NAOYA INOUE paid tribute to his subsequent opponent Stephen Fulton throughout their closing press convention on Saturday.
The Japanese phenom strikes into his fourth weight class to problem the American for his two super-bantamweight belts on Tuesday in Tokyo.
Fulton represents arguably the best menace to Inoue’s standing within the sport with solely Nonito Donaire ever coming near slaying ‘The Monster’. The American, who plans to maneuver to featherweight sooner or later, has the scale and abilities to beat Inoue in many individuals’s eyes and Tuesday’s challenger is motivated for the duty in entrance of him.
“Coming as much as junior featherweight to have the ability to problem Stephen Fulton for the title has given me nice motivation. I get excited desirous about this struggle and about how I’ll carry out. I’ve been watching movie of Fulton, and I believe he’s a really clever fighter.”
“I haven’t been a challenger in 5 years, and that has heightened my motivation as effectively. I believe I can carry out higher than earlier than.
“On account of my damage, the struggle needed to be rescheduled for the twenty fifth. And I really feel grateful for the cooperation from all of the folks concerned within the promotion and Workforce Fulton to make this occur. And due to that gratitude, I wish to struggle with every thing I’ve on the twenty fifth.”
On Monday each fighters weighed in for the probably the most eagerly anticipated fights of the yr thus far. Fulton got here in at 121.9lbs whereas Inoue stepped on the scales at 121.7lbs, each contained in the 122lbs super-bantamweight restrict. An intense face-off between the 2, one thing we’re not accustomed to with Inoue, raised the joy ranges much more for his or her duel tomorrow morning.
