Drained? Teo looks great right now. If anything Stevenson looks a little chubby. He's wasn't ripped at 135 like he was at 126 and 130. We might even see some flab at 140 against Teo.
I get the point and I have no excuse for the **** performance from either of them, it was one of the worst 'fights' if you can even call it that, that I have ever had the misfortune of watching.
Like I said I need to check both out in actual detail rather than as a fan if you will. I do not think Shakur is as great or dare I say talented as some people do but when I think of Teo vs southpaws and pure-boxers I think of him getting outboxed by Kamboses, by the Spaniard whose name escapes me - granted he's very underrated and probably gives Shakur a tough fight also. I felt the fight with Ortiz was razor thin.
That's 3 pure-boxers he's fought, he could be 0-3 vs them.
As horrendous as that fight with DLS was I could easily see this playing out similar. I remember Teo being massively frustrated vs Ortiz and the Spaniard and he ran into multiple check-hooks and got dropped by a total non-puncher. He's very hot headed when someone won't engage and makes him do the chasing and lead.
Teo is extremely athletic and explosive and like virtually every other super fast-twitch, athletic fighter he isn't the most fundamentally sound so he without those fundamentals he's always going to struggle massively vs pure-boxers who have the basics, the fundamentals down.
I think Teo is bigger, stronger, a better athlete, better balance, hits harder, maybe even has better reaction timing but I just think it comes to styles and Shakur being more polished and the better technical boxer. As boring as he is, his composure. I think that simply neutralises the advantages of Teo.
Starting to get really stoked for this fight. If Stevenson moves up another division and beats lineal champ Lopez it'd be a tremendous accomplishment. If Teo wins, he finally gets his just due.
Tweet
Comment