I don't think it's going to translate vs elite opponents. It's all good right now because he's fighting guys with less talent than himself but like Haney, Shakur has big time deficiencies in the style he is using.
Which is basically doing his best to imitate PBF. The thing is, it doesn't look like Shakur has the power that Floyd had to make opponents feel him. In my opinion.
Barrios, though, I don't think he needs to change his style. He needs to sharpen his best tools. That jab.
Once he stopped using his jab, Tank took him apart. Literally figured him out around 6-7th round and started landing that lead left at will before dropping him.
But Barrios has a damn good jab, he just needs to use it to set up everything else. Sort of like ODLH or Alexis Arguello.
But Barrios has heavy hands. That kind of power that doesn't look crazy but lands deep. Like GGG, Spence, Foreman etc.
If Barrios develops his jab and fights from behind it, he'll be on the p4p list at some point. He can really fight, he just got too cautious against a knockout puncher and head hunted too.
Barrios should watch Arguello fights and model himself off of that. His foundation is there and he could **** if he wanted, he just needs to do it smart and with smart combinations. Not just punch and look to see if it did anything.
I agree with you about Barrios. He's a much better fighter than many are claiming.
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