Unexpected Super Bantamweight Champion Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue and #1 WBC contender Alan Picasso will be targeted in Las Vegas on June 14. This is the battle that the co-promoter of Inoue, Bob Arum, discussed for the US
Picasso: unbeaten, untested
Picasso (31-0-1, 17 food) is unbeaten, but no one fought near the level of Inoue (29-0, 26 COs). This match is likely to have a similar result as Naya’s recent title defense against the untested Ye Joon Kim. Boxing fans want to see inoues standing up against quality opposition with power and a shot to beat him, such as Rafael Espinoza, Murodjon Akhmadaliev, and Bruce Carrington.
However, Naoya does not seem interested in shuffle the boat and ruin the situation he is going to ruin for him. Why do Inapelous want to fight dangerous opposition if he has fighters like Picasso and Kim, which he can easily beat to keep bringing the dough?
Arum probably believes that the Mexican Picasso is about to pull fans from South California and Arizona to see this game. It is not realistic. He is not known enough to draw, and inoue has no next in the United States, because he only fought three times in maladjustments.
Time for real competition
If inoue is going to fight in the US, he has to face someone who has the chance to beat him what fans want to look at. They will not be excited to see how he is fighting against the inexperienced fighter, Picasso. They want to see if inoue is the right way by throwing him with the 6’1 ″ Stork, Rafael Espinoza, to see if he can handle the height of this man.
“#Inoupicasso targets June 14 in Las Vegas,” says Salvador Rodriguez on X About a battle between undisputed Superbantamweight Champion Naoya Inoue and Alan Picasso.
Picasso, 24, recently defeated Yehison Cuello, Diego Alberto Ruiz, Azat Hovhannisyan, Erik Ruiz and Damien Vazquez. Of that, Hovhannisyan is the most striking, but he was not young – he was 36 when Picasso fought him.
