Comments Thread For: Alexis Rocha On Santillan Loss: 'You Don't Want To Be In Wars Like That'

[STREET CLEANER]

Rocha didn't expect Santillan to go to war. Neither did I even though I thought he had a shot at winning. The guy has never went full throttle like that.

But sometimes, you just go to the bully.

Absolutely they were not expecting that. A top fighter would had adjusted accordingly. Like when Thurman fought Chaves. He realized that Chaves could **** and in bunches. He boxed him until he soften him up enough.

[Butt stuff]

Absolutely they were not expecting that. A top fighter would had adjusted accordingly. Like when Thurman fought Chaves. He realized that Chaves could **** and in bunches. He boxed him until he soften him up enough.

That was a great fight, gonna go watch that now. Shame Chaves never amounted to much.

[jqSide]

Don't know what he could have done differently to stop a rampaging Santillan. Okay, you run around, hug, pot shot, run, rinse and repeat. Even the hugging part didn't work for Rocha. He gets pounded on the side of his head mercilessly. Santillan is just too strong for him.

[STREET CLEANER]

Don't know what he could have done differently to stop a rampaging Santillan. Okay, you run around, hug, pot shot, run, rinse and repeat. Even the hugging part didn't work for Rocha. He gets pounded on the side of his head mercilessly. Santillan is just too strong for him.

He kept his head right in the middle waiting for the other guy to finish his combo. No head movement, no stepping around or going back in an angle, no catch and shoot, nothing. All basic stuff, he might thought that he was such a favorite and was going to blast the other guy out of there

[Combat Talk Radio]

Absolutely they were not expecting that. A top fighter would had adjusted accordingly. Like when Thurman fought Chaves. He realized that Chaves could **** and in bunches. He boxed him until he soften him up enough.

Sometimes the blitz is too much for an adjustment even for the very highly skilled. See Jacobs/Quillin.

[Boxfan83]

You gotta know how to fight on the backfoot. Alexis is a talented fighter, he just got beat at his own game. This is why to be elite you have to be able to adapt.

[crimsonfalcon07]

That was the guy DAZN was hanging a lot of their future hopes too. Eddie Hearn was probably crying too.

[tkoboxingscene]

That was the guy DAZN was hanging a lot of their future hopes too. Eddie Hearn was probably crying too.

Why would Hearn be crying? He isn't signed to Matchroom, he is signed to Golden Boy Promotions

[hitmanjosh]

The title does leave out some context. I don't think Rocha is saying he's not up for a fight (not like Victor Ortiz after Maidana). He's just saying that he knows his original plan to box would have probably gotten him better results. Any trainer worth anything will emphasize that to his fighters. Rocha has shown plenty of heart and grit so far, but he understands better than ever now that you can't just wade in and outpunch everyone.

Thanks for clarifying, it's nothing like a good waterboy in camp!