‘There’s no way he said that’ – Naoya Inoue speaks out to deny disrespecting Gervonta Davis after confusing interview
Naoya Inoue has clarified that he did not disrespect Gervonta Davis after Tank was stumped by a confusing interview. After Thursday’s second press conference for his upcoming fight against Lamont Roach, the American answered questions from a group of reporters who attended the media event. Davis is set to face Roach on March 1Esther Lin/ PBC While most of these were standard questions, one was very confusing to say the least. Davis and Inoue have previously praised one another in the past. Tank even named the Japanese star as one of his favourite fighters to watch. Despite this, some fans have speculated that Inoue could one day jump up three weight classes to face Davis. While this is completely unrealistic in truth due to the weight disparity, it remains a talking point in boxing. And on Thursday, one reporter said to Davis: “Inoue said that there’s nothing that you have that can give him real problems and all you have is power.” Davis instantly looked shocked and asked: “He said that?” The reporter insisted: “Inoue said that yeah.” At this point other reporters chimed in and disagreed, with none of them having seen this supposed quote. Davis replied: “I don’t wanna go crazy. You’re trying to catch me.” Inoue is a four-weight world champion and a two-weight undisputed championNaoki Fukuda The reporter answered: “I ain’t trying to catch you. He said it.” Davis then said: “Show me. Because there’s no way he said that. “For him to be a boxer like that, there’s no way he could say that.” A few hours later, Inoue clarified the situation himself. He tweeted: “I never said anything like that.” This will not come as a surprise to most boxing fans who have watch Inoue’s interviews previously as he seldom ever has anything negative to say about rival boxers. Both Inoue and Davis have refrained from talking up a potential fight against one another as it is simply unrealistic. The only time Tank addressed it, he left a comment on an Instagram post which read: “I’m not fighting him. He’s NO WHERE near my weight. [I don’t know] why this page keep posting s*** like this.”
Naoya Inoue has clarified that he did not disrespect Gervonta Davis after Tank was stumped by a confusing interview.
After Thursday’s second press conference for his upcoming fight against Lamont Roach, the American answered questions from a group of reporters who attended the media event.
While most of these were standard questions, one was very confusing to say the least.
Davis and Inoue have previously praised one another in the past.
Tank even named the Japanese star as one of his favourite fighters to watch.
Despite this, some fans have speculated that Inoue could one day jump up three weight classes to face Davis.
While this is completely unrealistic in truth due to the weight disparity, it remains a talking point in boxing.
And on Thursday, one reporter said to Davis: “Inoue said that there’s nothing that you have that can give him real problems and all you have is power.”
Davis instantly looked shocked and asked: “He said that?”
The reporter insisted: “Inoue said that yeah.”
At this point other reporters chimed in and disagreed, with none of them having seen this supposed quote.
Davis replied: “I don’t wanna go crazy. You’re trying to catch me.”
The reporter answered: “I ain’t trying to catch you. He said it.”
Davis then said: “Show me. Because there’s no way he said that.
“For him to be a boxer like that, there’s no way he could say that.”
A few hours later, Inoue clarified the situation himself.
He tweeted: “I never said anything like that.”
This will not come as a surprise to most boxing fans who have watch Inoue’s interviews previously as he seldom ever has anything negative to say about rival boxers.
Both Inoue and Davis have refrained from talking up a potential fight against one another as it is simply unrealistic.
The only time Tank addressed it, he left a comment on an Instagram post which read: “I’m not fighting him. He’s NO WHERE near my weight. [I don’t know] why this page keep posting s*** like this.”
