I think people are throwing Thurman at Pac like they threw Canelo at Floyd. It's just........too.........early.
Can I please see Thurman knock out someone other than Diego Chavez, Zaveck, or whatever? Pfft.. Mannys been in with how many HOF'ers?
Now, Thurman had trouble against, who? Diego? And we are supposed to believe that Zaveck makes him legitimate?
Nah, not just yet... We can keep our eyeball on him because he's an entertaining fighter, but he hasn't truly shown enough for me to believe ya OP...
I think a lot of US, myself included, thought that Matthysse gave two legitimate contenders, Devon AND Judah, a very contested fight.
He dropped them both..and he was this new guy a lot of us had never seen (all the signs for a hype job)..
Then Danny comes along, does basically the same thing in dropping Khan and Morrales (TWICE!), but yet.. Who do you pick?
They both warranted the respect, adulation, and thoughts of subsequent "dismantling" of their opponent by most fans..
It was just one of those WHO U GOT? fights and Garcia let us all know who to GET from now on...as far as 140 is concerned...
Matthysse is still a problem.....
..just not for Garcia.
Undefeated wise? Because I can think of Khan, Berto, Ortiz (Oscar said hes the next coming of Oscar, pfft), PWilliams, Hatton, Donaire... those I can think of off the cuff...
Much respect for Garcia for..I was gonna say, for making it a discussion, but I should say.. Much respect TO Garcia for DEADING the discussion.
Take it as you will...
wow. I was just going to talk about him in that vegas thread. I saw him alot this week and the crazy thing is hardly anyone knew who he was. He was in the MGM lobby one time talking to a Tecate girl or ring card girl. Then a ton of people came around and do you know that they all wanted pics with the girl. A ton of them even asked Jeff to take the pic. He took like pics of 5 different groups of people with the girl. It was crazy. I got some with him though. He's a good dude too. Very pleasent and open. I wish him very well
Damn. Jeff be staying TOO humble.
I hope so, I shall be there in attendance.
Nice...
I'm thinking ol' Provodnikov pulls off the KO in this one. He's been dropping fools since his ESPN days and I don't think Alvarado's boxing skills will cause Provo as much problems as Bradley's did.
Oughta be a good one!
All I heard was...
You guys keep forgetting the big picture. Floyd is all about the money fight. And this still is the biggest money fight to date. And Arum is all about money, Floyd is all about money. So there is no reason this shouldn't be made.
It's a no brainer. It still "THE MONEY FIGHT.'
Still a money fight.
Hello? It's "MONEY MAYWEATHER." It's the money fight. Prize fighting? Ring a bell? Biggest pay check to be made? enough said.
And then...
It's not just about money.
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yeah good point, prov did a good job against bradleys boxing bc he waasnt scared of his feather fists nd walked forward. prov will feel alvarados power, mix that w his lateral movements nd boxing in circles, makes it a different story
He better hope he pulls out the Rios II blueprint then because if he gets lulled into that Rios I blueprint again then it might be lights out...
Hm, first thing I think about is Abril vs Rios... Then I just go ahead and think about Alvarado vs Rios...
Then I think, yeah, Broner oughta win that.
Even now, after both fighters had a chance to get soundly beat, I think Broner would win. Even if they stood in a telephone booth in the center of the ring, I think Broner wins.
Broner showed us, well - me - that he can deliver (with his flat-footed self) some very sharp and thudding shots. He has shown a tendency to wait a little too long to allow things to develop a little too much and he's anticipating before he actually deploys his own game plan, or offense, but I'm willing to bet that he's learned from the Maidana fight that he can't sit around and wait before he clocks his next move and that lateral movement for him is key.
For Rios, I'd be willing to bet that he's found out that he can't just be this plodding, always coming forward, herky-jerky, lead footed, "do YOU think I'm a punching bag?" type of guy, but that he now needs to think about taking a page away from Alvarado, Abril and Pacquiao's playbook by actually attempting to box from angles while refraining from trying to walk into a telephone booth all the time because he isn't Superman. He has shown a great ability to connect, but only when he's in within a, quote en quote, clinch.
Man, both of these former champs show continued promise, but I think the young wanna-be would probably take the cake.. resembling something of his Reese fight.
Still, NKUYD (never know until you do)! If I knew how to bet, and they fought, I would! This would be a good fight to see!:boxing:
BANG!BANG! :killyou: