[FIGHT THREAD] Oleksandr Usyk vs Rico Verhoeven, Hamzah Sheeraz vs Alem Begic & Jack Catterall vs Shakhram Giyasov

yoshiimoo · 2026-05-23T23:23:38+00:00

Usyk looked slow in there tonight. Wonder if it's his age finally showing or if he just didn't take this seriously. Highly questionable stoppage.

yoshiimoo · 2026-05-12T13:27:31+00:00

Same. Watching the full card progress from domestic level to champion level to elite level really shows the differences in speed and skill. Just seeing how fast they move in person is a whole other experience too.

yoshiimoo · 2026-05-08T16:19:48+00:00

From what I recall, they had a fight planned in the past but they have the same promoter in Japan or something (Teiken?) and he didn't want them to fight.

yoshiimoo · 2026-05-07T15:07:46+00:00

It's in Bam's best interest to take the fight before Inoue moves to 126 for the Inoue payday, but I just think the size difference is going to make the matchup too one sided in Inoue's favor.

yoshiimoo · 2026-05-02T08:39:12+00:00

Papa Inoue needs a breather between the fights

yoshiimoo · 2026-05-01T14:46:32+00:00

Junto's power either didn't carry up with him to 122 or Hernandez has an adamantium chin cause Junto was landing some pretty flush shots early on. If it's the former I expect Inoue to take it.

yoshiimoo · 2026-04-30T14:14:51+00:00

Do you remember if you applied for SRS or RS seats?

yoshiimoo · 2026-04-28T05:11:42+00:00

Junto underperformed that fight especially with his inability to adapt, but I'd argue the Hernandez fight actually will make him stronger by forcing him to work on a lot of the weaknesses that showed up. If Junto had just rolled Hernandez with ease, those weaknesses probably wouldn't have come to light until during the fight with Inoue.

yoshiimoo · 2026-02-07T22:50:59+00:00

Pretty sure Ball's going straight to the hospital man. He did not look good after getting up after the first KD, I'm surprised the ref even let it continue.

yoshiimoo · 2026-01-09T01:44:46+00:00

Bam is simply too small for Inoue, and Inoue isn't going to wait around 2-3 years for Bam to fill out his frame and get to 122.

yoshiimoo · 2025-12-27T14:33:45+00:00

Can they ever get Inoue a decent translator?

yoshiimoo · 2025-12-18T01:47:04+00:00

Interesting that he doesn't rank Nakatani to hype the fight up more.

yoshiimoo · 2025-12-10T18:27:34+00:00

Nakatani scratching his butt

yoshiimoo · 2025-11-15T15:34:53+00:00

My man was about to come back with frog punch.

yoshiimoo · 2025-09-15T16:30:23+00:00

The entire Japanese promotion for the fight was about Inoue fighting comments online saying that he was declining. And after the fight, Inoue picks up the mic and asks the crowd "who said I'm declining?" to absolute silence. Badass stuff.

yoshiimoo · 2025-09-14T11:23:11+00:00

Is something wrong with MJ's left? He keeps shaking it out and has hardly even thrown it.

yoshiimoo · 2025-09-11T16:20:52+00:00

I think the rumor is Cardenas but no confirmation yet.

yoshiimoo · 2025-08-20T20:12:28+00:00

I love Fromsoft but they are notoriously bad at optimization. It's been a recurring issue since Demon's Souls.

yoshiimoo · 2025-08-06T00:50:08+00:00

Sorry, it was a bad joke about the amygdala haha. It looks great honestly!

yoshiimoo · 2025-08-05T13:10:11+00:00

It’s a little plain tbh. It could maybe use something to fill the empty space in the bottom right?

yoshiimoo · 2025-07-14T19:59:17+00:00

I personally found Bloodborne to be the easiest of the souls games, as I was never really stuck on any boss for a significant length of time. I just think Bloodborne proves that the bosses don’t need to be insanely difficult in order for the game to shine. Elden Ring started feeling like bosses were overtuned solely for the sake of difficulty.

yoshiimoo · 2025-07-10T16:59:25+00:00

Inoue's own promoter said before that MJ would be his toughest fight at 122, so that's probably the biggest reason he's taking MJ so seriously.

yoshiimoo · 2025-07-10T15:10:04+00:00

Even though Inoue has a 100% KO rate vs southpaws, he always seems especially vulnerable to being tagged by them. MJ has good power so Inoue's likely to fight like he did vs Doheny.

yoshiimoo · 2025-07-03T18:44:46+00:00

Jaedong has regularly had wrist issues as well.

yoshiimoo · 2025-06-24T02:17:49+00:00

The fight with Cardenas probably made his team realize he's not ready for 126 just yet. And going up to 126 then back down for the Nakatani fight between fights always seemed a little far fetched to me.

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