have to carefully outbox them cus the power is different up there he’s going to get a taste of his own medicine trust me. And he’s too small for 130 there’s lots of weight bullies there he’d have to be selective of who he fights if he ever does decide to go there
All these little Tank fanboy here. 🤣 Inoue accomplished more in his career now than Tank in retirement. Stop comparing the two, because they'll never fight in this lifetime. Been almost a decade and Tank haven't even unified in 135.🤣
Sean, you're right, money talks eventually and if Inoue were to move up & the fight could generate at least $50M per each fighter (I think could generate closer to $100M if LV, Japan, & Saudi money were to be involved) this would def happen. But Leonard's got a valid point. IMHO, more realistic fight for both Inoue & Tank is Loma - in which both Inoue & Tank would be favorites due to Loma's age & I would hate to see as Loma my favorite boxer rn - along w/ Bud
Tank ducked Loma for 7 years now, so he's going to fight him once he is about to retire and 40? Stop it with the ducking. Inoue is cleaning out divisions, Tank is ducking all the top guys. No Loma, no Shakur, no Haney, no Teofimo, no Subriel Matias, no Zepeda. Just inhouse tuneup fights like Martin.
@Genjuro77 ducked Loma who is on Espn and Tank is on PBC. Why is Loma ducking Shakur? You actually think if Loma was on PBC all this time Tank wouldn't have fought him lol? Yall mfs make no sense..
@@joey_ricciardi117 Loma doesn't need Shakur since he ain't the champion after he got fucked by judges against Haney. Tank is the one who got emailed a belt, he never fought a single champion at 135 or 140 (the real ones, not the gay 'regular' belts).
@UncannyRicardo I bet when Manny had the "gay" regular WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BELT you didn't mind.. Wba super same shit as franchise champion. No mandatory. So you saying when Loma was Franchise champ Devin was not a champion?
@@joey_ricciardi117 any and all “regular” or “franchise” belts are garbage. I don’t give credit for double dipping. Only one belt per organization in each division, that is all I care about. Some of today’s “champions” are fake, they don’t hold one of the real top 4…but a lower level belt
yo these people weird as hell, they always be talking about moving up weight to fight tank davis, bro why don't yall go to tank and tell him to bring his azz down to inoue's weight, it should be no problem cuz tank will win right? pshhhh LOOOL
@@tsumello06 i disagree, 135 inoue should have no problem judging from the skills he has. tank will be dropped by inoue from 135 to below no problem, its up to inoue to go up but these folks really want a tank vs inoue fight so why don't tank drop down to 122? oh right cuz they scared.
Why isn't tank moving up in weight??? Tank needs to move up in weight to start fighting the 140 pounders...no one at 135 or 130!!!! ....I agree with Ellen berg on this ....not fair stuff!! People are ridiculous !!! People try to do crazzzzzy mythical lopsided weight matches!!!
then people will criticize him. Look at Canelo a natural 154 decided to do what a few boxers do and move up weight taking the champs belts. moved up to 175 to fight an undefeated boxer, lost and was called all kind of names for losing. now ppl demanding him fight bigger 6'2" guy who is undefeated. when canelo is a 5'8" 154 natural. instead of seeing the risk he is taking and what he did to get there they see him as weak for not fighting these Monsters
He been ducking Loma for 8 years now who is at 135, he is also ducking Shakur who would expose Tank. He is also afraid to move up to fight Haney or Teo, he is stuck between a rock and a hard place, all that they can do is give him inhouse tuneups and avoid all the dangerous fights, and talk about a guy coming up from 108lb who is a megastar and cleans out divisions. They want Inoues clout.
Because he fights at 135. There is only one fighter at 140 who can actually make 140 as we speak so what's the point. Ryan can't make 140 and it looks like Devin is drained making it. So if tank ain't moving up to 147 why are we talking about this.
Naoya will knockout Gervonta Davis. It’s as simple as this. If Floyd and Ellerbe knew and believe Gervonta would win, they’d make the fight? It’s simple logic
Fighters now fight who they think/know they can beat not who they should try to beat. Loma called out Tank for years and Floyd didn’t want that for Tank and he even said it in an interview, “Loma wants to fight now because Loma is getting older” well duh sucka, nobody wants to fight an elite fighter when they 40 years old.
Great video brother. I think both Tank and Inoue are amazing fighters in their own right; who both have mutual respect for each other. I think its a possible fight in the future, but not sure why fans keep downplaying Inoue's accomplishments and saying he needs to fight Tank right now? Gervonta is 3 weight classes above Inoue at 135, it makes no sense to jump up that much weight at this point in his career. That would be like Tank jumping up to 154 and fighting Charlo this year. He already has belts at 4 different weight classes from light flyweight to super bantameight and is undisputed at bantam and super bantam. Now is there a possibility in the future? Sure, from a skill/ name recognition standpoint it has the potential to be a superfight. But Inoue has to see if he can even handle the weight at feather and super feather, and possibly all the way to 140 if Tank goes up a weight class.
I like tank, hes ok , but inoue is about to roll into his 4 fight in a year and a half . And tak is about to get into his 2nd within 2 year span. Inoue is rolling
Usually I think ellerbe biased as hell. But he’s spot on with this one. Fight makes no sense. Inoue too little for tank. If he was a natural 130-135 lbs then it would be a great match up
Zittel dont you have the balls to ask why Tank is ducking all the smoke in his own divisions? Ducking Loma for almost 8 years and now the same with Shakur? Do your goddamn job and stop acting like a sycophant.
