Been watching some of Mathebula's fights. He's pretty good.

[ThePhantom5]

I thought he beat Celestino Caballero 116-112. He's a very tough guy who's fought some very solid guys at 122.

While I still see Donaire winning. I respect him for taking this fight. Jeff is a very solid title holder at 122.

[nutz_n_ya_face]

Thumbs up! hopefully Nishioka vs Donaire is next.

[hougigo]

You saw the Caballero fight? The only one I could find was his last fight for the IBF belt

[ThePhantom5]

Originally Posted by hougigo

You saw the Caballero fight? The only one I could find was his last fight for the IBF belt

I actually watched that one live when it happened via stream. Completely forgot about it until I saw Jeff's last fight on online today. Jeff even knocked Cab down in the 8th or 9th but the Ref ruled it a slip. Math struggled early but dominated the second half. Cab barely finished.

[americanbot]

this guy?

he looks horrible

(fight begins at 6:09)

JEFF IS IN THE GREEN

[ThePhantom5]

Originally Posted by americanbot

this guy?

he looks horrible

Not sure what your watching then. He's tall, long with a high work rate and solid chin.

He's also fighting another solid guy. So he's not having a easy time. He would give just about anyone at 122 a hard time.

[americanbot]

Originally Posted by ThePhantom5

Not sure what your watching then. He's tall, long with a high work rate and solid chin.

He's also fighting another solid guy. So he's not having a easy time. He would give just about anyone at 122 a hard time.

he has bad balance, leaves himself wide open & walks straight into shots. he's also been ko'd before & his chin is decent at best.........

his style is perfect for donaire.........(a guy that walks into shots with his hands down)

this is not a solid fight at all.

[PBP]

Originally Posted by americanbot

he has bad balance, leaves himself wide open & walks straight into shots. he's also been ko'd before & his chin is decent at best.........

his style is perfect for donaire.........(a guy that walks into shots with his hands down)

this is not a solid fight at all.

I agree. The only way he gives Donaire problems is if he uses his height and reach and fights tall but he doesn't seem to do that in the few times I've seen him.

[americanbot]

Originally Posted by PBP

I agree. The only way he gives Donaire problems is if he uses his height and reach and fights tall but he doesn't seem to do that in the few times I've seen him.

even people in the comments realize that this is a mismatch to the extreme.

i don't see how anyone can call this a solid fight but to each his own.........

"Mathebula's gonna get destroyed by Donaire ! OMG, this guy is so wide open for left hooks and counters. This Donaire vs Mathebula fight is a ****ing joke ! LOL Donaire will look spectacular against Mathebula, it's a mismatch of speed and power."

[Mastrangelo]

Originally Posted by americanbot

he has bad balance, leaves himself wide open & walks straight into shots. he's also been ko'd before & his chin is decent at best.........

his style is perfect for donaire.........(a guy that walks into shots with his hands down)

this is not a solid fight at all.

People tend to think that way about awkward fighters, the thing is, if you have that kind of height adventage that Mathebula has against anyone he fights, you can do that other fighters can't. Vitaly Klitschko for example. Also it's worth note that Ndlovu was very tall for a weightclass himself, so this adventage was kinda neutralised by that.
His balance is not the best, that's a fact, but I don't believe he'll be easy to catch with big punches for Donaire and he's definitely not "walking into punches" where did you take that from?