>>150320466
He keeps getting countered as he's coming in aggressive and his opponents are banking on that. Nery is a proven counter puncher, and people were sleeping on Cardenas but he had the same game plan. Ball isn't as much of a counter puncher but I'm sure he'll be waiting for Inoue to do the same thing. Ball wants a guy who is aggressive and will come in and trade with him. Inoue can't afford to be reckless with Ball. I said it in the previous threads and people scoffed, but nobody gave Ramon Cardenas a chance and I think Ball is better than him, and hits harder. And what you say about the dirty fighting is true too. Ball toned it down last fight, but he was still doing a lot of pushing, shoving, and just being dirty but not so dirty as to draw attention. It may not seem like a lot, but those kinds of moves will get the fight going in your favor and could upset Inoue, especially with Inoue being the smaller guy. Don't write Ball off. Everyone knows defensively he's not very good, nor is his footwork, and his size and reach is extremely limiting. But if Inoue keeps trying to crash the pocket with that big ego of his and gets too cocky, that may give Ball the exact opportunity he needs to knock him down so hard that Inoue doesn't get up. Remember, Inoue is moving up multiple weight classes to fight ball who has a LOT of muscle for his size, and Inoue has been down twice recently. Ball hasn't been in there with a puncher so it's hard to say how tough he is, but I think he's decently tough, yet to be knocked down despite eating clean shots. If Inoue fights a smart fight I do think he will knock out ball, but if he fights recklessly like he's known to do...I give Ball a chance for the upset.