Is it fair to label Andrade a fraud?

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  • IronDanHamza
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    #21
    People in here saying if Andrade is a fraud does that make Usyk and Crawford frauds “if they lose or if they lost”

    What kind of backwards logic is that?

    Crawford has more undisputed titles than Andrade has beaten ranked opponents.

    Usyk has unified more divisions than Andrade has beaten ranked opponents.

    So no, they aren’t frauds, objectively.

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      #22
      Inflated record but not really a fraud, he is clearly very good. Benavidez is just a monster.

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        #23
        Originally posted by hhh1200

        Would you call Usyk a fraud if they threw him in with Fury after the 40-year-old Witherspoon 1st heavyweight fight which he looks like complete cramp and hadn't adjusted to the class and Fury ran him over in his 2nd HW before acclimating to the weight?

        Plant, Dirrell, etc all career 168s, more durability, more arounds even with less talents

        Olympians who have to fight world class Eastern Euros like BeterBiev, Bivol and top Curbans aren't frauds.

        DAZN exec stated on ThaBoxingVoice with Nester Gibbs that they couldn't have any of the fighters signed with them to take the Andrade fight. If he is a fraud, then someone with career weights of 154 and 160 should have exposed him, right?

        Breadman said one of JRock, can't fight beyond 154, that is his max class. We see JRock is literally getting overpowered by guys at 154.

        PEDs and all Canelo maxed at 168.

        This wasn't a mistake. PBC was not going to let him grow into the class like Crawford did on Spence.

        Haymon always had it in for him after the Rocnation incident but you have to know the history of Beyonce's dad, Haymon, and Espinoza

        When DAZN had to drop him, he was doomed the minute he went over to PBC.

        F' Al Haymon!

        I'm joining the long list of PBC haters.

        I've watched Andrade since his days in the amateurs and sparring with Shawn Porter and Troy King.

        Did I say F' Al Haymon!

        Horrible night as a long-time fan of boxing!

        PBC content gets blocked on my Prime Acct. Will not buy another one of their PPVs ever!




        No because Usyk had beaten several quality fighters in Gassiev, Breidis, Bellew, Huck, Glowacki etc all on the road.

        Andrade has beaten nobody. Comparing him to Usyk is absurd.

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          #24
          Originally posted by IronDanHamza
          People in here saying if Andrade is a fraud does that make Usyk and Crawford frauds “if they lose or if they lost”

          What kind of backwards logic is that?

          Crawford has more undisputed titles than Andrade has beaten ranked opponents.

          Usyk has unified more divisions than Andrade has beaten ranked opponents.

          So no, they aren’t frauds, objectively.
          Completely agree.

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            #25
            there are just some fighters in history that are naturally single weight class fighters and that if they go up/down a division, they would be way out of their depth. andrade is one of them.

            testing yourself or chasing glory has always been part of boxing

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              #26
              Originally posted by PryorHawk
              there are just some fighters in history that are naturally single weight class fighters and that if they go up/down a division, they would be way out of their depth. andrade is one of them.

              testing yourself or chasing glory has always been part of boxing
              Andrade never chased glory at 154 or 160 though. This is literally the first top guy he’s fought.

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                #27
                Originally posted by Mooshashi

                Paulie Malignaggi says the same thing. Blamed Boo Boo for making a poor decision signing on with a minor league promoter wheras after a successful Olympic career he should have had better, higher profile opponents.
                How can you make a wrong decision if an Exec at the platform says they had the top guys over there GGG, Munguia, Canelo, Charlo (brink's truck of money) at 160 and couldn't get any of them to take the fight?

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                  #28
                  Originally posted by Mooshashi

                  Paulie Malignaggi says the same thing. Blamed Boo Boo for making a poor decision signing on with a minor league promoter wheras after a successful Olympic career he should have had better, higher profile opponents.

                  He was , is, no fraud. No question that at times in his career he was avoided like the plague due to his awkward style.
                  Was he really that avoided though?

                  Korobov, Jermell, Janibek, Parker all agreed to fight him and Andrade backed out.

                  I get the impression Andrade was protecting his 0 looking for a big cash out fight. At 35 he finally had to settle on Benavidez and got completely exposed.

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                    #29
                    No, he is still a good fighter who can fight. He was just overmatched by a much better fighter that’s all.

                    Now we see why Canelo is so afraid of the “Mexican Monster” .

                    It’s just that Andrade wasted an entire career chasing rainbows and fool’s gold by pricing himself out of big fights.

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                      #30
                      Originally posted by Mooshashi

                      Well Tim Bradley had a list of guys who avoided him in his prime but I can recall them so I'll stand down on that point. However we have to admit that he is past his prime and fought a guy two weight divisions above him last night. Tried grabbing the brass ring and failed.

                      Perhaps Canelo will now give him a Paaaay Daaaay as he is beatable now.
                      Don’t get me wrong I’m not saying top guys were itching to fight him either, but I think that was largely down to marketability, network politics etc. I don’t think they were ever scared of him because of his ability. I also think Andrade was very content to just fight these C level dudes, rather than seek out more challenging opposition, I always got the impression Andrade was looking for a cash out fight.

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