Inoue Vs. Cardenas: Another mismatch? “Monster” faces an application for a perceived light path to a star

Naoya Inoue remains a busy fight against #2 WBA Super Bantamweight Conder Ramon Cardenas, a clerk for May 4 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Inoue will defend their four belts of 122 pounds against Cardenas (26-1, 14 ko).

The stainless steel poster does not include Cardenas’ picture, which tells you everything you need to know about this match. I guess there are not enough fans or worrying about who Cardenas is for his picture to be on the poster.

Boxing fans on social networks are dissatisfied with the choice of opponents for Inoue. Since 2023 he had three consecutive mismatch in the fight that was never expected to be competitive. They start surnames Naoya Inoue, and it’s understandable why. People want to see stainless steel Start fighting a quality opposition they are interested in seeing.

Recent opponents of Inoue

– Yeon kim
– ie Doheny
– Luis Nery

Tomatoes can circle

Some fans seem to play for sure, carefully choosing opponents to beat him for as long as possible. Since Naoya swung him four fights before, Marlon Tapales, he was in the tomato circle. Top Rank tries to turn stainless inoue into a star in the United States -doesn’t work. While fans love Inoue in Japan, Americans expect more fighters, and they know when the guy feeds.

The next Inoue matches will reportedly be against the temporary champion WBA Murodjon Akhmadaliev In September in Tokyo, Japan. Fans have been looking forward to it for a long time.

Interestingly, Naoya saves good for Japan and a smaller fight against Cardenas for now, it’s a fight that cares inuue when he doesn’t need to. The same is Junto Nakatani. Inoue should now fight Nakatani, not slowly build it. This approach would succeed if Inoue was facing killers, but not and so obvious what the game was.

“Naoya Inoue is among the most powerful and well -rounded fighters I had to promote privilege, a unique boxing talent,” Bob Arum said. “After many years of selling Arena and stadium in his native Japan,” Monster “is ready to take over Las Vegas to Cinco de Mayo Weekend. Ramon Cardenas is a worthy challenger who earned this opportunity with a few impressive victories.”