Even Joe Rogan Couldn’t Believe What Naoya Inoue Did in This Fight!

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Joe Rogan was completely stunned after witnessing Naoya Inoue’s mind-blowing performance against Alan Picasso! 🥊 This fight is a masterclass in speed, power, and precision, showing why Inoue is feared by everyone in the boxing world. From his lightning-fast footwork to devastating punches, Inoue dominated every round, leaving even the greatest legends speechless. Mike Tyson, Oleksandr Usyk, and countless experts recognized his incredible skill and ring intelligence instantly.  In this video, you’ll see:  LIVE reaction from Joe Rogan calling Inoue a true legend  How Inoue controlled the fight from start to finish  Tactical breakdown showing why Picasso never stood a chance

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00:00and still as fast as lightning yeah look the power that he possesses but it's not

00:05a thumping power it's that explosive speed and that that explosive power the

00:10full work he gets in position and all of a sudden he's landed three four five

00:13shots and then he's angled off a lot like I did in my fight against Lopez

00:16yeah it's a competition here like it's a very strong guy

00:22a big crowd doesn't he's an absolute superstar in world boxing and this was

00:27another exquisite performance Joe Rogan called him a legend Mike Tyson called

00:33him a monster even Yusuke smiled when his name was mentioned but what Naoya Inoue

00:39did to Alan Picasso shocked the entire boxing world and the numbers tell a

00:44story you won't believe Joe Rogan reacted live to Naoya Inoue versus Alan Picasso

00:49and instantly called Inoue a true legend of boxing

00:53Rogan was amazed by how fast Inoue's footwork is and how smoothly he moves in

00:58and out of range he pointed out that Inoue's power is

01:02unreal for this weight class and said it is something you rarely ever see

01:06according to Rogan Inoue perfectly mixes speed

01:10accuracy and strength making him one of the most complete fighters in the sport

01:14today and I was also excited he's a legend of the sport he is a legend and

01:19he's a he's such an unusual guy you know what's crazy about him is his calves

01:23yeah when you look at that when Alexander Yusuke was asked about Naoya Inoue's

01:27performance against Alan Picasso his reaction showed real respect Yusuke paused

01:33for a moment smiled and then praised Inoue's speed and calm presence inside the ring

01:38he clearly said I like Na and explained how quickly Inoue moves and reacts to everything

01:45Yusuke also mentioned that even though Inoue fights in lighter divisions his power is very real

01:51he said Inoue's balance speed and strength make him dangerous at all times

01:57showing how elite fighters instantly recognize greatness

02:00here the unified heavyweight champion of the world Alexander Yusuke

02:04Alexander you're watching another pound-for-pound fight in Inoue

02:07have you been impressed with his performance so far?

02:09yeah I like I like this show

02:12Nagatani fight great with Mexican guy Inoue

02:15I hate him

02:17what do you think Inoue needs to do to get the stoppage?

02:22I don't think about this I just watch fight maybe Inoue

02:25next fight going up maybe I don't know

02:29I think it's normal because you know Inoue have very fast yeah it's a complete session

02:36the boxing world exploded with reactions after Naoya Inoue's dominant performance against Alan Picasso

02:43social media was full of highlights breakdowns and praise for Inoue's aggressive yet controlled fighting

02:51style boxing analyst Henry broke the fight down tactically and noted that Picasso came in with

02:57high guard to protect his chin however his elbows were pushed too far forward leaving his body open

03:04in no way immediately took advantage of this weakness his fast lead hand and sharp timing allowed him to

03:11land powerful body shots while staying unpredictable the difference in power was obvious as in always

03:18his punches had real impact while Picasso's shots did not Henry explained that in always mix of

03:24offense and defense kept him in full control from start to finish

03:27when men get into the ring the first thing that I noticed straight away was Picasso was carrying an

03:32incredibly high guard defensively keeping his gloves very very high trying to protect his chin and one

03:38thing I'll say in general about Picasso in this fight is that his defensive awareness was very very

03:43impressive he very rarely dropped his hands after he threw a shot his discipline was incredibly good but the

03:49problem with that is that sometimes it leaves a lack of room for creativity with fighters yes it's important to be defensively

03:55be disciplined but if you continue to give the same look over and over again you're never ever going to beat a guy like

04:00Inoue the first thing I said at the beginning of my live about this guy was I looked at him and I went his elbows are

04:06incredibly flared you know he had the high guard but his elbows was very very far forwards which instantly made me think he's

04:11giving the body to Inoue he's offering it to him now that can sometimes be done because it's to create

04:15counter-punching opportunities but in this instance I think it was just that he was so

04:19concerned about protecting his head about not getting knocked out with a shot to the head

04:22that the body was there all night for Inoue and Inoue took it he took the invitation and he constantly

