Comments Thread For: NBC Sports Early Results: Mchunu Shocks Chambers

[Tomasio]

Stevens is now coming into his own. He was inexperienced and has discipline and focus now, something he was lacking in the past. Guess you also have never heard of Freddy Pendalton, Orlando Salido, Mike Weaver, and others.

Not only have I heard of them, but have seen them fight live.. That doesn't mean he's gonna turn out to be like them or he might turn out to be better than them, ¿who knows?.. But can't let yourself go by what happened tonight, cause Saul Roman is NOTHING compared to Golovkin cause out of Roman's 10 defeats, he's been KO'd 7 times & it was already expected for Stevens to KO Roman at any point he landed a good shot & it happened in the very 1st round & good for him, cause it showed he's at a much higher level. But Golovkin is a totally different animal & if your not willing to see that, then You have some sort of problem accepting reality..

[SOLARflare]

Another lesson learned here, DO NOT MOVE DOWN. EVER.

[richardt]

Not only have I heard of them, but have seen them fight live.. That doesn't mean he's gonna turn out to be like them or he might turn out to be better than them, ¿who knows?.. But can't let yourself go by what happened tonight, cause Saul Roman is NOTHING compared to Golovkin cause out of Roman's 10 defeats, he's been KO'd 7 times & it was already expected for Stevens to KO Roman at any point he landed a good shot & it happened in the very 1st round & good for him, cause it showed he's at a much higher level. But Golovkin is a totally different animal & if your not willing to see that, then You have some sort of problem accepting reality..

I'm not going by just what happened tonight. You forget, Stevens has also stopped very durable guys. Don't kid yourself into thinking that GGG is a different animal. ANYONE can get caught. Until GGG fights someone who is a MONSTEROUS puncher, no one knows if he can hold up. GGG would either have to avoid Stevens best, or have a rock solid chin and even then, he could get nailed. Stevens would make it very interesting for how long it lasts. It is a guaranteed barnburner and a fight that would produce fireworks.

[Tomasio]

I'm not going by just what happened tonight. You forget, Stevens has also stopped very durable guys. Don't kid yourself into thinking that GGG is a different animal. ANYONE can get caught. Until GGG fights someone who is a MONSTEROUS puncher, no one knows if he can hold up. GGG would either have to avoid Stevens best, or have a rock solid chin and even then, he could get nailed. Stevens would make it very interesting for how long it lasts. It is a guaranteed barnburner and a fight that would produce fireworks.

Name 1 durable guy that Stevens has stopped.. I don't see any.. Yet Golovkin has faced better opposition & that have shown they are not only durable but have the power to stop guys & Golovkin has stopped them on their tracks..

[richardt]

Name 1 durable guy that Stevens has stopped.. I don't see any.. Yet Golovkin has faced better opposition & that have shown they are not only durable but have the power to stop guys & Golovkin has stopped them on their tracks..

Edwin Ayala was very durable and went 12 rounds with a young prime Arthur Abraham and was only stopped by another huge puncher in Lemiux. You talk about GGG fighting guys who have power to stop guys but he has never been in with a true one-punch KO artist like Stevens. Anyone can see how that fight is a dangerous one for GGG as well as Stevens. Stevens deserves a shot to see if GGG can take huge punches as well as dish them out. It would be the first time GGG has been chin-checked by a huge puncher and we would see if he can take it or not. With Stevens game changer, anything can happen. Guys like Stevens are the ones GGG needs to prove himself against because they are contenders and he is a Champ and the goal is to defend that championship. Or we can just pretend GGG is the best and never have him fight anyone and not have him fight contenders like Stevens.

[torosboxing75]

I would love to see Stevens and GGG but I think GGG is to smart and experienced for him. GGG by brutal KO, because who ever wins it will be by brutal KO, that's for sure.

[forget]

The top heavyweights cannot beat average cruiserweights? Are we ranking this heavyweight era too high? Chambers deserved that win over Adamek but not this one.

Oh, and I thought Povetkin lost to Huck too.

[ramblingalp]

Chambers matched up as bad as he could having to be on the front foot and countering against a southpaw (taking his jab basically and making him do the opposite of what he does at heavyweight). Against somebody like Lebedev it's a whole other story imo. But I want to see Mchunu again soon. He's the goods.

I'd like to see him again too. The way he schooled Chambers reminded me of the way Rigondeaux took care of business against an overconfident Donaire.

[Slowhand]

The top heavyweights cannot beat average cruiserweights? Are we ranking this heavyweight era too high? Chambers deserved that win over Adamek but not this one.

Oh, and I thought Povetkin lost to Huck too.

Chambers is no top HW and Mchunu didn´t seem so average to me. - Huck vs Povetkin was a weird fight, it looked like Huck beat the spirit out of Povetkin. I wonder what Povetkin does when Wlad connects with that right hand hammer..
By the way, Huck vs Mchunu would be awesome!

[Razor Ramon]

I'm surprised Chambers lost, I'd assumed his problem was basically being too short without to fight at heavyweight without an equalising punch on his side. Maybe he's just spent or maybe he was never that slick to begin with and just looked it against lumbering heavyweight lumps like Dimitrenko and Peters. A statue could look fast and fluid in a fight against them.