Ji-Hoon Kim potential dark horse at lightweight?

[shadeyfizzle]

lol.

Got it the Mosley BS.

Its cool.

If he's matched right he could do some serious damage.

Even if he's not matched right he could do some serious damage. Alot of tremendously talented asian fighters that could if they only got the kind of exposure that latin and american fighters get.

But i just dont see that something special in Kim that could make him great or even a force to be reckoned with.

[lefthook2daliva]

I don't know about you guys but Kim impressed me on FNF.

He seems to take a punch well and he seems to get stronger as a the fight goes on.

Good power

Nonstop pressure.

He seems sloppy technically.

I think he could be a solid test for Peterson.

A Juan Diaz match-up could be fun.

I'm not familiar enough w/Peterson to comment, but everything else I agree with.

Ji-Hoon apparently got a late start in boxing, but maybe he'll be able to make some noise. The thing I most liked about his performance last night is that he did seem to get stronger the longer it went on and that he didn't seem to get discouraged when he was being outclassed the first couple of rounds.

I gotta' add that I think the TKO that Kim won by was bull****. It was way too early. I don't really think Tyrone would have been able to turn it back around and he probably would have lost by some kind of stoppage, but he's a pro and still wanted to fight and he wasn't gettin' beat up that badly at that point. He should have been given a better chance to regain control of the fight, imo.

[Evil Abed]

I'm not familiar enough w/Peterson to comment, but everything else I agree with.

Ji-Hoon apparently got a late start in boxing, but maybe he'll be able to make some noise. The thing I most liked about his performance last night is that he did seem to get stronger the longer it went on and that he didn't seem to get discouraged when he was being outclassed the first couple of rounds.

I gotta' add that I think the TKO that Kim won by was bull****. It was way too early. I don't really think Tyrone would have been able to turn it back around and he probably would have lost by some kind of stoppage, but he's a pro and still wanted to fight and he wasn't gettin' beat up that badly at that point. He should have been given a better chance to regain control of the fight, imo.

Yeah I thought the stoppage was a early.

I think Kim vs Kastidis could be a FOTY candidate.

Its helps to get fights when you have a crowd pleasing style.

[mr. bojangles]

First time to have seen Ji-Hoon Kim vs Tyrone Harris and was impressed with what I saw.

Like a non-stop punching machine with the off switch broken! Very entertaining to watch! Each punch thrown with very bad intentions!

Provodnikov too!

I'm now a fan of both fighters!

[The_Demon]

hes a ****in entertaining fighter,thats enough for me

[Evil Abed]

hes a ****in entertaining fighter,thats enough for me

I hope they bring him back on FNF.

Maybe match him with Barrios.

[Evil Abed]

Who should Kim fight next?

[catalinul]

Who should Kim fight next?

You're right,Barrios would be a hella test and a hella entertaining.

I would favor Barrios normally but his inactivity and the issues he's been in recently would put it in balance.

[Mr. Ryan]

Who??? Jihoon Kim who got 5 losses???

Seriously though....I see him maybe working his way up the ranks but never making it to elite contender status.

I don't even worry about his five losses because he'd beat those five guys that beat him in rematches. Those losses were early on when he barely knew how to fight.

What I do worry about is his complete absence of defense. He was getting tagged badly against Diaz before cracking him with one right hand and knocking him out. The blueprint on how to beat him is there.

I think him winning this eliminator has elevated him to elite contender status. I'd expect him to fight for a title in the next 12 months.

[Evil Abed]

8-14 Fox Sports - At The Laredo Energy Arena, Laredo, TX

Miguel Vazquez (25-3) vs. Ji-Hoon Kim (21-5)
Miguel Garcia (22-0) vs. Cornelius Lock (19-5-1)

Very excited about this match-up.

Vazquez is is no push over.

Potiental upset.

Good card.

Thank you FOX Sports.