He's 25, how much do you think he can develop from here?
When did James get Jermell? About 25 or so, right? Outside of the athleticism, he has a good jab like Jermell and a right hand. Again, work with him for 6 setups. Jermell was considered a runner before he signed up in De Soto. Then, I'd target Shakur, not Haney, not Tank but Shakur. I didn't say he could beat Shakur but Shakur appears to have issues with guys who can match his hand speed with more power. That's a 12-rounder. Imagine that. And Shakur is thought of as the most talented of the 3. Keep him away Teo since he has stopping power like Tank.
See you can manufacture a career for Ryan and he has the Mexican, Instagram and Gym shark crowd to buy his fights since he is the pretty boy like Oscar of the 5.
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Listen up Lancey if Ryan is trash then Shakur is utter garbage guys like him and Haney with there tag clinch BS are the death of the sport plain n simple.
Shakur is superior skill wise, ryan is a basic bi**h. He talks about shakur coming up with excuses and then comes up with his own excuses saying he was weight drained and had a rib injury in the tank fight. What a hypocrite. Hush little one.
Ryan garcia looked bad despite the stoppage. His skills are trash. He had the audacity to call out a clown like rollie after beefing with shakur on twitter. What a coward...
Listen up Lancey if Ryan is trash then Shakur is utter garbage guys like him and Haney with there tag clinch BS are the death of the sport plain n simple.
Ryan garcia looked bad despite the stoppage. His skills are trash. He had the audacity to call out a clown like rollie after beefing with shakur on twitter. What a coward...
James has done Jack with him. Hand speed has always been there but he still fights with his chin straight up, too stiff so he isn't able to get underneath punches and he did a bit of Oscar in the Trinidad fight.
Just match-make and see if his GymShark fitness fans are willing to buy PPV. Give him another big fight in 4 years which he will get beat but it will probably sell 1 million PPVs
I'm a boxing fan to see the best fights unlike you just wanting to see your boy toy get the most money.
Cryan himself has said he don't need belts he has a name but now that bumero has a belt he wants one? :lol1: stfu clown
He's just following the script. When Rolly got the title shot having never fought at 140 and coming off a KO loss at 135, it was obvious that the fix was in. It's not hard to follow. Tank Davis was averaging around 250K buys in each of his PPV fights. Along comes Ryan and all of a sudden they're looking at over a million buys. It's not hard to put 250k and a million together and figure out where that 1.2 million buys came from. So they want to do a rematch, but they need to have it sell well after Ryan made himself look like a quitter. I'm not judging him for that. I think all those critics should take just one body shot from Ryan on his YouTube channel and then tell him that he quit. But I digress.
So they need to have a reason for Tank to fight him again, and the best narrative is to have it be at 140 for a legit belt, and there just happens to be a vacant belt from one of the most corrupt organizations, the WBA. But they also need the belt to be held by someone that Ryan can beat. So they gift Rolly a title shot against elderly Barrosos. But remember how Ryan has to be able to win? Well Rolly screws it up by getting his butt kicked. So they end up having to have Tony Weeks save them by waving off the fight for a flurry in which zero punches landed.
Then the last step is to have Ryan come back against an opponent they can claim is tough. So they bring up a 135lber but have it at a catchweight to further disadvantage Duarte. The ploy here is to drain the endurance. Just a few extra pounds that you're not used to fighting with make a difference just moving around. Ryan's gameplan then is to move a lot, have the announcers talk about how it's impossible to Duarte to throw without his feet planted, and the energy just comes off the pressure fighter step by step because he's not used to fighting with the extra weight. Rounds go by, and Ryan gets the finish. Then he just needs to call out Rolly, who had to be "injured" to avoid losing the belt again before they could fight.
Now they just need to pass the WBA some cash to make the Barrosos - Davies into an interim or "have negotiations fall through" or give Rolly a special exemption to fight Garcia, and then you've got a rematch with Tank with a redemption narrative. Ryan can go on with a mental health story about how Oscar De La Hoya and BHop have been abusing him or something, and then his fan base tunes in again in droves, and PBC can rake it in again. Probably have promised Ryan a contract after his legal issues with GBP are resolved.
The whole fight was just ridiculous. From cryan turning his back repeatedly to the ref being a clown.
And just for him to call out an even worse fighter in Romero smfh
That's a good Latino selling fight plus he'd become Super. Belt and some bargaining chips in an action fire fight. I see nothing wrong.
Does this apply to the fighters you hate on?
Yes, i’ve said this before.
Fighters I hate on would be due to them not fighting anyone of note but getting hyped like they’re Sugar Ray Leonard.
Once a fighter beats someone of note I stop the hate.
Recent fighters I hated on but now respect: Crawford and Benavidez.
Other fans never own up. They never stop the hate, ever. They die on their hill.
Newsflash, pro boxing is very hard. To look even remotely good, takes a lot of skill, athleticism and talent.
Most of the fighters you guys make topics about them being terrible, are in fact, highly skilled. Either that, or they do somethings exceptionally well. But in the end, it still takes very good athleticism.
Does this apply to the fighters you hate on?
Sure, but that wasn't exactly my question. Let me phrase it another way. Do you see much scope for him to improve significantly between now and when he hit his prime?
Well I beleive he will gain strength and his timing will excel when he's proper prime so even with the same skills he has now he will be a bit more dangerous he doesn't need much more to compete with the top dogs
Technique wise I'm not sure he's just one of those reflex fighters and it's worked all but once so far so well see what happens
Agree I was thinking the same thing comparing him to Ortiz, then again lots of fighters none of us will ever hear of have talent but not enough skill because either they're lazy, hard headed, or just don't have the willingness to learn.
Pricktor Ortiz. Yeah… another guy who folds under pressure!
He's 25, how much do you think he can develop from here?
Well it's normally exoteric knowledge for boxing fans to know that fighters hit their prime from 29 to 33 so I'd say he has a good 10 plus years of boxing top level
What's OP accomplished?
Ryan is currently pretty one dimensional, but in a weak division, that can still lead a fighter to success. So far he's been coasting on his left hook. Would like to see him at minimum develop power in both hands.
Yes, he has exceptional speed and power, poor balance, maybe not the best chin, lousy timing and technique. It'll get him to a certain point but world class fighters with take advantage of his flaw hell it looked like Duarte was wearing him down until he got clipped.
Lousy timing?? The guys a top level boxer
Duarte would be hard for anyone to look good against and ryan looked levels above him
Ryan's a really good fighter I don't understand why he gets so much hate and judgement when he clearly is at the top level and still a baby
Newsflash, pro boxing is very hard. To look even remotely good, takes a lot of skill, athleticism and talent.
Most of the fighters you guys make topics about them being terrible, are in fact, highly skilled. Either that, or they do somethings exceptionally well. But in the end, it still takes very good athleticism.
The thing he looks so talented but has so many flaws that he can correct
but for some reason has yet to
Reminds me of victor Ortiz
Yeah, I agree. Just like Ortiz, Ryan is good enough to beat fighters on Duarte's level, but won't be good enough to beat top level fighters. And his losses will probably look just as ugly as Victor's losses
Though I think Victor was more skilled, I think both possess the same mannerisms and boneheadedness
Yes, he has exceptional speed and power, poor balance, maybe not the best chin, lousy timing and technique. It'll get him to a certain point but world class fighters with take advantage of his flaw hell it looked like Duarte was wearing him down until he got clipped.
The thing he looks so talented but has so many flaws that he can correct
but for some reason has yet to
Reminds me of victor Ortiz