Who is the tougher opponent: Israil Madrimov or Xander Zayas?

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  • Bullrider
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    #11
    Depends on the narrative you want to project. If you hate Ortiz no matter who he picks you're always going to arrive to a conclusion that he ducked this or that fighter. If he picked Zayas you will say he picked him because he's green, etc.

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      #12
      Originally posted by STREET CLEANER
      I don't see anyone saying that he ducked Zayas to fight the more decorated and experienced Israil. There is disappointment for Zayas not getting the fight but Virgil took a bigger risk and I bet you a much better payday for that fight.
      Just look in the comments section from the most recent Daily Bread column, Someone was defending Ennis ducking Vergil Ortiz by questioning if Ortiz ducked Zayas.

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        #13
        Originally posted by ShoulderRoll

        Just look in the comments section from the most recent Daily Bread column, Someone was defending Ennis ducking Vergil Ortiz by questioning if Ortiz ducked Zayas.
        Lmao
        Just pure ignorance

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        • STREET CLEANER
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          #14
          Originally posted by ShoulderRoll

          Just look in the comments section from the most recent Daily Bread column, Someone was defending Ennis ducking Vergil Ortiz by questioning if Ortiz ducked Zayas.
          That is not knowing how boxing operates and the fighters themselves. Nobody is ducking Zayas.

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            #15
            Originally posted by STREET CLEANER

            That is not knowing how boxing operates and the fighters themselves. Nobody is ducking Zayas.
            Just to clarify, The guy who made this poll is an idiot with limited comprehension skills. This debate started because he was accusing boots of ducking Ortiz while shamelessly defending Canelo ducking Benavidez. I told him that his logic of stating that boots is ducking Ortiz because he isn’t jumping up a weight class to fight someone who isn’t champ and would rather unify in the division where he’s already champ, is the same type of logic of someone stating that Ortiz ducked Zayas because he made him an offer that was accepted, and then disappeared. He said it’s not a duck because Madrimov is tougher and I merely stated that is his opinion and not based on fact. We don’t know who actually would be the tougher matchup unless they fought and mentioned Zayas having an age, height, reach and speed advantage. And that promoted him to make this ridiculous thread.

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              #16
              Originally posted by rrayvez
              Just to clarify, The guy who made this poll is an idiot with limited comprehension skills. This debate started because he was accusing boots of ducking Ortiz while shamelessly defending Canelo ducking Benavidez. I told him that his logic of stating that boots is ducking Ortiz because he isn’t jumping up a weight class to fight someone who isn’t champ and would rather unify in the division where he’s already champ, is the same type of logic of someone stating that Ortiz ducked Zayas because he made him an offer that was accepted, and then disappeared. He said it’s not a duck because Madrimov is tougher and I merely stated that is his opinion and not based on fact. We don’t know who actually would be the tougher matchup unless they fought and mentioned Zayas having an age, height, reach and speed advantage. And that promoted him to make this ridiculous thread.
              Look at the poll results so far. Looks like it’s not just my opinion.

              Not one person has voted for Zayas yet.

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              • rrayvez
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                #17
                Originally posted by ShoulderRoll

                Look at the poll results so far. Looks like it’s not just my opinion.

                Not one person has voted for Zayas yet.
                Poll results from commenters on a boxing scene page don’t mean shyt and will never make it a fact. The only thing that does would be if they actually fight and we saw what happened. If you took a poll about who would be tougher for munguia , Canelo or Bruno Surace, everyone would say Canelo. But surace knocked munguia the fook out and Canelo won a lame uneventful decision. If you took a poll about who would be tougher for Crawford , Spence or madrimov, everyone would say Spence but who was the tougher fight? If you polled people and asked who would give Teofimo Lopez a tougher time, Loma or Kambosos, everyone would’ve said Loma. Your irrelevant opinion doesn’t mean shyt. You’re a nobody with an account on a website. All that matters is what happens in the ring.

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                  #18
                  I love this argument. I think the fact is that Boots needs to step up and fight frequently to start gaining the respect people think he deserves.

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by rrayvez
                    Poll results from commenters on a boxing scene page don’t mean shyt and will never make it a fact. The only thing that does would be if they actually fight and we saw what happened. If you took a poll about who would be tougher for munguia , Canelo or Bruno Surace, everyone would say Canelo. But surace knocked munguia the fook out and Canelo won a lame uneventful decision. If you took a poll about who would be tougher for Crawford , Spence or madrimov, everyone would say Spence but who was the tougher fight? If you polled people and asked who would give Teofimo Lopez a tougher time, Loma or Kambosos, everyone would’ve said Loma. Your irrelevant opinion doesn’t mean shyt. You’re a nobody with an account on a website. All that matters is what happens in the ring.
                    First you said it was just my opinion. Now that other people are sharing the same opinion you move the goalposts and say the opinion of BoxingScene commenters doesn’t matter.

                    Why don’t you vote in the poll? That way Zayas can at least get one pity vote and it doesn’t look so one-sided.

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                    • A.B Counterhooks
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                      #20
                      If its Virgil in the other corner, then Madrimov seem like the tougher test on paper, I do like the Zayas fight too tho, mostly to see Xander getting real tested ,got high hopes on the kid.

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