Cuauhtemoc1520's take on this weekend 5\24/14

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

What's your predictions for forthcoming big fights?

Which fights specifically?

Did not see the latter but spot on with the Stevenson vs Fonfara showing. Stevenson is far better than most are willing to admit. He is a lot craftier than given credit for.

Fans are only willing to look at the negatives but there was a lot of positives in that fight and Stevenson once again proved he is a major threat to anybody at LHW!

All this talk of him being one handed is utter ****. The guys right hook to head and body is a weapon! He is not a one handed southpaw and neither is he one dimensional. Once he got knocked down he made adjustments & fought and smothered Fonfara on the inside & relentlessly worked the body. Again proving critics wrong who say he can't fight inside.

I agree man, I was also wrong in thinking that Stevenson was just going to walk through Fonfara. Anyone who's ever seen the Polish fighter knows how he does get hit.

He showed tons of heart and weathered the storm. I also agree about Stevenson, everyone is down on him right now, but it had a lot to do with Fonfara.

That cross to the body was brutal, you don't see that punch a lot/ It can be a great weapon if you have the power and speed to pull it off.

[Hougigo]

Fonfara was crazy tough. Stevenson's struggles weren't about anything he wasn't doing, it was all that Fonfara was walking through hell and fighting. Stevenson actually showed a nice adjustment to take the fight inside, which allowed him to take the fight back after he was knocked down. Sometimes you fight a guy who just takes your punches and keeps coming, and the fight is hard.

People weren't expecting crazy tough. I admit I questioned his chin too since Findley but admittedly it was when he was a lot younger and a MW.

From the minutes I was allowed to see of the fight so far, he took the beatings well. He also wasn't as fearless. Bellew seemed legit scared the whole fight.

[Dr Rumack]

Fonfara has a very nice left hook.

Stevenson's lack of variety is what people are criticising him for. When faced with a guy who didn't evaporate when he got hit, that lack of variety was really apparent.

Fonfara was tough as nails, but he was also right there all night for Stevenson to unload on him. Stevenson is really good at what he does, and he's a great athlete, but he doesn't have much else in his toolbox. Doesn't mean he's not a top LHW.

[jas]

@TS, froch groves, degale Gonzalez, Sergio cotto, donaire vetyeka, loma Russell, Crawford gamboa, fury chisora, Canelo Lara

Choose whichever you want.

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

@TS, froch groves, degale Gonzalez, Sergio cotto, donaire vetyeka, loma Russell, Crawford gamboa, fury chisora, Canelo Lara

Choose whichever you want.

OK, I would like to see Groves win the rematch, since I thought he was cheated the first time in that stoppage. I like what I saw from him and how he was out workingFroch which isn't easy to do. I would pick him to win the rematch.

I have Sergio beating Cotto mostly because of size. Cotto is best when he's coming forward and being the bully like we saw vs Rodriguez. I just don't think that will affect Sergio as much because of his awkward style and size. I'm glad the fight was made but Sergio might be too big too strong. Picking Sergio.

Canelo vs Lara is probably the best fight on paper of this year. Everyone said Canelo would avoid Lara like the plague but that didn't happen. Even though Lara is slick and I would say the style match up favors Lara, I'm leaning Canelo slightly. Even though I wouldn't be surprised to see a Lara decision, I think the power of Canelo is going to turn this fight around. Canelo by stoppage.

Loma vs Russel is really interesting and a pick em fight right now. This one is really hard because we don't know much about either fighter at the pro level. Is Loma the real deal? Is Russell going to step up finally and show us that he is a great fighter? I don't know man, this one is hard. I like Russells counter punching and speed vs Loma, but I like the way Loma started to walk down the tough Salido in the last few rounds. Right now this one is a toss up for me but if I had to pick one, I think I'm leaning Russell by decision.

Crawford vs Gamboa is really interesting as well but I'm picking Crawford because boxing is not like riding a bicycle. If you are not active, it will hurt you. Gamboa has not been active, Crawford has been getting better and better and is a really good boxer. Of course the speed and explosiveness of Gamboa can turn the fight but I'm picking Crawford by Decision.

[ShoulderRoll]

Stevenson ran into a little adversity but he dug down and managed to overcome it. That speaks well of him.

I don't think he's getting enough credit for that so it's good to see Cuauhtemoc mentioning it.

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

Stevenson ran into a little adversity but he dug down and managed to overcome it. That speaks well of him.

I don't think he's getting enough credit for that so it's good to see Cuauhtemoc mentioning it.

Yea it looked after he knocked down that he was done but he dug deep. I also thought that Fonfara's corner wasn't telling him what they should have. I understand they wanted him to throw combo's but IMO they should have just really simplified things and told him to just step outside of the lead foot and throw a hard right hand right down the middle at distance.

He came out and fought head to head on the inside for some reason the round after he knocked Stevenson down. Was really puzzling to me.

His left hook was nice but his money punch was the jab FIRST and the off angle right hand stepping to his left. I think he could have won the fight if he would have stuck to that.