I love how people discredit and overlook Barker. People are talking about how Geale is tough and what not but it was Barker that got up from a liver shot (the same shot that Macklin couldn't get up from) and took the belt from the champ.
Barker puts a beating on Quillin.
Murray is a proper brawler and won't allow Quillins "Help" intimidate him at all. He will go the distance and give him a similar scare like Rosado did.
Quillin stops Barker imo, but loses to Murray.
I actually think Daniel Geale might beat Quillin.
Im with that!!! Murray is no joke and Geale is tuff as nails.
After seeing him in the ring with Rosado. I thought he was backing up to much and was trying to counter Rosado in the later rounds.
Which was the smart way to fight him but he did't look good doing it. He was getting hit way to much.
I think he made the fight a lot harder on himself by being to defensive .I want to see a rematch between Rosado and Quillin.
The Judges should have had that fight a lot closer then what they scored it. I say he beats Barker but loses to Murray both solid match ups if you ask me.
Would like to see either of those two match ups happen next for Quillin or A Rosado rematch will do.
1) Murray is very durable and tough. It will be very hard night for Quillin.
2) Barker. I dont know man. Barker is not durable like Rosado or Murray.
Think Barker would be more durable than Rosado for the simple fact that he has better defense. He'd probably end up being much more defensive against Quillin than what he was against Geale.
Rosado gave Golovkin his toughest fight since Kassim Ouma (2011), busted his face up, didn't get dropped and probably won at least the 5th round against him.
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I think "least easy" is a better way to discribe that fight than "toughest"
I would favor Quillin over them.
However Murray would be difficult. Murray is one of those fighters that's impossible to look good against. He's gritty, he fights with a tight high guard. Applies pressure.
I think Geale would be a tougher fight than Barker.
Rosado gave Golovkin his toughest fight since Kassim Ouma (2011), busted his face up, didn't get dropped and probably won at least the 5th round against him.
I had Quillin up 5-4 (86-84 w/KD) before the stoppage and I thought I was being kind to Rosado.
I expected Quillin to do better, but he still dropped his opponent, and was winning the fight before the fight was stopped. I would have liked the fight to have been allowed to go the distance but I agree that the cut looked really bad, he eyelid looked like it was about to come off. The judges scorecards were woeful but they had the right guy winning.
Quillin has shown that he can be out-boxed, out-punched and out-worked in his last few fights. He's shown suspect stamina and tonight, he showed a questionable chin as well. His power and counter-punching are definitely something to worry about though. I can see both Barker and Murray presenting issues because they won't be giving up any size, and they've been put in tough situations before. I can see both guys out-working Quillin, and I think Barker could out-box him for the majority of the fight.
Murray beats him and i would slightly favor Barker and Geale to win. If they can take his punch they probably would and that seems more likely after watching how Rosado handled his power tonight.