I'm not sure Witter's hand will be healed by the time this June date comes round. I give Junior a decent chance of getting of pulling an upset. If Cotto still manages to have problems with his weight then Junior may well have a chance I think he has proven he has enough power to hurt anyone so I give a chance in this fight
Mike Mccallum is one of the best bodypunchers that I have seen.
At the presnet no one comes close to Hatton for bodypunching, that is his fortay. Whatever you think of him, he is a great body puncher
Gatti is being written off too easily in this fight. Floyd was buzzed by Chop Chop in his first fight at 140 and Gatti hits alot harder IMO.
Gatti has underated boxing skill and moves quite well, this will be a hard fight for Floyd.
Yeah, but Kostya's left hook is shit compared to his straight right..
His straight right is his best punch by far but he has a very underated left hook. The second fight with Sharmba showed this, every time he landed, it shook him to his feet.
Then again every punch he took in that fight shook him to his feet
Gatti has one of the best Left Hooks in the sport at the moment. The shot he KO'd Dorin with was brutal. Kostya Tszyu has a very good and powerful left hook, as does Ricky Hatton especially to the body
Hatton's body shots are more about accumilation. He is a pure bodypuncher, his main powershots are nearly all to the body and really lets them rip once he's got his opponents set up.
Cotto actually did quite well not to go down or get stopped by that shot, him doing the Judah dance has nothing to do with the quality of his chin. He got hit on the temple which threw of his equilibrium. I liked the way he fought back even though he was still hurt.
However the fight was prematurly stopped, Corley was not even hit for the last knockdown, he took a knee to get some extra time to recover
He won;t come back after this defeat. Wasn't Tiozzo KO'D in a round by Virgil Hill. Dariuz beat alot of good fighters like Jones did in his prime.
However if the two of them had met then Roy wins by late stoppage
Boxing has proved over the years that on one night anything can happen. It does not matter if your chins great or if you have all the skill in the world. If you get caught right then all that skill can be for nothing
I think he can still be a force in the division. Apart from Vital there is no one out there that I believe are capable of beating him, even though he is ling past his prime.
He needs to get into true fighting shape, and no more cutting corners, plus he has to come up with a different strategy if he fails to KO the guy in first few rounds
i like wlad, but until there's proof that something illegal happened against brewster, i'll have to say he folded from fatigue and pressure, most of it mental.... i know wlad threw just as many or more punches in other fights, but this was after the sanders KO and brewster to his credit, took an ass whippin and kept coming... i think wlad just punched himself out...
i also don't think wlad's chin is as bad people say, he's only been KO'd by punches once IMO... he doesnt have a steel chin, but its not glass either... lewis never had a great chin either.... I think wlad should take a few confidence building fights, get things rolling again... he doesn't need the byrd fight right now, he's still young and has time...
I think he can win the Byrd fight (especially in Germany). The way the first fight went, and the fact that Byrd is on the slide as well will see Vlad victorius.
However I do think that the fight could come too soon for him. His confidence must be pretty low at the moment. The win against Williamson probably did more harm than good. I hope he does regain his confidence as I rate him highly and I think he can still be a major force in the division
Thompson has great power especially his right hand. The way he to out Rothmann was brutal. Too much can be made of that fight. Hye was more fatigued than anything, and I hope to God he has learned from it.
I genuinly feel that he can become a star in the sport, he has all the skills in the world and very good power.