Inoue is not popular in the US, Davis is not popular in Japan . They are both champions and they both recognise and respect each other's talent. You fanboys should stop.... comparing.
He’s right. It’s dumb to think about tank vs inoue. This is a fantasy fight. The thought of it seems awesome but it’s highly unlikely. Now the only way I could see it is if inoue convincingly cleans out 126 division and then we can go from there but until then it’s just silly to think about a fantasy fight between two amazing fighters
Fighting Naoya is a waste of time for Tank. Naoya's way too small and Tank won't get any credit for punching his soul out his body. Naoya should keep beating on the guys around his weight.
I agree but why are you making it seem like it Inoue fans asking for the Tank fight. It’s the Tank Meat Riders who need to tell Tank to fight in his weight class and actually unify
Inoue hopefully will start moving up though, he's proved everything at his weight now. Id like to see him move towards like a Rey Vargas at 126 and then end with Navarette at 130 . Before he even entertains a Tank fight
130 is pushing it for Inoue. He's already 31 yrs old. He's not getting any bigger. If Inoue does go up to 130, it would probably be in 3 years. By then, Navarette will probably be fighting at 135 or even 140. This guy in the video keeps bringing up Pacquiao, but Pacquiao went pro at 16. By the time he was 30 yrs old, he was already fighting at 140.
@@krnpowr Inoue clearly doing a deep cut by his body composition, he should be able to make 130 fairly easily . But yes fair point on Pacquiao and the age difference. That said if Inoue ends his reign at 126 or 130 and doesn't fight tank I wouldn't be mad . He already proved enough. But I'd love to see 1 big name matchup like a Navarette before he steps away from the sport
@UpgradeLemonade also , how come the fellas at 126 are afraid of Unification fights ? Isn't boxing about boxers fighting the best. All I see is chicken chit fights from them. Unify.
Asians are one of the smaller people on earth. They don’t have natural big frames. Inoue is only 5’5” and slim. He’s already moved up, fought and champion in multiple divisions. He will do what is best for him, not for a bunch of haters. They tried to push the narrative that he’s not good until he fights Tank and he has to prove in the US. Combat sports has multiple divisions for a reason. Why nobody tell Tank to move up and fight Bud Crawford or Bivol? Inoue can only fight the best fighters in his divisions and done that. In terms of fighting in the US. The Americans don’t support and promote the lower weight divisions like Japan. That’s why many fighters have to travel outside of USA to get paid. No one want to get into combat sports and fight without compensation.
INOUE is now 22-0, 20 KO in world title fights; while Crawford has 17-0, 15 KO. INOUE has the highest knockout ratio in a world title fights in boxing history. As of 06MAY2024🥊🥊🥊 🥊SAM LANGFORD has 178Wins with 126KOs. But NEVER won a world title. 🥊ARCHIE MOORE a record-holder for most knockouts in history. 10 title defenses 186W - 145KO. 🥊Artur Beterbiev 19W - 19KO (8 world title fights). 🥊Gervonta Tank Davis 29W - 27KOS (12 world title fights). 🥊Edwin Valero 27W - 27KO (8 world title fights). 🥊Deontay Wilder 43W - 42KO (11 world title fights). 🥊Vergil Ortiz Jr. 21W - 21KO (zero world title). 🥊William Zepeda 30W - 26KO (zero world title). As of 06MAY2024 🥊🥊🥊
First of all, the fact you'd make a Crawford / Inoue comparison under this video shows there's an agenda. If you know anything about stats, its that they can be manipulated to prove anything.. This is similar to bringing up IQ scores and saying __ has a higher IQ than __ without factoring in the circumstances.. The question here is whether you're comparing apples to apples.. Are those lower divisions as stacked as the others..? You'd have to factor in how occupied those divisions are - because someone getting 1st place in a competition between 3 other people isn't as impressive as someone doing it against 1000. The average height for men (worldwide) is around 5 '8 and the healthy weight for that height (according to the BMI chart) is 130 - 160.. So I'm guessing those are the most occupied and diverse divisions. An adult male weighing 122lb isn't common (worldwide) - which is why we see a specific ethnic group occupying those divisions.. It's almost like Inoue's competing in local tournaments since his division isn't as diverse.
@@Devin_HaneyCrawford fought in the worst 135 and 140 divisions in history. Ricky burns and Julius Indongo were the man in those divisions which tells you how absurdly weak they were
@@Devin_Haneyalso not sure what you’re talking about. Every single race is in every division- there are less Europeans in the lower divisions cause they’re bigger that’s about it. Asians Latinos and Africans are the main fighters in the lower weights but you still get Americans and UK fighters
I agree with him on fans making these Mythical match ups. I mean I could care less about that that’s not the problem. The problem is the casual fans trying to discredit Inoue. While he is fighting the top guys in his weight classes and any challengers. He just moved up a weight class and became undisputed winning all 4 belts! I think inoue will max out at 126 . Inoues legacy is not about conquering the most divisions but do become undisputed in divisions. If he does become undisputed again at 126 by all means he will go down as a hall of famer automatically.
Tank even said that inoue is too small for him. So the fight wont happen. They both sell out in their fights too, so whats the point in risking a big loss when you have to cross a insurmountable wall to get there.
Plus Inoue is a damn 122 pounder whiles Tank a 135 pounder so what the fuck Tank who’s the A-side look like coming down in weight to fight Inoue? Tank ain’t chasing no fight with Inoue anyway, Ryan wanted to fight Tank so it was only fair for Ryan to come down in weight or meet Tank at a catch weight! Dumb ass casuals don’t know shit, just talking out your ass for no damn reason.
Loma vs Inoue at 126lb sounds more realistic both are under TR banner and Loma is naturally a featherweight not a LW but that isn’t gonna happen because Loma wants to become undisputed only at 135lb and Loma would beat Inoue worse than GRJ and Walters an Bob don’t want that
Bro inoue is undisputed at 122 which is his 4th weight class he has gone up so him fighting tank at 130 is the equivalent of tank fighting benavidez at 160 it’s just not gonna happen
Inoue is a special athlete but he is waaaay too small and has a terrible habit that would run him into serious problems at the higher divisions with larger guys. Chocolatito ran into the same problem. We just saw Inoue dropped by a southpaw, he's not getting up from a shot like that from a 130, 135lber
The monster is way more accomplished than Tank, all facts there's no debating it, but the delusional fan girls are just going to cry like they always do😂😂 Tank is the biggest hype job in Boxing 💯
the Inoue fight has zero chance of happening - here is my fight list for in order Tank : Martin .....Shakur for the 35 title ,,,,,,, Devin.......Teo to unify 140 ...... Rayn rematch to end his career
people are delusional to think inoue would fight tank at 130… tank would demolish inoue at 130…. even if inoue was juiced up he still wrong have a chance with tank, that’s like claressa shield fighting a man boxer… what happened when she thought she was capable of beating a man, just because she’s running through all these women boxers?!?! tank will do actually that man did to claressa if tank and inoue ever fight???
@@fitzanderson1980 F A C T S Yesterday proved that a clean punch from someone with decent power would have him looking like the drunken master. If Nerys hook could make him do a 360 - Tanks uppercut would make him do a backflip. On top of that, they'd have Inoue get tested so it would be all bad - even if tank is drained.
Tank would break his glass jaw let’s be real. Resume isn’t everything, we saw what happened with Haney. Better resume than tank supposedly but would still get KO bad by tank. Tank would do inoue bad
What areas of the 4 boxing scoring criteria is Inoue better than tank. That telld you who the better fighter is. Not none of that stuff y'all be talking about. Inoue is good but elerbe is totally right. That man gott bam, vargas and fierouah , not to mention navaratte between him an tank. You give skip so if them to get to 135? It don't make sense
If nery can catch him, tank can catch him, and Inoue prolly staying down if tank catch him at 130. I want to be wrong but nery and Fulton hit him CLEAN once or twice. Tank will put him out in once or twice. 🤷♂️
Tank afraid of all the top guys in his own weight division, been ducking Loma for 8 years now, when is he going to fight him, when he is 2 years retired they probably call him out, and Shakur they will outright duck. Same as he was ducking Haney and Teo when they were fighting at 135, now he has an excuse because he is afraid to fight at 140. Meanwhile Inoue moved up 5 divisions already, started at 108. Seems like they want the clout from Inoue who is selling out the Tokyo Dome, 55k tickets and is a megastar while Tank is only known in a very specific demographic in the US. In Europe and Asia he is basically unknown.
In the trajectory of the Great way their moving "Inoues" Career Tank will be retired by the time Inoue gets up to 130 an me I don't see Inoue going any higher than 130 in his whole career!! (Leonard rite thou it not fair to Naoya) Inoue will max out at 130lbs he's dominating 122 for while yet before he even moves to 126!! Jus sayin!!
He's actually right but Inoue is a monster! If he moves up then it might happen but it's not about calling him out. The fight doesn't really make sense right now.
Tank will kill Inoue 😂😂😂 nery dropped him in first round imagine if tank hit him clean like that he would not getting up 😂😂 this is stupidity 99% of these ppl mentioning tank & inoue are boxing casual !!! stop it
@@hirojilly4497 now it’s tell tank to go down in weight 😂 that’s how i kno these fans is boxing casual, do u kno how hard it is to even make weight let alone go down 😂😂 stop it, its easier to go up than down , how bout tell skinny boy inoue to eat some cheese burgers 🍔 so he can fight the face of boxing 🥊
@@BRiiZZLE. Inoue don't need tank if he want to fight monster tell him to come down He's better Boxer, he's p4p1, 4division champion undisputed undefeated, he don't give a fuck Idiot see the resume, 👀👀👀
True boxing fans feels the same way as Leonard Ellerbe. It's not fair for Inoue to outright fight Tank Davis. It's a huge weight difference and for Tank to already beat these top fighters at 140 like Pitbull Cruz and Ryan Garcia...idc what people think but Tank is who he is. In my honest opinion, he's not only the strongest and most powerful but he's the #1 fighter in the lightweight division (130-140 lbs). People who want Inoue to move up and fight Tank just want to see the monster lose because they upset seeing a non-American fighter being more recognized than guys like Crawford. But a potential fight with Inoue and Tank Davis is if Inoue dominates the 126 and 130 weight division, then we can talk about that potential fight way down the road.
asking inoue to move up and yet they dont ask tank to move up and fight boots or crawford or even janibek since they want big weight jumps. i wonder why. probably because one uppercut from janibek will put tank to sleep coz of the weight difference xD
Tank hasn’t even fought Shakur, Teo, Haney, and Loma….he is nowhere near the top lightweight at 135 or 140. He ran from Loma for years.
