Abraham-Farias, Stieglitz-Weber. SemiOFFICIAL RBR and discussion thread.

[turbotime]

Abraham should make one last ditch effort to get back to 160. I don't get how he can't make the weight? If he keeps himself from blowing up to 200+ lbs in between fights I don't see what the problem is.

I would love to see him vs Sturm or Chavez jr if he could get back down.

[turbotime]

Well although Stieglitz is tough, he gets hit too much. I'd favor Abraham fairly big.

I can understand him saying that he'd like DeGale to fight Abraham.

Yeah as unimpressive as AA was today, stieglitz really isn't that special. A step below even Abraham IMO.

[BattlingNelson]

Abraham should make one last ditch effort to get back to 160. I don't get how he can't make the weight? If he keeps himself from blowing up to 200+ lbs in between fights I don't see what the problem is.

I would love to see him vs Sturm or Chavez jr if he could get back down.

I agree. If at all possible, AA should come down. His power would be much more relevant there and he should be a little faster.

[DoktorSleepless]

I don't get how Pablo looked so small compared to Abraham. He was 179 pounds (weigh in) in a fight just 3 months ago. Could Abraham really be rehydrating to 190?

[BattlingNelson]

Yeah as unimpressive as AA was today, stieglitz really isn't that special. A step below even Abraham IMO.

I'm watching Stieglitz now. Of course Weber is a novice and Stieglitz might be fighting 'down' to that level, I cannot see Stieglitz having a chance against Kessler. He's to hittable and will likely be KO'ed around the 8th I think.

[TheGreatA]

I don't get how Pablo looked so small compared to Abraham. He was 179 pounds (weigh in) in a fight just 3 months ago. Could Abraham really be rehydrating to 190?

It looks to me that Farias doesn't take boxing too seriously as a profession. He could probably fight at 154 lbs relatively comfortably. He looked well overweight at 166 lbs.

[BattlingNelson]

I don't get how Pablo looked so small compared to Abraham. He was 179 pounds (weigh in) in a fight just 3 months ago. Could Abraham really be rehydrating to 190?

What? I cannot believe Farias has weighed that much. He looked fat at 168!

[turbotime]

I agree. If at all possible, AA should come down. His power would be much more relevant there and he should be a little faster.

He probably has made enough money though that he really doesn't have to move down and look for fights. As a fan of boxing I'd still like to see it. Or him vs Lemieux or Rubio, that's another good one. Shame we'll never get it I think.

[DoktorSleepless]

What? I cannot believe Farias has weighed that much. He looked fat at 168!

Yeah, I know, right? He's been a couple cruiserweight fights and his last fight was at light heavy .

Here's the fight where he was 179 pounds. Does he look the same as in the Abraham fight? I can't remember. He does look a bit flabby.

http://www.megavideo.com/?d=HFIJ3ELG (password: "sweet boxing" without the space)

Unless he lost a ton weight in 3 months, maybe he has a 10 pound tumor in his gut that he doesn't know about.

EDIT: You know, I do think he lost weight.

[TheGreatA]

Farias looks like a tub of lard against Gerez.