PBC Fight: Dominic Breazeale vs Amir Mansour Discussion Thread

This fight will be broadcast on the undercard of Garcia-Guerrero and, on paper, looks like a decent fight. Breazeale is an up-and-coming HW with huge puncher power but is not the most mobile fighter and lacks solid defense. Mansour is a guy who's still fighting to get his big break and get that 'signature win' fight under his belt. At times Mansour looks sensational, but other times very medicre and average. At 43 years old, the window for getting into title contention is quickly closing. For Mansour, this is a must win fight for him. From PBC website: Both Dominic Breazeale and Amir Mansour are coming off fights that didn’t end with their opponent either lying flat on his back or in the arms of the referee. That’s noteworthy for this reason: In his first 15 fights, Breazeale registered 14 knockouts, while Mansour stopped 16 of his first 22 opponents. Both heavyweights will try to rediscover their knockout punch when they square off January 23 at Staples Center in Los Angeles (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT). Their scheduled 10-rounder is part of a Premier Boxing Champions on Fox event that also includes a pair of 147-pound showdowns, with Sammy Vasquez facing Aron Martinez and Danny Garcia taking on Robert Guerrero. Breazeale (16-0, 15 KOs) posted three victories in 2015, the first two being technical knockouts of Victor Bisbal (fourth round) in March and Yasmany Consuegra (third round) in June. In November, however, the 30-year-old Southern California native had a much tougher time with veteran big man Fred Kassi, but still pulled out a 10-round unanimous decision in the longest bout of his career. By comparison, Mansour (22-1-1, 16 KOs) needed just seven rounds to take care of Kassi, knocking him out back in November 2014. The 43-year-old southpaw followed that victory with a 10-round unanimous decision over Joey Dawejko in May before fighting Gerald Washington to a split draw on October 13. Mansour will enter the ring against Breazeale at a decided disadvantage when it comes to age (43 vs 30), height (6-foot-1 vs 6-foot-7) and reach (74 inches vs 81 inches), but he figures to have the edge if the fight goes deep. While Mansour has gone at least 10 rounds five times since August 2011 (including in three of his last four bouts), Breazeale has fought more than four rounds just twice: the 10-rounder against Kassi and an eight-round unanimous decision over Nagy Aguilera in April 2014. Then again, with the power these big boys possess, it would seem a safe bet that this one won’t make it to the final bell.