Comments Thread For: Nine fights, three nights, one definitive ranking

[Dorrian_Grey]

Fatal Fury isn’t the name of the promotion, it’s a tie-in promotion with a Japanese Street Fighter-esque video game series. Lazy journalism to not even check why Fatal Fury has been plastered over posters but complain about it anyway.

[famicommander]

That fight could have gone either, Scull getting the nod really wasn’t that egregious. Scull was also a decorated amateur and member of the Cuban national team. It’s not like there are loads of guys at 168 with much better ledgers than Scull, who’s got wins over Shishkin, Shvedencheko, and Hemphill. I mean, Mbilli’s the consensus best contender at 168 and his best win is a life and death win over Gongora from a couple years ago and a one-armed, ancient Derevyanchenko. At least Scull has a belt and is top 5. It’s really not that bad of a fight.
Cardenas is decent but he’s still a replacement opponent after Picasso flaked out. His best win is Rafael Pedroza. He’s a good fighter but he’s not really a world-beater. There isn’t all that much separating them in terms of the calibre of each man.

No, that fight could not have gone either way. Shishkin won 8 clean rounds. It wasn't eves close, and Shishkin himself isn't very good. Scull is awful.

[ShoulderRoll]

Can’t get excited about some of the other mismatches, but the writer gets excited for the worst mismatch involving Inoue.