Carl Frampton praises Naoya Inoue after stunning KO win but says future fight with Gervonta 'Tank' Davis would be 'mismatch'

26/12/2023 15:10

Carl Frampton does not believe Naoya Inoue would be wise to move up in weight anymore.

Inoue began his career fighting at light-flyweight and has gone on to become a four-weight world champion as well as a pound-for-pound ranked fighter.

On Tuesday, the man from Japan added to his legacy by knocking out Marlon Tapales in the tenth round of their clash to become the undisputed super-bantamweight world champion.

This comes just a year after Inoue won the undisputed bantamweight titles when he KO’d Paul Butler.

Former two-weight world champion Carl Frampton, however, thinks Inoue has gone as far as he can go in terms of weight classes.

Frampton made reference to a fantasy match up against one of the biggest pay-per-view stars in the sport Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis, describing it as a ‘mismatch’.

He said on X: “No doubt Inoue is a generational great.

“But, the talked about fight with Tank would be an absolute mismatch.

“I’m not even sure he beats the top featherweights.”

Before Frampton finished by saying: “Inoue vs Lopez tho?”

Suggesting that he does want to see Inoue go up to featherweight and take on the current IBF world champion Luis Alberto Lopez, who won the title after beating Josh Warrington.

With that being said, it does not seem as if Inoue will be switching divisions anytime soon, as he said after his most recent win that the super bantamweight division is ‘my division’ and he will be staying there for the time being.