Saudi card predictions

[dan_cov]

I wouldn't be shocked if Parker won even by stoppage.

Again I pick Wilder just because but he's always struck me as a little chinny, you could say Whyte (been cleaned out 3 times, almost four with the same shot) but Fury hasn't really looked a puncher at any other point in his career apart from vs Wilder and you can not underplay how much beatings like he took in that trilogy may and will have taken out of him.

Being honest even though his resume sucks I'm kind of surprised he has achieved and done as well as he had. To me its almost a miracle some total scrub didn't wipe him clean out.

[famicommander]

Joseph Parker is horrible. I can't believe anyone is picking him. Did any of you watch him fight Fa, Leapai, Chisora (twice)? He has no gas tank, no heart, no desire to win, and no punching power. All he has is a moderately good chin. He's going to turtle up until Wilder obliterates him.

[dan_cov]

Joseph Parker is horrible. I can't believe anyone is picking him. Did any of you watch him fight Fa, Leapai, Chisora (twice)? He has no gas tank, no heart, no desire to win, and no punching power. All he has is a moderately good chin. He's going to turtle up until Wilder obliterates him.

I get that and think he is very mediocre but to play devils advocate Wilder looked every bit as bad then some against Szpilka, Washington, Molina, Ortiz twice who for most part are even worse.

[dan_cov]

He made Szpilka look like Usyk

[Mammoth]

He made Szpilka look like Usyk

Who did?

[famicommander]

I get that and think he is very mediocre but to play devils advocate Wilder looked every bit as bad then some against Szpilka, Washington, Molina, Ortiz twice who for most part are even worse.

Wilder didn't show up to outbox any of those guys. He showed up to knock them out and that's what he did. Parker was trying to outbox those guys and ended up going life and death with Junior Fa, who got iced by Lucas Browne in one round.

Ortiz, especially in the first fight, was better than Parker or anybody Parker ever beat. Hell, I had Ortiz beating Ruiz 113-112 (8 rounds to 4 minus with 3 KDs) in their fight and Ortiz was so old he could barely even stand up anymore.

[dan_cov]

Who did?

Wilder

[Mammoth]

Wilder

I don't remember seeing Usyk ever getting brutally knocked out

[dan_cov]

I'll go from easiest to predict to hardest to predict.

[Easy (or easier) Predictions]
Hrgovic by KO early.
Bivol by TKO late.
Opetaia by TKO late (I need to look at Zorro some more before I double down on that.)
Sanchez by decision, close (Will need to look at some things before I commit.)

[Harder Predictions]
Kabayel with the upset by decision
Miller KO's Dubois (Miller is massive, and I think he'll take Dubois's punches while the same can't be said about Dubois taking Miller's punches)
Parker beats Wilder (I think he can drop Wilder. Wilder has been just too inactive for me while Parker will be extremely sharp.)
AJ over Wallin, KO, Late (This will be a competitive, difficult fight. Even though I'm calling for a stoppage, it will be a neck and neck fight.)

Very good calls! Especially on Kabayel & Parker

I think Parker has the best chance of the upset.

[elfag]

Well wilder and Joshua both surprised me.

Joshua looked great, more fluid than I expected, didnt fight scared either, showed great calculated aggression. Wallin fought scared, i was expecting him to be more rough and difficult.

Wilder, what in the *** man, he looked frail at 213 pounds and he barely threw anythign all night, the one thing he always had was heart and not being afraid to take risks, he fought scared all night.


Basically if wilder and AJ fought AJ would have knocked wilder out tonight. I was expecting wilder to be too much pressure for him and AJ to freeze up.

I guess wilder is shot now. He always telegraphed and was sloppy but he overcame that by throwing anyways and the pressure from having those haymakers flying at you was enough to throw fighters off and eventually get them. He is NOT able to be a low volume guy, he also has ZERO counter punch ability, Parker missed a ton of hooks on him that a better fighter would have been able to counter.