Re: [Boxing] Stephen Fulton vs. Naoya Inoue | WBC & WBO 122 lbs bout

And following that argument, I also believe that the challenge or pressure is on the side of Fulton
he's the current champ and he also flying to Inoue's homeland, another factor that will bring the
aggressiveness on Inoue's side.

I agree. He will be competing in Japan, which is considered a tough venue to win in. Therefore, he should engage in a toe-to-toe battle with Inoue and aim for a knockout if he wants to ensure victory. Simply running and scoring points wouldn't work against Inoue, as the latter is also quick and possesses jabs that could seriously harm his opponent.

Inoue seeks action, so to prevent this fight from becoming boring, Fulton needs to employ a different style—one that would intimidate Inoue and prevent him from being the aggressive attacker.

The homeland of a fighter will have the momentum and help the countrymen win against their opponent in short You are right that mate Homeland is an advantage for inoue as we all know that people around that country will give their full support to their fighter which is inoue. And for the champ Fulton for sure he will feel a nervous because only few people will support him in the venue.

That's home court advantage but it's not a sure bet that it might help the boxer itself, unless he has the talent to win in his one home land like Inoue here. But if we talk about Casimero, he has travelled a lot even at the champions own country and he beat them, causing a riot inside and outside of the ring.

I'm not saying that the Japanese will do that, their culture is very different and they show so much respect to their opponents. But we can't discount the fact that maybe Fulton has prepared 110% in this fight and wanted to get a upset win in Inoue's home court.

Boxers should be preparing themselves for these kind of situations as it is not everytime they can have a fight inside their own country especially in the case of Casimero because having a fight inside the Philippines will not really attract that much audience compared if he will take his fight in the opponent's country or a much bigger country to increase the profits that they will gain.

For Inoue's situation, most of his fights happen in Japan because it is already proven that they can generate a much bigger profit if the fight will be happen there. That's why Fulton have to travel towards the challenger's land because of this reason.