Eddie Hearn, the promoter of Akhmadaliev, has long pushed for his man to be rewarded with a fight against Inoue, but he is not confident the bout will happen. “Naoya Inoue is straight ducking Akhmadaliev. He’s been ordered to fight him twice. He’s had two gimme fights instead of fighting Akhmadaliev,” said Hearn when speaking to talkSPORT .