Rico definitely packs a punch, and Usyk is a very small HW. He looked like a dwarf in there. Rico was way faster than any of the other giants Usyk has been fighting lately. I think Rico might have hurt him early, so he was extra careful, and that played into Rico's hands.
Hitchins is everything I don't want to see in boxing. He has all the possible advantages but decides to play it as safe as possible and he's not even that successful at that either.
Of course boxing won´t attract new viewers if a ppv has two consecutive crap endings. There were plenty of casual fans watching worldwide, for example in my country this fight and many others are shown for free. I was watching it with at least 10 casual fans, and everyone of them agreed that this stoppage was horrid. It took everyone at least 5 seconds to see that the fight was in fact being stopped.
One thing i won´t do anymore... invite my friends to see a "good fight"... because everytime i do this i get
A- a crap ending
B- an overmatched fighter
C- a wrong decision
For me, it was a bad stoppage. If you let him continue after the second KD then why stopping it a few seconds later when he was defending himself. He wasn´t throwing any punches because if he tried to he might get caught again, but he was slipping and blocking on the ropes. And after what we saw in the 5th round, imagine if he survives those 30 seconds, then there would be a big chance vlad came back once again.
Maidana would eat punches all night, but he can take 8 to land 1... and that 1 will be a powerful shot... bradley would take 3 to land 1... and when he realizes he cant hurt manny, he will fall, physically and mentally, unlike maidana who knows that if he lands something big, its game over.
Sergio Martinez broken hand (photo)
Here it is. That looks terrible. This dude fought like this 8 rounds??? :notworthy
http://staticmd.lavozdelinterior.com.ar/sites/default/files/styles/nota_periodistica_745_408/public/nota_periodistica/mano-maravilla_0.jpg
Sergio has a gf... He said that plenty of times in Argentinian TV... There are pics of them too...
http://staticmd.lavozdelinterior.com.ar/sites/default/files/styles/nota_periodistica_745_408/public/nota_periodistica/maravilla-novia.jpg