Comments Thread For: Canelo 'Surprised' Oscar Valdez Underestimated Again Ahead Of Shakur Stevenson Fight

[pugil1st]

Both are bums. Valdez is Canelo's bum. So, I will root for him.

What do you mean by "bum"? It has a certain meaning in boxing. If you mean the same thing then you should definitely stop watching the sport.

[AKAcronym]

What do you mean by "bum"? It has a certain meaning in boxing. If you mean the same thing then you should definitely stop watching the sport.

He desperately wishes he could be Canelo's bottom bum.

[4truth]

If this fight is competitive then I have either overestimated Stevenson or Valdez has improved a great deal.

[turnedup]

Both are bums. Valdez is Canelo's bum. So, I will root for him.

Boxing these days summed up in few words

[chepboxingking]

This is a major fight: really shows how much the sport has fallen. The winner should be a super star, but they won’t

I don’t believe is done maliciously but TR do a horrible job promoting big fights with black fighters. They fail to connect with black audiences. On the contrary, they do a great job with European fighters.

[nino brown21]

I only see Valdez winning by two ways maybe three if he gets a gift decision. I see Stevenson winning by multiple ways but I won't write Valdez off yet . I thought he would beat berchelt when no one else did so going for Valdez again .

[MeanestNiceGuy]

Valdez doesn't seem to want this fight and his body language showed it during the segment with Stevenson and Poncher. It was evident....slouching in his chair at times, covering his mouth with his hand, not making much eye contact, antsy about the PED situation....it was evident.

The only thing that makes this one interesting (as stated in the title) is that Valdez is seemingly being overlooked again- the same fashion that he was overlooked in the Berchelt fight.

[sicko]

need to come with relentless pressure and just a ridiculous work rate to prevent Shakur from sitting back and just picking him off

one thing he better not do is underestimate Shakur Power then all of a sudden BOOM the unexpected happens and out of nowhere it is Shakur who gets the stoppage

[SonnyWhite]

This will be Shakur’s toughest fight so far. He’ll be in big trouble if he takes Valdez lightly. I’d like to see the winner call out Gervonta Davis.

[Bronx23]

Too bad this fight is not getting the hype that it deserves. It is a good match up and I slightly favor Stevenson but would not be surprised if Valdez finds an extra gear and pulls off with the win.

Casuals just don’t know these guys. Even if they promote this death, I just think it’s one of those fights that semi hardcore/hardcore fans care about. Neither guy has broken thru the mainstream, Oscar is older & probably never will, Shakur still has time.

Let me put it like this, I’m a casual mma fan. I only watch the big fights, (McGregor, Usman, Masvidal & a handful of others) I’m sure there’s dozens of great talented mma fighters out there that I have no clue about & they probably put on some of the best fights but since I know nothing about them, I could see their picture or promo videos all over the place & still won’t tune in to their fight cuz I just don’t know them.