Tank fought one fight at a catchweight of 138 he scared of 140😂
Inoue (27-0)
Opponents win/loss records(692-76)
Tank (29-0)
Opponents win/loss records(489-135)
Bud (40-0)
Opponents win/loss records (689-227)
I’m going to steal this bro, I forgot about this stats as well
LDBC "fans" want Inoue beaten because of hatred and jealousy. Shit is embarrassing.
Tank probably put him on a rehydration clause as well
You know you’re good when they want you to move up 3 weight classes after you already moved up 3 weight classes
5 actually but 4 division champ
Fans just want Inoue to get beat so they can say he is a hypejob, you should know better then push this BS!
He don’t need Tank!
Funny thing is that Tank himself respects Inoue and thinks he is a really good fighter
He got dropped by a guy whose been knocked down 5 times and knocked out by fig 😆
Yeah, Inoue simply doesn't have Pacquiao's giant calves, to allow him to slowly build up a robust, stocky body to move from the teens, when he was 18, to the 147, by the time he's fighting much bigger and taller guys, from elites like Floyd to bums like 5'11" Margarito.
Inoue is already pushing himself at 122, and he HAS put on some good muscles.
But 126, if he chooses to add another 5 pounds of solid muscles... likely will be his limits.
Tanks has always been a TANK SINCE his teens, a giant, stocky guy, having worn that big mass, despite his shorter stature, for over 20 years.
Leonard Ellerbe's right: no chance Inoue should move to 130, so Tank could come down to 130. That's just not fair for Inoue. If Inoue was still only 25 years of age, I could see him bulking up to do 130, after 4-5 years of fighting at 122, 126, etc.
But no way, now at 31, for him to just overnight bulk up to 130 and go fight Tank there.
Asking Inoue to go to 130 at the age of 31, is like asking Tank to go do 147 against Crawford, right now.
In fact, it is FAIRER to ask Tank to go up 7 pounds to fight Crawford, right now, than it is to ask Inoue to jump from 122 to 130, in 1-2 fights...
@@Rudeboishht casual
The only time Elerbe has spoken logical sense and truth.
Tank should move up and fight Butter Bean!
It would be similar to bud fighting benevidez at a higher weight. Doesn't make sense.
Yeah there’s weight classes for a reason
It would actually be more like bud fighting beterbiev at this point.
@@philipm5043 C A P - y'all overexagerating to protect the kid..
It would be more like bud fighting Canelo since they're the same height and they'll both be going up 2 weight classes.
@@philipm5043 You might think this way because it's a 7 division jump from where they started but you also have to factor in the height to weight ratio (BMI).
130lbs at 5 '5 is healthy but 175lbs at 5 '8 is overweight (according to the BMI chart).
Bud needing to bulk up (since his walk around weight is 170lbs) + Being overweight in accordance to his height (BMI) + Fighting someone taller IS NOT EQUAL TO Inoue needing to trim down (since his walk around weight is 140lbs) + Being at a healthy weight in accordance to his height (BMI) + Fighting someone his same height.
@@Devin_Haney its the frame that matters, not the height. Frame is what makes you put on more mass, height is not necessarily the main factor. Inoue has a small frame. He is a natural bantamweight. At 122 almost everybody looks bigger than him already. He is not going to 130 let alone 135
Unlike most, Ellerbe knows boxing and truly understands weight classes. He’s not bias and KEEPS IT REAL!
Well said. There’s a gang of elite fighters at 126 and 130. The fact that they just overlooked both divisions and bring out Tank to sick him, tells you how good Inoue really is lol
They want that big money it ain’t about Inoue win or loose. If Tank vs Monster ever fight, it will be the highest PPV in history. Tank is ready to retire and he wants a big payday that will set him for life.
@@ardentlions6636 lmfao Tank always said he don't want Inoue fight because is nonsense, too many weight difference 😅Inoue can't reach tank same weight
No there's not. Inoue would knock everyone out 126 and 130. Look at navarette vs conceicao, supposed to be the top of the division. Wild swings. Inoue would sleep them
@@celticdaft1084 ok I wouldn’t say elite lol. But there are a few that would give him problems. And I guarantee he won’t be able to just walk em down like he’s been doing to everyone so far. Hell have to carefully outbox them cus the power is different up there he’s going to get a taste of his own medicine trust me. And he’s too small for 130 there’s lots of weight bullies there he’d have to be selective of who he fights if he ever does decide to go there
Most sane and logical statements I’ve ever heard Leonard make.
I swear this dude got sugar in his tank and he's sweet for tank especially
Nah, Floyd is his favourite
Sean nice to see u dropping the heat on your own channel
Tank aint putting up nowhere near the numbers that inoue puts up in japan… lets get real
Fair, well spoken.