04:26stabbed to the body of Picasso and in fact I'd say that this fight kind of was a story of the body

04:31shots in many ways Picasso like Inoue had most of his success to the body the left hook in particular

04:37was a money shot for Picasso but the difference between these two men was so obvious to see when

04:42they were standing in the pocket and they were exchanging left hooks in particular to the body

04:46the impact of Inoue shots was totally different from Picasso's it was like Picasso had cushions

04:52pillows inside his gloves and Inoue had a bloody egg weight it was damaging it was vicious and Picasso

04:59simply couldn't hang in the pocket for long periods of time with Inoue I mentioned the lead hand of Inoue

05:03there to the body but the lead hand of Inoue in general in this fight was incredible to see I mean

05:08the sharpness the speed on it the different levels that he throws it from it's unbelievably unpredictable

05:13and difficult to read as a shot and it allows him to control fights one thing that I've noticed about

05:18Inoue having watched him for a little while now and something I think he definitely does on purpose is

05:22he lowers himself to the level of what's in front of him at times because he wants you to open up so

05:26he can counter you and land large shots on you ones that you don't see coming so that he can knock you

05:31out he's good enough to be able to do that and keep himself safe at the same time what was testament to

05:35this was Inoue's movement is exquisite it's exceptional there were moments when he was using that jab that I just

05:40mentioned dancing around the ring using that lateral movement popping the head of Picasso regularly

05:46easily landing on him with that jab I mean Picasso was forced to keep a high guard at all times because

05:51the power of Inoue is so good that even when he's in motion he will hurt you but the testament to this

05:56idea that Inoue will lower himself to what's in front of him is that there was moments where

06:00Mike Tyson also shared his thoughts on Naoya Inoue and showed massive respect Tyson called Inoue a monster

06:07and said he is faster stronger and more precise than many champions he has watched over the years

06:13he even claimed that Inoue is better than Manny Pacquiao was in his prime

06:18Tyson highlighted Inoue's power footwork and ring intelligence as unmatched in his division

06:24praise like this from a legend proves how special Inoue truly is

06:29this young fighter called the monk sir did we have monster no Japanese fighter called monk crazy crazy dude that means I love it

06:40oh yeah let's see the spare mouth

06:42don't look like my he's better than Manny Pacquiao and then Pacquiao was doing like that just as good

06:48he looks like a pop star oh wait till he get on these the most efficient hunting machine in all that boxing

06:55he's vicious that's a bad guy he'd be too broke him down 118 yeah who the hell fights in that

07:03yeah but who some bad yeah Paulie Malignaggi gave his opinion on what could be next for Naoya Inoue

07:12after the Alan Picasso fight he said Inoue's dominance was clear and future opponents like

07:19Nakatani would need to respect his power even more Malignaggi pointed out that Inoue went the full

07:2512 rounds with Picasso showing incredible stamina and consistency he also noticed that Inoue may have

07:32been holding back his right hand slightly possibly due to a small issue though nothing was confirmed

07:38even so Inoue stayed in control and won the fight clearly Malignaggi explained that Inoue's speed

07:46power and ring IQ make him a very difficult challenge for anyone that I was picking Nakatani or Inoue yet I

07:53really hadn't really made up my mind who would win between them I thought it was a good fight and

07:56I don't think it's an easy fight to pick but I do think that um that I I do think that it's a

08:03completely different style you're gonna see Inoue fight with Nakatani than than you did uh Hernandez

08:07today you know I thought um I thought um uh Nakatani did a a solid solid job of again getting off those

08:17those good punches hard punches it was he couldn't get the respect and and that and that's something

08:22that will lead you to think something's going into the Inoue fight but remember Inoue does get hurt

08:27Inoue has been down at this weight class so you know you land those hard shots clean hard shots like

08:32that on Inoue I think he's gonna he's gonna have to respect that power of Nakatani more so than

08:37Hernandez did today now Inoue took on David Picasso and uh and uh another surprising result in that

08:44this one also went the distance can you imagine Nakatani and Inoue both going the distance was

08:49would have been crazy crazy odds if you're a gambler but uh Inoue won the fight going away um

08:55it's I don't know you didn't get asked the question in the post fight interview but to me it seemed like

09:00Inoue right hand may have been bothering him again just assuming here because we didn't get any

09:04confirmation we didn't it's not like the post fight interview where the broadcast ever actually

09:08brought out something that was obvious which was that Inoue was uh was actually not throwing his

09:12right hand many many times when he could have uh was going left hand heavy um even when he had

09:18Picasso up against the ropes a lot of times he did he didn't throw didn't throw the right hand or

09:22barely throw right hand so I'm not quite sure that you know just my assumption but I'm not quite sure

09:28that anyway he had not at least hurt or tweaked his hand his right hand in this fight and that might

