Is it fair to label Andrade a fraud?
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He is if he’s being labelled some P4P elite talent who’s gonna school Canelo, GGG etc.
Not saying he was a bad fighter but nowhere near as good as he or his fanbase claimed he was.
He’s also never beaten a single champion, past, present or future. Two vacant titles against Vanes Martirosyan in a fight he got dropped and Walter Katundowka.Comment
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I don’t think he was ever a “fraud.”
He was just never an ATG top tier talent and I don’t think anyone ever thought he was. Largely unproven against the best of the best. He passed with flying colors against limited opposition.
Berlanga is a fraud. At least Andrade held titles in 2 weight classes. The red flag with Andrade, is the titles he won were vacant titles and he never fought a former or current world champion before Benavitez.
I think his career was severely mismanaged. He never had a signature win. Was largely a forgotten champion who no one really thought of. I know boxing fans who never heard of him before last night.
I think he just never advanced past a certain level because of the way his career played out. He was essentially spoon fed his opponents for most of his career it seems.Comment
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Of course he's a fraud.
Nobody makes it to 35 years old without fighting a guy that has won a legitimate world title by accident.
He avoided the big fights because he's a Euro level guy. Always has been, and that much was extremely obvious if you watched him fight Martirosyan, Sulecki, Williams, or Culcay.Comment
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