All these little Tank fanboy here. 🤣 Inoue accomplished more in his career now than Tank in retirement. Stop comparing the two, because they'll never fight in this lifetime. Been almost a decade and Tank haven't even unified in 135.🤣
You haters aren't patient. Just give tank 10 more years. Everything takes time. He already said he'll fight loma in 2029
@@luisla2696 Loma be retire by then! 🤣
Belts don’t pay the bills he can have those belts but the 💼 matters
Shet up tank the face of boxing..that lil Chinese guy ain’t hitting on ishhh except in china/japan foh
When yall going understand tank is way bigger then them belts
tank actually belongs at 140
He scare Inoue will beat tank up.
Spoken simply and with true intentions 😁
Leonard sounds unusually sensible here. He's stating the obvious too. Sean and other interviewers are being repetitive with this narrative.
If inoue can changes his diet from sushi to adobo like Pac-Man than he will reach 130 pounds easily.
finally someone that makes sense. tank needs to beat all the best fighters in his weight class first
Sean, you're right, money talks eventually and if Inoue were to move up & the fight could generate at least $50M per each fighter (I think could generate closer to $100M if LV, Japan, & Saudi money were to be involved) this would def happen. But Leonard's got a valid point. IMHO, more realistic fight for both Inoue & Tank is Loma - in which both Inoue & Tank would be favorites due to Loma's age & I would hate to see as Loma my favorite boxer rn - along w/ Bud
Tank ducked Loma for 7 years now, so he's going to fight him once he is about to retire and 40? Stop it with the ducking. Inoue is cleaning out divisions, Tank is ducking all the top guys. No Loma, no Shakur, no Haney, no Teofimo, no Subriel Matias, no Zepeda. Just inhouse tuneup fights like Martin.
@Genjuro77 ducked Loma who is on Espn and Tank is on PBC. Why is Loma ducking Shakur? You actually think if Loma was on PBC all this time Tank wouldn't have fought him lol? Yall mfs make no sense..
@@joey_ricciardi117 Loma doesn't need Shakur since he ain't the champion after he got fucked by judges against Haney. Tank is the one who got emailed a belt, he never fought a single champion at 135 or 140 (the real ones, not the gay 'regular' belts).
@UncannyRicardo I bet when Manny had the "gay" regular WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BELT you didn't mind.. Wba super same shit as franchise champion. No mandatory. So you saying when Loma was Franchise champ Devin was not a champion?
@@joey_ricciardi117 any and all “regular” or “franchise” belts are garbage. I don’t give credit for double dipping. Only one belt per organization in each division, that is all I care about. Some of today’s “champions” are fake, they don’t hold one of the real top 4…but a lower level belt
yo these people weird as hell, they always be talking about moving up weight to fight tank davis, bro why don't yall go to tank and tell him to bring his azz down to inoue's weight, it should be no problem cuz tank will win right? pshhhh LOOOL
No he wouldn't win if he drained down to 122 to fight him just like inoue wouldn't win if he had to go up which is EXACTLY WHAT HE JUST SAID!
@@tsumello06 i disagree, 135 inoue should have no problem judging from the skills he has. tank will be dropped by inoue from 135 to below no problem, its up to inoue to go up but these folks really want a tank vs inoue fight so why don't tank drop down to 122? oh right cuz they scared.
@@jesuschrist1501 whatever my guy. Tank can make 122 he just scared not to. If that's what you're going with then 🤷🏾♂️ have fun with that
@@jesuschrist1501thats not even possible you sound like a dumbas😂 inoue has to gain weight which is the healthier option
@@jesuschrist1501i can tell you don’t know shi about boxing
Why isn't tank moving up in weight??? Tank needs to move up in weight to start fighting the 140 pounders...no one at 135 or 130!!!! ....I agree with Ellen berg on this ....not fair stuff!! People are ridiculous !!! People try to do crazzzzzy mythical lopsided weight matches!!!
then people will criticize him. Look at Canelo a natural 154 decided to do what a few boxers do and move up weight taking the champs belts. moved up to 175 to fight an undefeated boxer, lost and was called all kind of names for losing.
now ppl demanding him fight bigger 6'2" guy who is undefeated. when canelo is a 5'8" 154 natural. instead of seeing the risk he is taking and what he did to get there they see him as weak for not fighting these Monsters
He been ducking Loma for 8 years now who is at 135, he is also ducking Shakur who would expose Tank. He is also afraid to move up to fight Haney or Teo, he is stuck between a rock and a hard place, all that they can do is give him inhouse tuneups and avoid all the dangerous fights, and talk about a guy coming up from 108lb who is a megastar and cleans out divisions. They want Inoues clout.
Because he fights at 135. There is only one fighter at 140 who can actually make 140 as we speak so what's the point. Ryan can't make 140 and it looks like Devin is drained making it. So if tank ain't moving up to 147 why are we talking about this.
Tank is small as shit smh talking bout move up in weight
Tank started at 126 this is his 3nd weight class
Naoya will knockout Gervonta Davis. It’s as simple as this. If Floyd and Ellerbe knew and believe Gervonta would win, they’d make the fight? It’s simple logic
I'd like to know in the comments section, was the person who made this video forced to leave the Fight Hype channel?
This man is being the realist........you know this man is deep in the game when he talks like this.
Inoue vs tank is like tank vs Crawford, come on man
Fighters now fight who they think/know they can beat not who they should try to beat. Loma called out Tank for years and Floyd didn’t want that for Tank and he even said it in an interview, “Loma wants to fight now because Loma is getting older” well duh sucka, nobody wants to fight an elite fighter when they 40 years old.
