Japan’s boxing sensation Naoya Inoue has had a better career than eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao, according to veteran promoter Bob Arum.
“Boxers are unique. Manny Pacquiao was a great, great champion and was great for boxing. His career is legendary,” Arum told Sky Sports. “Naoya Inoue’s career is even more legendary because, unlike Manny, he has gone through one division after another without losing a fight.”
Arum, who previously promoted Pacquiao, highlighted Inoue’s dominance across multiple weight classes, emphasizing his undefeated record as a defining factor in his remarkable career.
The 31-year-old Inoue secured his 29th victory with a fourth-round stoppage of Ye Joon Kim on Friday, maintaining his unbeaten record.
According to Arum, Inoue’s undefeated streak is due to his being “disciplined and calculated” in the ring, a quality that sets him apart in his remarkable career.
“Manny was reckless in a lot of fights, and that’s why he got knocked out in the last fight that he had with [Juan Manuel] Marquez, because he went in on the attack and didn’t look out for an answering punch,” said the 93-year-old Arum.
“I think that if it comes to the skill set, from a technical boxing standpoint, Inoue has it way over Manny Pacquiao. That’s not to denigrate Pacquiao, but it’s just to say that in Inoue we have not only a ferocious knockout puncher but a very, very well-trained technical fighter.”
However, by the time Pacquiao was Inoue’s age, he had already achieved the unprecedented feat of winning titles across eight weight divisions. The Filipino icon also faced some of boxing’s biggest names, including Antonio Margarito, Ricky Hatton, Marco Antonio Barrera, Miguel Cotto, Erik Morales, Oscar De La Hoya, and Juan Manuel Marquez, cementing his legacy in the sport.
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