How Did You Know A Fighter Was Going To Win When Every Thought He Was Done For?

[MaskedMurderer]

I picked Hopkins to beat Pavlik because I didn't think Kelly was the new star people were making him out to be, and besides his power, he was a very limited boxer. It's easy to point that out now, but before this fight the guy was getting hyped up like crazy. Also, B-Hop looked very hungry in the build up and his style was perfect for somebody like Pavlik. I recall the majority of people thinking that Pavlik was not only going to beat Hopkins, but he was going to be the first to stop him. I didn't think Hopkins would put on a masterclass like he did, I said he'd win a close fight, but I was confident Hopkins would win.

great breakdown of how you saw the fight.

[Showtime..]

When Salido rehydrated up to 147 after failing to make weight vs Lomachenko I knew it was Salido's night. Coupled with the amazing amount of low blows he did so, "veteranly" if I may, in front of referee Laurence "Ray Charles" Cole.. I knew he would come out with the victory.

Salido fans acted like Salido SRR'ed Loma in that fight. Illegal tactics are legal is the ref is on our side!

[soul_survivor]

I'll give a recent example:

Garcia v Matthysse

99% here kept saying that Matthysse would destroy Garcia, dos rounds etc but people failed to see that Matthysse wasm't or isn't a destroyer, he is a cultured beast, I've referred to him as such for years now.

To beat a counterpuncher like Garcia, you have to either overwhelm him, which isn't Lucas' style or you have to outbox and Lucas isn't good enough for that.

Garcia took a while to get going but once his counters started landing, there was no way back for Matthysse. I think he also folded mentally, signs of which I saw against Judah, Matt likes things going his way, when they dont he folds. He almost did so against Molina too, if only Molina's body didn't let him down he may well have won that fight too.