Comments Thread For: Golden Boy Matchmaker Wary of Southpaw Thompson vs. Ortiz

[Eff Pandas]

Jennings stepped up to every challenge he was given. He is/was a raw talent. Szpilka was supposed to be his biggest challenge and Jennings won that fight. Perez was supposed to be the one to finally expose Jennings. Perez with his amateur background. Had seen different styles. Even beat Ortiz in the amateurs. Jennings handled that test well. Then onto Klitschko. Nobody expected him to win but we also didn't expect him to go the distance and make Wlad look unimpressive. He stepped into the ring with Ortiz and Luis made him look like an amateur. Made adjustments to any and everything Jennings was doing. It was a very impressive win imo.

I'm not saying Jennings sucks or anything. Or that his resume is as bare as Ortiz's. I'm not saying Jennings isn't a good win for Ortiz. I'm just saying Jenning's resume is thin. His performance against Klitschko was solid, but he lost to a guy who mighta been done already as he didn't seem to show up for his next fight. He nearly lost to a "changed" (imo) Perez post-Magomed fight. And Szpilka got his lights turned out by one of the most primitive skilled HW champions in a decade or so a couple years later.

Granted they are good wins or respectable losses even with my angling & downplaying of them, but lets not just act like they weren't without issues & those being the highlights of his career doesn't make for the most amazing resume in the world or anything. He's a guy with 21 fights. Its no crime to have a thin resume among the top ranked contenders. Hell for a HW with 21 or less fights he might have the best resume.

Plus I don't think Ortiz was a good style matchup for him so I just can't throw a Ortiz parade like many have been quite yet. Maybe I'll have my Ortiz parade after a KO2 of Thompson tonight idk.