Great video brother. I think both Tank and Inoue are amazing fighters in their own right; who both have mutual respect for each other. I think its a possible fight in the future, but not sure why fans keep downplaying Inoue's accomplishments and saying he needs to fight Tank right now? Gervonta is 3 weight classes above Inoue at 135, it makes no sense to jump up that much weight at this point in his career. That would be like Tank jumping up to 154 and fighting Charlo this year. He already has belts at 4 different weight classes from light flyweight to super bantameight and is undisputed at bantam and super bantam. Now is there a possibility in the future? Sure, from a skill/ name recognition standpoint it has the potential to be a superfight. But Inoue has to see if he can even handle the weight at feather and super feather, and possibly all the way to 140 if Tank goes up a weight class.
Why is Ellerbe talking on Tank? he's got nothing to do with Tank anymore. Doesn't promote him.
I like tank, hes ok , but inoue is about to roll into his 4 fight in a year and a half . And tak is about to get into his 2nd within 2 year span. Inoue is rolling
i don't understand those people still blablabla about Tank vs Monster, Tank himself said it's not possible, Tank is too heavy
I agree with Leonard, but Tank was the one who actually mentioned fighting Inoue. lol
Tank never said anything about fighting inoue, he always dismissed the idea. It’s the reporters asking him!
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Way to go Z! 🥊
Usually I think ellerbe biased as hell. But he’s spot on with this one. Fight makes no sense. Inoue too little for tank. If he was a natural 130-135 lbs then it would be a great match up
That’s what I’m saying! Gs… even Floyd Mayweather stupid enough to say that 🤦
Zittel dont you have the balls to ask why Tank is ducking all the smoke in his own divisions? Ducking Loma for almost 8 years and now the same with Shakur? Do your goddamn job and stop acting like a sycophant.
why dont tank fans ask tank to go up and fight janibek? that would "prove his greatness", right?
Inoue is not popular in the US, Davis is not popular in Japan .
They are both champions and they both recognise and respect each other's talent.
You fanboys should stop.... comparing.
He’s right. It’s dumb to think about tank vs inoue. This is a fantasy fight. The thought of it seems awesome but it’s highly unlikely. Now the only way I could see it is if inoue convincingly cleans out 126 division and then we can go from there but until then it’s just silly to think about a fantasy fight between two amazing fighters
Fighting Naoya is a waste of time for Tank. Naoya's way too small and Tank won't get any credit for punching his soul out his body. Naoya should keep beating on the guys around his weight.
Way too small when they are almost the same height gtfo
@@ERIC-fb4ru thats not it works bruh its body type, canelo is a few inches taller then tank but could never make 135
@@ERIC-fb4ruthat’s not how weight classes work, did you not see that picture of Ryan and Canelo?
@@ERIC-fb4rutank would kill him hes like 3 weight classes above him and one of the hardest punchers in boxing
I agree but why are you making it seem like it Inoue fans asking for the Tank fight. It’s the Tank Meat Riders who need to tell Tank to fight in his weight class and actually unify
Inoue hopefully will start moving up though, he's proved everything at his weight now. Id like to see him move towards like a Rey Vargas at 126 and then end with Navarette at 130 . Before he even entertains a Tank fight
Exactly
130 is pushing it for Inoue. He's already 31 yrs old. He's not getting any bigger. If Inoue does go up to 130, it would probably be in 3 years. By then, Navarette will probably be fighting at 135 or even 140. This guy in the video keeps bringing up Pacquiao, but Pacquiao went pro at 16. By the time he was 30 yrs old, he was already fighting at 140.
@@krnpowr Inoue clearly doing a deep cut by his body composition, he should be able to make 130 fairly easily . But yes fair point on Pacquiao and the age difference. That said if Inoue ends his reign at 126 or 130 and doesn't fight tank I wouldn't be mad . He already proved enough. But I'd love to see 1 big name matchup like a Navarette before he steps away from the sport
This being only his third fight at 122, it makes sense that he complete the year at this weight. He said this much.
@UpgradeLemonade also , how come the fellas at 126 are afraid of Unification fights ? Isn't boxing about boxers fighting the best. All I see is chicken chit fights from them. Unify.
Thank you, please southpaw tv and Dentaes boxing nation yall need to take heavy notes 😂😂😂
Asians are one of the smaller people on earth. They don’t have natural big frames. Inoue is only 5’5” and slim. He’s already moved up, fought and champion in multiple divisions. He will do what is best for him, not for a bunch of haters. They tried to push the narrative that he’s not good until he fights Tank and he has to prove in the US. Combat sports has multiple divisions for a reason. Why nobody tell Tank to move up and fight Bud Crawford or Bivol? Inoue can only fight the best fighters in his divisions and done that. In terms of fighting in the US. The Americans don’t support and promote the lower weight divisions like Japan. That’s why many fighters have to travel outside of USA to get paid. No one want to get into combat sports and fight without compensation.
why is the interviewer asking these type of questions.
Stirring up shit for headlines
INOUE is now 22-0, 20 KO in world title fights; while Crawford has 17-0, 15 KO. INOUE has the highest knockout ratio in a world title fights in boxing history. As of 06MAY2024🥊🥊🥊
🥊SAM LANGFORD has 178Wins with 126KOs. But NEVER won a world title. 🥊ARCHIE MOORE a record-holder for most knockouts in history. 10 title defenses 186W - 145KO.