09:33be why David Picasso was able to go the distance but also Picasso did some crafty clever things uh made

09:39himself a moving target even when he was standing still a lot of up and down rotational movement um

09:44hip and up and down change of level movement uh when he was stuck up against the ropes and he was

09:50when he was in front of Inoue so Inoue couldn't get hit get to him too clean when he got stuck

09:53against ropes also made himself a small target by staying low uh he would change the look by change

09:58level by going up and then back down um just things that you know weren't giving Inoue any threat to lose

10:05the fight but they were making and giving Inoue problems as far as tracking him down and and getting

10:09to him uh cleanly uh Inoue was going to the body very very well I thought Picasso took some really

10:14tremendous body shots and and you gotta credit him the ring magazine posted on x that Naoya Inoue had

10:20doubled Alan Picasso in punches landed after six rounds according to CompuBox this stat showed just how

10:27dominant Inoue was during the fight the numbers proved that Inoue controlled the action with pressure

10:33accuracy and high volume while Picasso struggled to keep up analyst Liam Goff also praised Inoue calling

10:41him one of the most dangerous fighters in the world today he noted that Inoue has now gone back to back

10:4712 round fights for the first time in his career proving his stamina at the highest level Goff also

10:53praised the event in Saudi Arabia mentioning the unique atmosphere and traditional music saying it felt

10:59fresh and different from typical boxing shows back to back 12 rounds as in 12 round decisions apparently

11:06that's never and judging by how formidable he is offensively and how good he is you know it's easy

11:11to see why if that is in fact the case um this fight right here Alan Picasso came in confident and you

11:21could see it in his approach to the ring Inoue stoic and I did like it was different you know the way

11:28like when you know when you're going to the the minute rest and they normally just play whatever

11:34whatever whatever they were playing like kind of samurai music like Japanese and I quite liked it it was

11:39quite nice actually and you listen to that you're thinking actually I'd rather listen to this than listen

11:42to you know some of the crap that they play you know on most shows in the UK and US during the one

11:49minute rests I quite enjoyed it the whole show as a whole I enjoyed it I liked setting it was it was

11:55actually very I really I really enjoyed it actually I have to say I really did it's a really good show

12:00more then please I really like the Asian kind of team in Saudi Arabia but this fight itself right so

12:04first round starts Inoue Inoue tends to he he can be a quick starter at times and we've seen that we

12:13certainly have in first rounds and stuff like that you know but not a crazy amount of first round

12:19stoppages if I think off the top of my head he stopped I can't remember the guy's name um in a

12:24round I remember that that was in the World Boxing Super Series a couple of years ago many years ago

12:28now but he's not really one for going out there and just blasting you out and around he might hurt

12:32he might drop you in the first round but he normally carries you at least into well normally into like

12:37the second or third round at least and he was not really doing much in the first round Inoue in a way

12:41but straight off the bat you could see that Picasso he did the high guard and kept the high guard

12:47he tried to punch with Inoue which is something that you can actually do it's very risky because

12:54Inoue will also punch with you and Inoue's hand speed foot speed. Naoya Inoue is now the undisputed

13:00super bantamweight champion holding all four major titles WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO. In 2025 he had an

13:11incredible year fighting four times and winning every fight while staying undisputed. He knocked

13:17out Ye Joon Kim, stopped Ramon Cardenas by TKO, defeated Mirajan Akhmadaleev by unanimous decision

13:24and then dominated Alan Picasso. These wins clearly show Inoue's speed, power and technical skill.

13:33He ends the year as one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in boxing and continues to prove why he is at

13:38the top of the sport. Inoue dominates Alan Picasso, wins every single round and he defends his undisputed

13:44super bantamweight title four times in 2025 and this is just a very sharp clinic from Inoue. You know

13:50using that jab really well to maintain distance, set up his combinations. He's landing that thudding

13:55left hook to the body, doing some really good body work. He's landing right hooks up top, three four punch

14:00combinations and Picasso he didn't really have much of an answer. You know occasionally he'd land a jab

14:05with a straight right hand but for the most part Inoue is just running through him. And Inoue has a

14:09great argument to end the year as the new pound-for-pound number one. You know now that Crawford

14:13retired it's either him or Usyk but Usyk is no longer undisputed. He only had one fight this year

14:18whereas Inoue he had four undisputed fights and he's steamrolling the competition. And with this win

14:23and Nakatani also winning it seems like we're gonna get Naoya Inoue versus Junto Nakatani next. May third in the

14:29Tokyo Dome. You know this fight has already agreed and Inoue said the Japanese fans can expect a big

14:33spectacle. And Nakatani he didn't have the best performance today. You know got pushed to a big

14:37test. Whereas Inoue he looked very dominant. So I think it's safe to say that Inoue will probably win

14:42the fight at this point. But still this will be the big

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