By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing
WBO #7 light-middleweight Takeshi Inoue (17-1-1, 10 KOs) is confident he can score a late round stoppage over WBO #1 Tim Tszyu (19-0, 15 KOs) on November 17 at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney televised on Foxtel Main Event pay-per-view.
“My condition has gotten better and also my punch is now very, very powerful so I can beat Tim Tszyu,” Inoue told WA Today. “I respect his results because Tim Tszyu has not lost. I respect also his boxing technique and I basically respect everything about him. But towards the end of the fight, I’m thinking of knockout. That’s how I’m practicing.”
Takeshi Inoue suffered his only loss in a WBO world title bout to then-WBO champion Jaime Munguia by points decision in 2019.
Promoters of Tszyu-Inoue are George and Matt Rose No Limit Promotions.
The word “vows” used in boxing is a far stretched term. I have heard so many fighters use the word only to be beaten and negate its true meaning. The word “vows” is simply a ticket to ride on the confidence train to attract ticket sales.
Right, back in my day a vow was even more meaningful than a promise. And you never make a promise that you cant keep.
Not gonna happen. Little Tszyu has actually started to come together quite nicely as a pro. Hes matured alot and won more and more impressively each time that he’s stepped up in competition. He’s sitting down on his punches and is a good offensive fighter. He has his limitations but Inoue has far more, less skill, less pop, and he’s been in against extremely limited opposition. Tszyu will beat Inoue far worse than Munguia did. Im still a little skeptical about Tszyu his opponents have all been domestic, stiff, mechanical boxers but he’s turning out to be better than I thought.
As long as Tim doesn’t get sloppy in defence I think he’s got this bloke’s number !!
Interesting matchup but Tzyu is too strong for Inoue’s brother..