Comments Thread For: Jennings-Szpilka Close For Garcia MSG Card, Jan. 25

[richardt]

Solid Heavyweight fight! Two unbeatens going at it!

[Cuban Linx]

Great fight. It will tell us a lot about Jennings. Szpilka is slow, and he's a slugger. Jennings should be able to stick and move, but Szpilka can also take a punch and he's very heavy handed.

[molinari]

Great fight. It will tell us a lot about Jennings. Szpilka is slow, and he's a slugger. Jennings should be able to stick and move, but Szpilka can also take a punch and he's very heavy handed.

You might be thinking about some other dude.

[Mikhnienko]

great matchup! this is a tough one to call. Jennings got that 84" reach he can use to pick apart his opponent. no doubt szpilka can punch & if he lands cleanly Jennings might be on his back. how far done was liakhovich when Jennings beat him? does he get too much credit for that win? he did beat bowie tupou but he also got hurt in that fight. i can't pick a winner here. Jennings reach vs szpilka's power & southpaw stance. they are evenly matched. both have been hurt & they have fought the same level of opposition for the most part. i just want the fight to happen. 2 guys trying to move up...

Both of them are also very mobile and throw alot of combinations for HW's great matchup.

Great fight. It will tell us a lot about Jennings. Szpilka is slow, and he's a slugger. Jennings should be able to stick and move, but Szpilka can also take a punch and he's very heavy handed.

Szpilka's foot and handspeed is far better than the average HW's.

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[GhostBlade]

Great fight. It will tell us a lot about Jennings. Szpilka is slow, and he's a slugger. Jennings should be able to stick and move, but Szpilka can also take a punch and he's very heavy handed.

Szpilka isn't really heavy-handed by heavyweight standards and I think someone like him really should be fighting at cruiserweight. Also, Szpilka got dropped a total of three times by Mike Mollo in their two fights so how will he handle Jennings?

[Tiny tyson]

why is hbo doing this to us? wilder destroys both these guys in the first round. stop trying to build hypejobs hbo. wilder is and will be the champ from now until retirement.

Calling 2 other fighters in defense of wilder. The irony.

Anyway I like what I've been seeing from Jennings. His competition has gotten better with each fight and he's a fighter that stays in shape all year round. Should be a good fight.

[Mikhnienko]

Szpilka isn't really heavy-handed by heavyweight standards and I think someone like him really should be fighting at cruiserweight. Also, Szpilka got dropped a total of three times by Mike Mollo in their two fights so how will he handle Jennings?

Mollo had never been down in his career and Szpilka knocked him out cold both times.

[Szef]

Mollo had never been down in his career and Szpilka knocked him out cold both times.

Not to mention Mollo hits harder than Jennings IMO.

[Mikhnienko]

Not to mention Mollo hits harder than Jennings IMO.

I think Szpilka hits a little harder but they'll both be capable of hurting eachother which is what makes it fun.