Nice call. I'm not sure that even in saying he was crap I overestimated Prescott or I underestimated Vasquez. Probably both. I said earlier in the thread that Prescott would be eventually exposed without a doubt, but I just didn't think Vasquez would be the guy to do it. He was just a little sneakier than I thought he'd be. Prescott looked like Prescott has in every single fight. He just wings and falls in.
Against Khan he just got lucky. His wild left hook happened to land. Maybe it has power, maybe it doesn't. You can't tell. Seems any fighter can build a big KO record in Colombia and we've only really seen it land big against Khan who may or may not have the most fragile chin ever.
Prescott has an amazing left hand, as shown in the vazquez fight when he floored him with a left jab, only problem is is that prescott is clueless with a bad team and just swings with his long reach, so any slick fighter on the inside will destroy prescott.
If khan had got past round 1 he would have stormed prescott, but then had been exposed worse by a better fighter with rubio in his corner, so it was probably for the best anyway..
Nice call. I'm not sure that even in saying he was crap I overestimated Prescott or I underestimated Vasquez. Probably both. I said earlier in the thread that Prescott would be eventually exposed without a doubt, but I just didn't think Vasquez would be the guy to do it. He was just a little sneakier than I thought he'd be. Prescott looked like Prescott has in every single fight. He just wings and falls in.
Against Khan he just got lucky. His wild left hook happened to land. Maybe it has power, maybe it doesn't. You can't tell. Seems any fighter can build a big KO record in Colombia and we've only really seen it land big against Khan who may or may not have the most fragile chin ever.
Who might actually face some minor drama tonight is Lara. I can't see him losing, but Darnell Boone has a deceptively bad record. He isn't a bad fighter.
Boone highlights:
• Only lost to Craig McEwan, a semi hyped Scottish prospect who beat Brian Vera by split decision last time out.
• Close decision loss to Brian Vera
• Only lost a majority decision to Zuniga
• Won a couple rounds against Jean Pascal
• Had a draw against Lajuan Simon who went on to give Abraham a few problems
• Dropped a close decision to Enrique Ornelas
• Hurt and dropped Andre Ward
He also fought and lost to Jean Pascal, Anthony Thompson, and Curtis Stevens. Every time he has fought at 168 he has lost easily, but below 160 and Boone has been competive with decent to good fighters. Lara is a higher class than him and will win, but I wouldn't be surprised to see him lose a round or two for the first time as a pro.
Hate to nitpick but McEwan got a UD over Vera, not a SD. The scores were 97-93, 97-93 and 97-93.
he aint even got raw power, he aint even that much of a banger.. just reachy and precise..
i reckon he'd probably loose tonight aswell... prescott aint that good, just the worsr nightmare for khan..