Comments Thread For: Guido Vianello stops one-eyed Arslanbek Makhmudov in career-best win

[James]

Unless there was something really wrong with Hrgovic that night against DuBois, he's topped out and only has a downward trajectory going forward. He looked terminally robotic even against DuBois who is not a fast-moving cutie.
Hrgovic vs Makhmudov maybe for the Battle of The Bots?

Hrgovic underestimated Dubois.
He wanted to ko him in 2/3 rounds.
He also got cut 3 weeks before fight with Dubois, then he left tranig camp from US, and went to Croatia to be there for a birth od his child and he got sick (some kind virus) and he lost 10 days od camp before his match. So he did not cancel his match but he decide to fight Dubois because he was sure 100% that he will ko him. He made to many ****** decissions because he underestimated Daniel.

[James]

It is big guys game. Cruiserweight and heavyweight are the only divisions where you can reach top 10 by a very little talent.

Ajagba and Hrgovic would be total bums at 175 or lower.

First you say se should not write off Hrgovic, now you say he is a bum. Make a decission, is he bum or he should get 2-3 more chances and them make a decission.

[James]

Makhmudov is a flat footed big dummy who has no idea how to use the jab never mind working off the jab. I don't know how he got as far in rankings as he did.

He got that far same as every other boxer. They all figh low level opoonents before they get a good ranking. Then they have 1-2 tought match before titule shot. Then they win and fight for title they get exposed and make step or two back. Dubois was lucky that he is brit and that Frank is his manager so he made sure that he gets back in the track after he lost to Joe.

[baroidi]

Makhmudov should try professional wrestling, he's too clumsy to be successful in real combat sports.

[TonyRespectful]

Eye of the Tiger is a stain on boxing. This fight should have been stopped much earlier and would have if the B side had that injury.Bodybuilder bodies and mismatches, what's not to like about this outfit ?

[James]

Makhmudov should try professional wrestling, he's too clumsy to be successful in real combat sports.

We need gatekeepers, Chisora, Aureola and other guys are getting to old..we need new ones.

[Left Hook Louie]

Hrgovic underestimated Dubois.
He wanted to ko him in 2/3 rounds.
He also got cut 3 weeks before fight with Dubois, then he left tranig camp from US, and went to Croatia to be there for a birth od his child and he got sick (some kind virus) and he lost 10 days od camp before his match. So he did not cancel his match but he decide to fight Dubois because he was sure 100% that he will ko him. He made to many ****** decissions because he underestimated Daniel.

If all that is true, put it all together and it could explain what we saw in the ring.

[JakeTheBoxer]

First you say se should not write off Hrgovic, now you say he is a bum. Make a decission, is he bum or he should get 2-3 more chances and them make a decission.

English is not my first language. Maybe I was not clear enough. He is a decent hw. But if he was a light heavy, he would be a bum. The level of talent us not very deep at hw.

He us good enogh fir a hw.

[JakeTheBoxer]

Hrgovic underestimated Dubois.
He wanted to ko him in 2/3 rounds.
He also got cut 3 weeks before fight with Dubois, then he left tranig camp from US, and went to Croatia to be there for a birth od his child and he got sick (some kind virus) and he lost 10 days od camp before his match. So he did not cancel his match but he decide to fight Dubois because he was sure 100% that he will ko him. He made to many ****** decissions because he underestimated Daniel.

He underestimated Dubois?

Well..bad for him. It is very unprofessional underestimating top 10 guy.

Good luck to Hrgovic on his way back from this. He will need it.

[JakeTheBoxer]

I think the lesson is not to make hot takes off of a single result and to evaluate things in their totality and what your eyes tell you.

Vianello was winning against Rice when he was cut and the ref ruled it a TKO. Other than that cut Rice did nothing. But that's not why people didn't rate Vianello, it's because he hasn't looked good in most of his prior fights.

He was gifted a draw against Kingsley Ibeh in a fight he definitely lost. He looked better in the Ajagba fight but the Nigerian was pretty listless himself and hasn't looked good in a while. Last night Vianello was getting away with things in the ring because his opponent was glacially slow.

Makhmudov stopped looking impressive once his opposition level got to the point where people fought back. Takam was able to win rounds and make Makhmudov duressed even tho the Frenchman was very much shot at that point in his career. Kabayel blew him away and a limited Vianello landed at will.

Regarding Hrgovic, for me, it's not the fact he lost to DuBois....it's the fact he doesn't move his head off the line and is incredibly stiff. You can get away with that stuff up until a certain level and then you can't.

Great post man. I agree.

I think Vianello and Hrgovic can be decent fringe contenders. But they will likely lose when they fight more skilled guys.