Comments Thread For: Erdison Garcia slays Taiga to produce an upset in Riyadh

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Erdison Garcia scored an upset in an intriguing bout against the previously-unbeaten Taiga Imanaga in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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[Moz_boxing]

The importance of building a fighter is something that goes out of the window and the narrative starts that fighters need to step up and go into 50/50 fights after not even having 10 fights under their name. That's how you destroy fighters and make sur they will never reach their full potential.

This kid has potential but he needed at least 2 more years before stepping up to this level. In 2 years time he would have mopped the floor with Garcia now he lost a close fight but more important he took a beating in the last rounds and a lot of life was beat out of him + confidence the most important thing in boxing.

Where is the sense of this step up if he beats this guy what then? Fighting for a world title in 2026? He is just not ready and needs 2-3 years to develope. You do not just improve by taking tough fights and taking beatings. Believe it or not you improve a lot if not the majority by training.

Boxing will end up like MMA a bunch of fighters that beat the crap out of each other early on and never full fill their full potential because they already took too much damage and then they wonder why they have no elite fighters in the sport and guys from kickboxing can come and cross over and become champion within 2-3 years and just a couple of fights.

[rudy]

The importance of building a fighter is something that goes out of the window and the narrative starts that fighters need to step up and go into 50/50 fights after not even having 10 fights under their name. That's how you destroy fighters and make sur they will never reach their full potential.

This kid has potential but he needed at least 2 more years before stepping up to this level. In 2 years time he would have mopped the floor with Garcia now he lost a close fight but more important he took a beating in the last rounds and a lot of life was beat out of him + confidence the most important thing in boxing.

Where is the sense of this step up if he beats this guy what then? Fighting for a world title in 2026? He is just not ready and needs 2-3 years to develope. You do not just improve by taking tough fights and taking beatings. Believe it or not you improve a lot if not the majority by training.

Boxing will end up like MMA a bunch of fighters that beat the crap out of each other early on and never full fill their full potential because they already took too much damage and then they wonder why they have no elite fighters in the sport and guys from kickboxing can come and cross over and become champion within 2-3 years and just a couple of fights.

It made for an exciting fight for the fans that is what matters. Him fighting nobodies is boring i watched because was curious and was a pleasure to watch.