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[tomhawq]

You guys still not sick of fighters in their prime waiting around? You want Ennis to wait for Garcia who just said a while ago he'll be taking some time off?

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Not necessarily a bad thing. People have to have passion as long as it's harmless on others. You're a vegetable if you don't have passion....

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It's actually not only people directly or indirectly involved in the sport or the business side of it. You see it here right in this very forum. You see 60 yr old posters still making threads hating on some fighter/s. One even change his mode of writing making it appear he is still twelve so he can...

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Spence's was more defined because he didn't have the habit of holding on to the opponent's waist. Haney's instant response is hug and therefore there's not much to see.

[tomhawq]

Not exactly garbage, but truth is Haney's a dirty fighter. Not the worse, but he does things like trying hard to sneak in punches while holding. Well, it worked against him last night and got dropped with a vicious combo.

Probably why he prefers to hold on to the opponent's waist so he...

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I'd be curious to know who Haney would pick for his come back fight. This is what I had hoped would happen. Haney didn't go through what Loma-levels went through. He was fed with fighters that gave him half-baked development. It may not be ideal, especially business-wise, but it is better to get exposed...

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Could be worse in the rematch for Haney. He'll just have to hope Garcia's mental state is worse.

Haney can't go much farther if his main defense when the going gets tough is duck low and grab and hold the opponent's waist. It's like what an average person would do in the same situation....

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You need to list names. I'm not one of those.

That's why you don't join bandwagon automatically, whether it includes veterans, top 10s, P4P. Their guess is as good/bad as yours. You rely on what you see, not what others see. I see and hear Porter and I thought what made this guy authority...

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Ryan Garcia would get blasted by any decent established fighter if he can't get rid of that silly ass shoulder roll defense. A prime Kavaliuskas would send him to the emergency. You can't just fight in spurts against an aggressive past paced fighter.

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What you should be asking is who would you want to see Haney fight next?

[tomhawq]

I don't want to see him for now. Let him take 2 years off, sort his devils inside. He's not okay brother. Thank allah he's not holding a title.

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I'm probably the only one who didn't have any concerns about Ryan pulling out of the Haney fight.

Sometimes there is excitement in seeing heavily favored fighters struggle against last minute replacement, or even lose. The Valenzuela vs Delos Santos got me entertained. There were others...

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Considering he made weight in the Tank fight in flying colors, flying colors means he made weight despite the debilitating stipulations. Yeah, people need to blame the trainer/s not just the fighter. It's a team, not an individual sport....

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Ryan Garcia winning may or may not be good, no one knows, couldn't care less.

But Haney losing may be good. And I'll be curious to know who he would accept as come back fights. I'd like to see him against 2nd-3rd-tier fighters and work his way back again to the top, not get rewarded by...

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Top Rank is not Saudi Arabia, doe. You should repair your relations with Fast Eddie and beg fights from him.

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Charlo wants a step aside fee, I would guess.

[tomhawq]

Can't wait to see this fight. Both battle-tested.

I like active fighters also.