What do you guys think of Adrian Granados?

He is typical gatekeeper, too bad to be world champ and he loses every time he steps up. But he was in some good fights. This is a pretty good description of Granados I guess he can be a gatekeeper He’s not top tier material

He is typical gatekeeper, too bad to be world champ and he loses every time he steps up. But he was in some good fights.

Didn’t think this was gonna turn into a thread of which Chicago boxers have you known/met.

I went to high school with David Diaz. I don't know if that count for anything. Lol

I saw Fres Oquendo fight in Horseshoe. I don't really like the set up to be honest. It's not a full 360 arena. More like a theater stage or something. UIC is waaay better. They put a show on in Rosemont last September. Real cool show. Super low key type of show. There’s this indoor arena called The Dome At The Ballpark. It’s exactly what it sounds like. A ballpark inside a dome, but a super minor league dome ballpark lol. It’s cool they got beer, a lot of room to roam around. It’s. A big open space really. I think Don George fought there before. A lot of small local guys. You’ll probably never find ESPN or PBC doing a show there lol.

I was there too. How silent was that arena after the Smith fight? I could hear my own fart easily. I must have ran into you before there but you were proly walking around with slumped shoulders back then, but now you are strutting like an alpha peac0ck :lol1: ! Lol man that fight was crazy! UIC hasn’t done a lot of boxing lately! I mean, they can’t at the moment, but you know. I think the last show they did was in 2018. They used to do 2 or 3 a year. I think they do a lot of shows at the horseshoe in Indiana I think. I’ve never been there.

Me and my buddy were so wasted at that fight. Jesus Christ. The beer girls in the expensive seats were on point that night. Polish people rode hard for Fonfara I never saw so much red and white before in my life. I saw him get KOed by Smith too. That was such a disappointment because Fonfara actually landed a few good combos on Smith I thought he had Smith hurt, but Fonfara got comfortable on his defense and he stayed in range just a bit too long and got caught big time.

if your from chicago you should have followed fonfara and jimmy herrera along with granados they all came up at the same time fighting at the UIC pavillion I met Fonfara too and saw his fight against Glen Johnson. He was the first to KO Chavez Jr. I met him very briefly. He fell off hard though. I actually worked out with Granados my current coach was his strength and conditioning coach. He knew Granados when we was a young amateur.

He's a good fighter, and great for tv. Wish 8the best.

Better than his record. Robbed vs Broner. Had a few other calls not go his way, too. Good fighter, crowd pleasing style, a step up for up and coming boxers. Not sure he'll be more than that at this point in his career though, tbh

Granados is a quality fighter and he's definitely better than his record suggests, all his losses are against top contenders/elite fighters and he's tested all of them bar Danny. The sport needs fighters like Granados, all heart and grit

I’m from the Chicago area, and the local boxer who I’ve followed, is Adrián Granados. Man, what a fighter, but it’s a damn shame. I think he’s better than his record reflects. He’s all heart. I don’t think he has the skills of an elite boxer or the athleticism, but he’s made up for it with his heart. He fights all out and he never backs down from anyone. After his breakout win vs then undefeated Amir Imam, he gets to fight 5 former champions, Broner, Porter, Fortuna, Garcia, and Easter. While he got stopped vs Garcia, he gave Broner all he can handle and easily could’ve won that match. He clearly lost vs Porter, but wasn’t outclassed and remained competitive. He was just coming on vs Fortuna before Fortuna fell out of the ring, and he fought an all out action brawl with Easter and turned out a good performance, but came up short. Do you guys think Granados can further his career at this point at all? What do you guys think is the next best step for him? He’s going to be 31 this year. I feel so bad for this man. He’s had a hard luck career it seems. I’ve had the opportunity to meet him on a few occasions he’s a stand up guy. He wears his heart on his sleeve and you can feel the frustration in his voice when he speaks on his shortcomings in close fights.if your from chicago you should have followed fonfara and jimmy herrera along with granados they all came up at the same time fighting at the UIC pavillion

Granados is a good dude , I always liked his style of fighting he puts his heart in all his fights but winds up getting the short end of the stick sometimes ..I watched all his fights wen he fought at the UIC pavillion one of my favorite fights from him was wen he fought jimmy the truth herrera , I'm real close friends with jimmy I thought that fight was a draw but granados got the nod on that one..

Never in a bad fight and has a good action style. Basically what you want from a journeyman.

He's a good fighter he'll have no shortage of fights due to his crowd pleasing style