Andy Lee vs. Matvey Korobov on Dec 13

[Divine Hammer]

i think korobov can win this easy.

peter quacklin is such a punk.

[The Hammer]

Andy Lee 'never more ready' to win title as he prepares for WBO decider

http://www.rte.ie/sport/boxing/2014/1208/665366-andy-lee-never-more-ready-to-win-title/

[Beercules]

Korobov takes Lee out in 6

[Spray_resistant]

On a side note what is Quillin doing instead of defending this title against Korobov which he vacated?

Did he really just want to avoid any and all legit threats to his unbeaten record?

[paulf]

On a side note what is Quillin doing instead of defending this title against Korobov which he vacated?

Did he really just want to avoid any and all legit threats to his unbeaten record?

Jay Z won the purse bid for Korobov-Quillin, so Al Haymon is making him give up the title as opposed to letting Jay promote the fight.

[Spray_resistant]

Jay Z won the purse bid for Korobov-Quillin, so Al Haymon is making him give up the title as opposed to letting Jay promote the fight.

Non boxing people making the business side even worse but pretty sure if Quillin really wanted to he could have pushed for it but why I guess since Korobov is pretty unknown and has a great chance to beat him.

[El-blanco]

Korobov is nothing special but I expect him to win a boring decision. His gas tank is horrible though, if Andy can survive early he can ko him late.

[Citizen Koba]

Korobov is nothing special but I expect him to win a boring decision. His gas tank is horrible though, if Andy can survive early he can ko him late.

IDK - Korobov is just weird. It's not so much that he gasses late, rather that he just inexplicably takes rounds off - often, seemingly, just as he's got his guy ready to go.

I'd expect him to win by decision, technically he's much better than Lee, I know the Edwards fight has been mentioned as an illustration of Matvey being vulnerable, but that was the result of Matvey uncharacteristically going realy hard for the early kill (against a big hitter too - ask Badou Jack), I doubt it's a mistake he makes again.

I'm not a particular fan of Matvey - the guy has a habit of making even promising fights fairly dull even if he occasionally shows moments of real flair, but I'm fairly sure he beats Andy Lee.
I'm hoping against hope that he can do it by highlight reel KO to get folk excited in a potential GGG matchup, but most likely he just grinds out a workmanlike PTS win.

[deanrw]

I cannot even guess with this fight. I have seen both guys look good one fight, and fight with passion, and then seen them make us fall aleep their next fight and show none at all.

Lee was gutsy and vulnerable in his last fight. Korobov has showed good signs lately. I guess i would lean with Korobov, has he has gone through much less wear and tear.

[dan_cov]

Whilst I favour Korobov and expect a mid-late stoppage I am surprised to see Lee without a single vote given Korobov's vulnerabilities.
His gas tank is very questionable and he suffers from mental lapses where he gets hit with silly ****, something you probably can't afford to do against Lee where for all his faults has shown power if little else.