🥊Artur Beterbiev 19W - 19KO (8 world title fights). 🥊Gervonta Tank Davis 29W - 27KOS (12 world title fights).
🥊Edwin Valero 27W - 27KO (8 world title fights). 🥊Deontay Wilder 43W - 42KO (11 world title fights).
🥊Vergil Ortiz Jr. 21W - 21KO (zero world title). 🥊William Zepeda 30W - 26KO (zero world title). As of 06MAY2024 🥊🥊🥊
First of all, the fact you'd make a Crawford / Inoue comparison under this video shows there's an agenda.
If you know anything about stats, its that they can be manipulated to prove anything.. This is similar to bringing up IQ scores and saying __ has a higher IQ than __ without factoring in the circumstances..
The question here is whether you're comparing apples to apples.. Are those lower divisions as stacked as the others..? You'd have to factor in how occupied those divisions are - because someone getting 1st place in a competition between 3 other people isn't as impressive as someone doing it against 1000.
The average height for men (worldwide) is around 5 '8 and the healthy weight for that height (according to the BMI chart) is 130 - 160.. So I'm guessing those are the most occupied and diverse divisions.
An adult male weighing 122lb isn't common (worldwide) - which is why we see a specific ethnic group occupying those divisions.. It's almost like Inoue's competing in local tournaments since his division isn't as diverse.
@@Devin_HaneyCrawford fought in the worst 135 and 140 divisions in history. Ricky burns and Julius Indongo were the man in those divisions which tells you how absurdly weak they were
@@Devin_Haneyalso not sure what you’re talking about. Every single race is in every division- there are less Europeans in the lower divisions cause they’re bigger that’s about it. Asians Latinos and Africans are the main fighters in the lower weights but you still get Americans and UK fighters
Inoue has beaten everytop guy in his division, this whole asses in sits is ruining boxing. Its to bad casuals just eat this bullshit up.😊
I agree with him on fans making these Mythical match ups. I mean I could care less about that that’s not the problem. The problem is the casual fans trying to discredit Inoue. While he is fighting the top guys in his weight classes and any challengers. He just moved up a weight class and became undisputed winning all 4 belts! I think inoue will max out at 126 . Inoues legacy is not about conquering the most divisions but do become undisputed in divisions. If he does become undisputed again at 126 by all means he will go down as a hall of famer automatically.
Which fighter will give Inoue problems at 126?
Vargus?
@@mitch20003 Nah lol I feel like Vargas lost to Nick Ball. Maybe you’re thinking of Espinoza 🤔
@@adimedi101 haha yeah my bad.
Tank even said that inoue is too small for him. So the fight wont happen. They both sell out in their fights too, so whats the point in risking a big loss when you have to cross a insurmountable wall to get there.
That nose is crazy
I cant stand this dude but this time he is speaking facts...!!!
127 catchweight 😮
Lets test out his theory. Let's see them throw an event without any Hispanic fighters. All black fighters and lets see how true that is.
Lol Clenelo, Garcia, Nery, Valdez? I wonder what they all have in common besides being Hispanic….
Make tank weigh 130 night of the fight and Inoue beats him,if tank can impose Clauses on people why can’t Inoue
Plus Inoue is a damn 122 pounder whiles Tank a 135 pounder so what the fuck Tank who’s the A-side look like coming down in weight to fight Inoue? Tank ain’t chasing no fight with Inoue anyway, Ryan wanted to fight Tank so it was only fair for Ryan to come down in weight or meet Tank at a catch weight! Dumb ass casuals don’t know shit, just talking out your ass for no damn reason.
Loma vs Inoue at 126lb sounds more realistic both are under TR banner and Loma is naturally a featherweight not a LW but that isn’t gonna happen because Loma wants to become undisputed only at 135lb and Loma would beat Inoue worse than GRJ and Walters an Bob don’t want that
not really. rn inoue would stop loma. the only way for loma to win at 126 vs inoue is decision but inoue will stop him.
Why fight inoue when he got shakur,Haney,lomocheko, etc
Tank hasn’t fought a elite fighter in his division loma,shakur,teo,Devin ect
Bro inoue is undisputed at 122 which is his 4th weight class he has gone up so him fighting tank at 130 is the equivalent of tank fighting benavidez at 160 it’s just not gonna happen
if Inoue was REALLY an "all-time great," we wouldn't need U2 TELL us that over & over, we DONT KNOW HIM 👀 #TooSmall #TooForeign
Its so stupid just to talk about inoue vs tank
Tank should first fight Zhang then he should fight Naoya.
😂
Inoue is a special athlete but he is waaaay too small and has a terrible habit that would run him into serious problems at the higher divisions with larger guys. Chocolatito ran into the same problem. We just saw Inoue dropped by a southpaw, he's not getting up from a shot like that from a 130, 135lber
Tank is too big for Inoue.
