Comments Thread For: Shaw Hopes Szpilka Comes Through For Jennings

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Promoter Gary Shaw has advised BoxingScene.com that he's ready and willing to finalize a heavyweight battle of unbeatens between Bryant Jennings (17-0, 9KOs) and Artur Szpilka (16-0, 12KOs) for January 18th, on HBO, from the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.

Jennings was scheduled to face Polish giant Mariusz Wach. After initially accepting the fight, Wach withdrew a few days later.
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[King_]

Who promotes Szpilka? Make this happen asap! You can never have enough undefeated HW showdowns!

[joe strong]

great matchup

Jennings the 6'2 perimeter boxer with an 84' reach against the risk taking southpaw in szpilka. i really enjoy watching szpilka but he doesn't have the sturdiest of chins & he is easy to hit. that is not a good combination when you start taking on world level fighters. this is a 50\50 fight in my eyes. i'm not sure Jennings is that good yet. he beat a couple decent guys & so has szpilka. they are at the same point in there careers & these are the fights we need to see. up & comers fighting each other to see who is the contender & who is the pretender. my gut feeling tells me that 84" reach will play a factor & Jennings will knockout szpilka. on the other hand can Jennings see the left coming from the southpaw stance?

[joe strong]

this is a fight i could consider going to... it's the undercard for pascal\bute in montreal...

[Slowhand]

I wonder why Wach pulled out as he would´ve been a much tougher challenge than Szpilka. - I´m guessing Szpilka starts strong, gets out boxed and KOd in the middle rounds. And the crowd will appreciate every minute of it so I guess it could be worse.