WBA and IBF double most lightweight boxer Inoue Naomi (21-0, 18ko), has been regarded by many as the next Manny Pacquiao, they feel that the Asian boxer nicknamed "Monster" can achieve as outstanding achievements as Pacquiao. Naoya Inoue's top promotion company firm believes that he will become a superstar who has entered the US market like Pacquiao, and the top promotion company is already working on it.
What Naomi Inoue needs to do is build on a fan base in the United States. Of course, more importantly, he has to face real boxing masters.
To be sure, in 2008, at the age of 29, Pacquiao rose to the second middleweight to destroy the "golden boy" Oscar De La Joa, completely conquering american audiences, and his popularity soared ever since. At the time, Pacquiao was only a year older than 28-year-old Shoya Inoue, but before he could officially gain the approval of American audiences, Pacquiao had already defeated several boxing superstars - Anthony Barrera, Eric Morales, Manuel Marquez.
In contrast, the only big man Inoue has won in the past 9 years of his career is the "Lightning" Nanito Donaire, and the process is somewhat difficult, and he is dwarfed by Pacquiao's barrera, Morales and others.
Not long ago, Ko Michael Das Marinaus was the second consecutive victory in the United States by Naomi Inoue, the last time in October last year, when he also eliminated Australian boxer Jason Morony in a ko way. At present, Inoue Hashito has won the title in 3 classes, but it is far inferior to Pacquiao's great achievements in 8 levels.
Some boxing fans and the media have questioned whether Inoue, who has "fine skin and tender flesh", can withstand more attacks like Pacquiao. In november 2019 against the elderly Donel, Inoue Appeared to be very fragile, his face was injured shortly after the opening, he was diagnosed with a fracture of the nose bridge, a damage to the orbital bone after the game, and in the ninth round he was also attacked by Donaire, the situation was precarious, in short, through the many problems exposed by the battle between Inoue and Donel, many people felt that he would not become the second Pacquiao, at least there was a long way to go.
Inoue's strength is beyond doubt, and he also likes fierce fighting, and when he is helpless to face boxers who also like fierce fighting, it is often very easy to get injured between hard and hard, which is one of the significant differences between him and Pacquiao, as to whether there are any other differences? Trust that time will tell you the exact answer.
Shoya Inoue has a huge market in his hometown, but that doesn't mean he can do so after leaving his hometown, in the case of another Japanese boxer, Yuta Murata. Murata is no less popular in her hometown than Inoue, but is considered the weakest champion in the 160-pound middleweight.
Inoue's most fundamental shortcut to becoming the next Pacquiao and entering the U.S. market is to beat better boxers, such as Nanito Donaire (Second World War), John Casimero, Roman Gonzalez, Francisco Estrada, and even the higher-level Emanuel Navarrete, Gary Russell Jr., Oscar Valdez, Leo Cruz and others.
Naomi Inoue needs to cross more different levels to beat the best opponent, and if he intends to spend his time in the 118-pound lightest he is currently in, he won't be the next Pacquiao. To become a Pacquiao-esque superstar, There are at least three more levels to cross on Inoue's head, such as 122 pounds super lightweight, 126 pounds featherweight, and 130 pounds super featherweight.
If Inoue makes a breakthrough in 3 levels, he will become a world champion in a total of 6 levels, although it is still behind Pacquiao's record of 8 levels, it is already quite rare, to know that so far in addition to Pacquiao, only the "golden boy" Hoya can achieve 6 levels of victory, Floyd Mayweather is only 5 levels of victory, and then look back at Inoue Naomi's "small body" and easy to injury characteristics, to complete the relevant responsibilities, there is still a lot of difficulty.
Todd Dubov, CEO of Top Promotions, is convinced that it is highly likely that Naomi Inoue will become the second Pacquiao, saying: "I entered the industry in 1993, and when I learned the speed, strength and wisdom of Inoue, he would have what excites Americans as Pacquiao." ”
Here, I hope that Inoue Naomi will not be dragged down by the boxing legacy left by Pacquiao, when it comes to success, it depends on how you will position this problem, and winning 6 levels of championships in the future is success? Is the current performance not a success? Obviously not, if nothing else, if Inoue Can have 4 boxing champion belts at the same time, then he has already locked in the position of the Hall of Fame in advance, so in this case, is it really so important to catch up with or surpass Pacquiao?