The monster is way more accomplished than Tank, all facts there's no debating it, but the delusional fan girls are just going to cry like they always do😂😂
Tank is the biggest hype job in Boxing 💯
Lol bring tank down at 130 I bet inoue would take the fight
and get knocked out
@@myles5253 everybody that tank doesn’t fight will get “knocked out”. Lol
Sounds scared to mee
He will get ko straight up he already got dropped earlier keep moving on up
😂😂😂 Y'all terrified of real competition but love fighting small fighters in lower weight classes. 😂😂😂😂
the Inoue fight has zero chance of happening - here is my fight list for in order Tank : Martin .....Shakur for the 35 title ,,,,,,, Devin.......Teo to unify 140 ...... Rayn rematch to end his career
Boxing is a joke 😃 so jump up 3 weight classes and fight the top dog??? That sounds dumb on every level
people are delusional to think inoue would fight tank at 130… tank would demolish inoue at 130…. even if inoue was juiced up he still wrong have a chance with tank, that’s like claressa shield fighting a man boxer… what happened when she thought she was capable of beating a man, just because she’s running through all these women boxers?!?! tank will do actually that man did to claressa if tank and inoue ever fight???
Inoue has beaten everyone in his division, he has to go up
Next year he’s definitely going to 126
@@humboldt707chronic i wanted to fight him at 128 but he go scared 🫠
Come on down and get some Inoue 😂
@@Kingofthehill84 i would, but my back is a bit sore atm 😗
He just Scared for Tank lol 😂
Like how is promoting Tank vs Inoue 😂😂😂
If tank has the BALLS,meet inoue at 128.... Thats in the middle.
It’s not fair. Tank would put him in a coma
@@fitzanderson1980 At 128 I'd favour Inoue to knock Tank out. He'd be drained like Ryan was against him
@@KD-vq2wt exactly
@@fitzanderson1980 F A C T S
Yesterday proved that a clean punch from someone with decent power would have him looking like the drunken master.
If Nerys hook could make him do a 360 - Tanks uppercut would make him do a backflip. On top of that, they'd have Inoue get tested so it would be all bad - even if tank is drained.
@@Devin_Haney if tank could land it without eating straight rights like he did against pit bull 😂
Tank would break his glass jaw let’s be real. Resume isn’t everything, we saw what happened with Haney. Better resume than tank supposedly but would still get KO bad by tank. Tank would do inoue bad
If Inoue was at 135 already he would DESTROY tank hype job Davis
Tank will only go down on a femboy in a gay bar
What areas of the 4 boxing scoring criteria is Inoue better than tank. That telld you who the better fighter is. Not none of that stuff y'all be talking about. Inoue is good but elerbe is totally right. That man gott bam, vargas and fierouah , not to mention navaratte between him an tank. You give skip so if them to get to 135? It don't make sense
If nery can catch him, tank can catch him, and Inoue prolly staying down if tank catch him at 130. I want to be wrong but nery and Fulton hit him CLEAN once or twice. Tank will put him out in once or twice. 🤷♂️
Tank got beat by pitbull Cruz n tank knows it thats why he wouldn't rematch him.scared
Maybe Tank should go up to 147 to fight Bud!
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Tank afraid of all the top guys in his own weight division, been ducking Loma for 8 years now, when is he going to fight him, when he is 2 years retired they probably call him out, and Shakur they will outright duck. Same as he was ducking Haney and Teo when they were fighting at 135, now he has an excuse because he is afraid to fight at 140. Meanwhile Inoue moved up 5 divisions already, started at 108. Seems like they want the clout from Inoue who is selling out the Tokyo Dome, 55k tickets and is a megastar while Tank is only known in a very specific demographic in the US. In Europe and Asia he is basically unknown.
Death trap
Sounds scared lol
Fans just want tank to get beat and call him a hype job
inoue vs ryan garcia would be a great match. i think inoue wins by decision
Sean zittel has been a Inoue hater from the start. I dont trust this muppet
If you want that fight, you know nothing about boxing.
It could happen at 130
yeah, not a good look for tank to fight the monster, 128 30 possibly but still
In the trajectory of the Great way their moving "Inoues" Career Tank will be retired by the time Inoue gets up to 130 an me I don't see Inoue going any higher than 130 in his whole career!! (Leonard rite thou it not fair to Naoya)
Inoue will max out at 130lbs he's dominating 122 for while yet before he even moves to 126!! Jus sayin!!
タンクは他に戦う相手がいるだろう？何故、シャクールやロマチェンコとやらない？
He's actually right but Inoue is a monster! If he moves up then it might happen but it's not about calling him out. The fight doesn't really make sense right now.
Tank Davis not that good
Inoue accomplished more than tank ever will in his life.
inoue will destroy tank at 130. Tank fans go cry.
Tank cant fight inoue he lives in japan tank cant swim lol
Tank will kill Inoue 😂😂😂 nery dropped him in first round imagine if tank hit him clean like that he would not getting up 😂😂 this is stupidity 99% of these ppl mentioning tank & inoue are boxing casual !!! stop it
Tell ur tank move down 👎👎👎
@@hirojilly4497 now it’s tell tank to go down in weight 😂 that’s how i kno these fans is boxing casual, do u kno how hard it is to even make weight let alone go down 😂😂 stop it, its easier to go up than down , how bout tell skinny boy inoue to eat some cheese burgers 🍔 so he can fight the face of boxing 🥊
I think tank should move up and fight Crawford
@@BRiiZZLE. Right like Davis Garcia clause 😂. Ur the one sounding like a casual now
@@BRiiZZLE. Inoue don't need tank if he want to fight monster tell him to come down He's better Boxer, he's p4p1, 4division champion undisputed undefeated, he don't give a fuck Idiot see the resume, 👀👀👀