Trout hasn't beaten anyone relevant since Cotto and that was back in 2012... Plus he's been out of the ring for 14 months and is coming off a loss.
Hurd is the weakest of the champions at 154, so this is his best chance, but he's much fresher than Trout and should be able to pummel him.
It's really just a style thing in this one for me. I also thought Jo jo Dan, also a southpaw, showed some openings in Hurd's defense....Hurd has that very distinctive lean in his style- I really like it tbh....it's just that I think he puts his headd in the area where a smarter southpaw will be shooting his shots.
Dan was stepping all the way in to land those punches though, and Hurd excels on the inside so he paid the price....Trout is pretty good at maintaining a certain distance and staying out of that action...hard to generate a lot of power though when he doesn't want to commit all the way. So I don't think he will win, but I can definitely see Trout taking some rounds and being in the fight at various times
Hurd didn't look spectacular against Superbad but come on man, he came up the hard way. He's beaten like 4 undefeated fighters, I've got no doubt he beats Trout.
i see what you did there
but im not that high on hurd.. i can see him losing this one, trout showed toughness vs charlo
Hurd didn't look spectacular against Superbad but come on man, he came up the hard way. He's beat ten like 4 undefeated fighters, I've got no doubt he beats Trout.
I didn't realize just how slick "Superbad" was until I watched him outbox Hurd for the majority of the fight. Hurd never stopped pressuring him and seems to have a lot of self belief. I would favor the version of Trout that beat Cotto but now I think Hurd is starting to really find himself and will be too much. Hurd by MD or a late stoppage. Peace.
No, Hurd should whoop Trout clearer than Charlo did.
Too big, too strong
I'll go with you on this one. See how you do prediction wise. Like Charlo did, Hurd reminds me of a middle shrinking down to super welter.
Winner of this hopefully fights the winner of Lubin-Jermell.
Hurd didn't look spectacular against Superbad but come on man, he came up the hard way. He's beaten like 4 undefeated fighters, I've got no doubt he beats Trout.