{"id":176143,"date":"2025-09-28T22:31:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T22:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/176143\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T22:31:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T22:31:13","slug":"tim-bradley-identifies-what-could-be-naoya-inoues-kryptonite-athletic-bigger-fighters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/176143\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Bradley Identifies What Could Be Naoya Inoue’s Kryptonite: Athletic, Bigger Fighters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whenever Naoya Inoue<\/a> is brought up, Tim Bradley pauses before showing all 32 of his teeth.<\/p>\n

That broad smile is an indication of how good he thinks the undisputed super bantamweight is. And, most recently, Inoue got a chance to prove why he\u2019s viewed as one of the best fighters in the world.<\/p>\n

One day after watching Terence Crawford upset Canelo Alvarez,<\/a> Inoue (31-0, 27 KOs) made it look easy against Murodjon Akhmadaliev, beating him by wide unanimous decision<\/a> in Japan.Although Inoue still plans on defending his throne a bit longer, including against David Picasso on December 27<\/a>, he\u2019s likely to move up soon to the featherweight limit (126).<\/a><\/p>\n

At 122 pounds, Inoue has been unbeatable and Bradley doesn\u2019t see that changing. Nevertheless, the higher he goes in weight, the more likely that likelihood changes. <\/p>\n

\u201cAs Inoue travels up divisions, he\u2019s gonna meet that athlete that\u2019s just as athletic as him,\u201d Bradley said on a self-recorded video that was posted on his YouTube channel. \u201cThat’s when the size is gonna become a factor.\u201d<\/p>\n

Akhmadaliev (14-2, 11 KOs) lacked size and power when they squared off. A former unified champ, he tried everything but had no answers Sept. 14.<\/p>\n

Bradley is a harsh critic. The 2023 Hall of Famer easily spots flaws and highlights them. With Inoue, he won\u2019t go as far as to say he\u2019s a perfect fighter, but he\u2019s incredibly close to it.<\/p>\n

\u201cInoue is a brilliant fighter,\u201d Bradley said. \u201cHe continues to get better and better. He\u2019s always adjusting his game.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Whenever Naoya Inoue is brought up, Tim Bradley pauses before showing all 32 of his teeth. That broad…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":176144,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,2989,2983,2831,2988,2981,2984,2985,2986,2987,2982,1920,2993,2992,1913,2976,2977,2990,2978,2975,2994,2772,85,2991,2974,2980,2979],"class_list":["post-176143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-community","tag-boxing-fights","tag-boxing-history","tag-boxing-interviews","tag-boxing-magazine","tag-boxing-photos","tag-boxing-rankings","tag-boxing-results","tag-boxing-schedule","tag-boxing-videos","tag-boxing-news","tag-disqualification","tag-draw","tag-fight","tag-fighter","tag-fighter-news","tag-knockout","tag-latest-boxing-matches","tag-ring","tag-ring-magazine","tag-split-decision","tag-sports","tag-technical-knockout","tag-the-ring","tag-top-fighters","tag-upcoming-boxing-matches"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}