Boots needs a few more tuneups, IMO

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  • Eastlos
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    #1

    Boots needs a few more tuneups, IMO

    A few things I noticed about Boots last nite where:

    1)His inability to cut off the ring, Karen ran circles around him the entire fight
    2)His lack of defense, Karen kept hitting him flush w/t that left hook all night
    3)Inability to adapt and change game plans when something ain’t working, Boots was head hunting all night & kept swinging @ air more than once
    4)Lack of conditioning, dude has never gone 12th rounds before so is understandable but still kid seem beat after the fight

    Again, not hating on the kid but if an unknown Euro able to push Ennis to his worst performance thus far don’t want to see what Bud or Spence do to him. Honestly, the kid needs a few more tuneups against solid opposition such as Mean Machine or Butaev caliber fighters before he fights for a belt.
  • IronDanHamza
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    #2
    No he needs to fight someone in the Top 10.

    He's ranked in the Top 5 at Welterweight.

    He has to fight someone in the Top 10. So far he hasn't.

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    • Eastlos
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      #3
      Originally posted by IronDanHamza
      No he needs to fight someone in the Top 10.

      He's ranked in the Top 5 at Welterweight.

      He has to fight someone in the Top 10. So far he hasn't.
      Mean Machine is ranked #7 by the WBC @ 147 lbs

      Butaev is ranked #6 by the WBA @ 147 lbs

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      • IronDanHamza
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        #4
        Originally posted by Eastlos

        Mean Machine is ranked #7 by the WBC @ 147 lbs

        Butaev is ranked #6 by the WBA @ 147 lbs
        I don't care about where people are ranked in a Sanctioning body ranking.

        He needs to fight people ranked in the Top 10, by The Ring Magazine. The actual rankings.

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        • Eastlos
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          #5
          Originally posted by IronDanHamza

          I don't care about where people are ranked in a Sanctioning body ranking.

          He needs to fight people ranked in the Top 10, by The Ring Magazine. The actual rankings.
          Butaev is ranked #9 by the Ring @ 147 lbs

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          • Boxing 112
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            #6
            Originally posted by Eastlos
            A few things I noticed about Boots last nite where:

            1)His inability to cut off the ring, Karen ran circles around him the entire fight
            2)His lack of defense, Karen kept hitting him flush w/t that left hook all night
            3)Inability to adapt and change game plans when something ain’t working, Boots was head hunting all night & kept swinging @ air more than once
            4)Lack of conditioning, dude has never gone 12th rounds before so is understandable but still kid seem beat after the fight

            Again, not hating on the kid but if an unknown Euro able to push Ennis to his worst performance thus far don’t want to see what Bud or Spence do to him. Honestly, the kid needs a few more tuneups against solid opposition such as Mean Machine or Butaev caliber fighters before he fights for a belt.
            If someone with 30 fights needs tune ups there is something wrong with how they've been managed

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            • Hustle
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              #7
              Originally posted by IronDanHamza
              No he needs to fight someone in the Top 10.

              He's ranked in the Top 5 at Welterweight.

              He has to fight someone in the Top 10. So far he hasn't.
              They have to agree to fight him.

              Bud and spence? Nope
              Ortiz and Stanionis? Nope
              Thurman? Ducking
              Ugas? Maybe

              it ain't much to choose from if we're being honest

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              • KillaMane26
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                #8
                Nah taking easy fights the reason why he be doing the stuff he be doing. He fights with complete arrogance, he needs to get used to having to grind out a win and leave his ego at the door

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                • Uncle SneakyTouch
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                  #9
                  Booty is ass. Just another hypejob bum like Spencer. Actually he's worse than Spencer, he's another Amir Imam

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                  • MulaKO
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                    #10
                    First time facing adversity and easy to see he had no real answers
                    He has been brought up soft and the results show it
                    Now or never but not wise to be calling out Spence or Bud
                    Let’s see how he reacts to this and see if the writing is on the wall

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