He Thought Inoue Wasn't Good.. Then He Paid The Price Everyone said the same thing whenever Naoya Inoue announced another move up in weight. They insisted that there had to be a limit. Speed would eventually fade, power would disappear, and naturally bigger fighters would finally expose the man known as The Monster. On paper, the criticism sounded reasonable. Boxing history is filled with champions who looked unstoppable until they ventured into divisions where size became too much to overcome. But Naoya Inoue has never built his career by following conventional wisdom. Every step upward has only made his legend grow stronger, and every supposedly impossible challenge has ended with another statement performance that left the boxing world searching for new excuses.