Comments Thread For: Barthelemy Decisions Shafikov, Wins IBF World Title

[el_locoteee]

omg the entire card was great except one fight and thank god that it ended early lol

Love it. And I like that Mayweather's prospect.

[tiliheels]

Rances had a good fight but I always feel like he doesn't go for the kill when he's on another level than his opponents

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 blowing

[tiliheels]

Love it. And I like that Mayweather's prospect.

that kid could be the quicked running back in the nfl he chose too..he went in there and potshotted one round and thats when i said "i see why they mention floyd"..he has a complete game so far

[CubanGuyNYC]

That's what happen when you get a bad ******.

Yep it didn't land that's why that eye keep getting busted over and over again.

That fight was close until the cut, then it was all Rances.

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. Lol

[285Kid]

Richard Commeys coming to the USA , so that fight could be made

[CubanGuyNYC]

omg the entire card was great except one fight and thank god that it ended early lol

GREAT card.

[tiliheels]

Richard Commeys coming to the USA , so that fight could be made

who tf is that? he's not even ranked at 135 top 10

[tiliheels]

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. Lol

why did he stay on the inside so long? i was like aw **** this is amir imam all over again

[CubanGuyNYC]

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 blowing

I was telling my boy watching the fight with me that. Crazy conditioning on the part of those two warriors.

[CubanGuyNYC]

why did he stay on the inside so long? i was like aw **** this is amir imam all over again

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.