Comments Thread For: Barthelemy Decisions Shafikov, Wins IBF World Title
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u must not know how good shaf really is..he cuts the ring well..rances had to get on the inside with him or he would have risked using way to much legs..better to be on the inside fresh than it is to get there and feel like amir imam late in the round..
but i do think rances underplayed himself he could have moved the entire 12 and took 45 second breaks on the inside instead of being there all night..he's still learning all styles tho..bc in cuba u just face just who stay at distance and trying to trade straight punches with you
btw his stamina to do that in the 12th was mind blowingComment
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Exactly. Close fight until the second half, after the cut. Barthélemy opened up a lead, along with the cut. No way Shafikov won that fight. Gotta be kidding me. LolComment
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I was telling my boy watching the fight with me that. Crazy conditioning on the part of those two warriors.u must not know how good shaf really is..he cuts the ring well..rances had to get on the inside with him or he would have risked using way to much legs..better to be on the inside fresh than it is to get there and feel like amir imam late in the round..
but i do think rances underplayed himself he could have moved the entire 12 and took 45 second breaks on the inside instead of being there all night..he's still learning all styles tho..bc in cuba u just face just who stay at distance and trying to trade straight punches with you
btw his stamina to do that in the 12th was mind blowingComment
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I don't know. I kept saying he should be using his height, his reach. Maybe it was the plan all along, because Rances switched to boxing mode in the last third of the fight and really opened up the lead. Nice performance. Barthélemy used every trick in the book it seemed.Comment
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