Comments Thread For: Artur Beterbiev-Ezequiel Maderna Set For June 4

[j0zef]

It's a horrible fight, even coming off the injury. This guy is a 168 fighter who's not even a contender. If we hold Ward to the Barrera standard, we should hold Artur to the same one.

[Mitchell Kane]

Beterbiev, shoulder injury aside, was a fight away from stepping in with Kovalev and giving him that work. If you earnestly believe that that was the type of fighter that you'd still be seeing on FNF, I'm not sure what to tell you.

If you think FNF has never had a ranked contender on, I'm not sure what to tell you.

[Scipio2009]

If you think FNF has never had a ranked contender on, I'm not sure what to tell you.

Beterbiev was one fight away from being in a real world title fight. Maybe I'm mistaken but when was the last time you saw such a fighter on Friday Night Fights?

Maybe it's slipped my mind, but I can't point to a single other instance where a legit world title contender was still fighting on Friday Night Fights. An example would be helpful.

[Mitchell Kane]

Beterbiev was one fight away from being in a real world title fight. Maybe I'm mistaken but when was the last time you saw such a fighter on Friday Night Fights?

Maybe it's slipped my mind, but I can't point to a single other instance where a legit world title contender was still fighting on Friday Night Fights. An example would be helpful.

Here's an example from last year:

ESPN Friday Night Fights presented by Corona Extra will return for its 18th season Friday, Jan. 9, at 9 p.m. ET, live on ESPN2 with a 12-round lightweight bout between WBA #1 ranked Darleys Pérez (31-1, 20 KOs) and Jonathan Maicelo (21-1, 12 KOs). The winner of the bout will be next in line to fight WBA World Champion Richar Abril.

http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2014/12/espn-friday-night-fights-and-noche-de-combates-return-january-9-featuring-lightweight-showdown-with-world-title-implications/

[MDPopescu]

Ward schools this guy

Yeah, sure. Like Ward schooled Smith and Banderras.

[soul_survivor]

He might. Stevenson's straight left is as good a punch as there is in the sport. But he might not. Beterbiev's a big LHW to have coming after you if you're gassing, as Adonis tends to do.

Yeah but for a man who is almost 40, Adonis' reflexes are as fast as anybodies in the division and his hands are probably quicker. Artur is not difficult to hit and neither is he particularly athletic. Artur v Fonfara or Alvarez is better at this stage.

[iNixus]

they offered the same money to isaac chilemba that he had agaisnt alvarez and he said no and they offered alot of money to Yunieski Gonzalez and also said no for facing beterbiev.

[Scipio2009]

Here's an example from last year:



http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-re...-implications/

Nobody was talking about Darleys Perez then and, to be frank, nobody is talking about him now.

[firstborn]

It's a horrible fight, even coming off the injury. This guy is a 168 fighter who's not even a contender. If we hold Ward to the Barrera standard, we should hold Artur to the same one.

It's a decent fight to shake off the rust and see how he responds after an injury. Doesn't really matter though, boxing fans are whiners and would complain about anything......