Comments Thread For: Lubin's Coach: Erickson Would Love To Retire Trout Next!

[KTFOKING]

So everyone knows Gausha won and Lubin is calling out the loser of that fight? WTF? Talk about aiming low. He should be fighting Gausha or better yet, Lara but instead he wants the guy who lost to those two fighters. Thats obviously lacking confidence.

His trainer is calling out Trout, not Lubin himself.

But I'm fine with the Trout fight. Trout is going to go rounds with everyone and he will make Lubin think even if he's past his physical prime.

[Mr.365]

Austin Trout wont retire even if he losses 😂 sadly I think it's going to take for him to get really hurt to finally retire

[MasterPlan]

If you thought Gausha won clearly, why call out Trout? WEAK! Cunnigham should be calling out Lara! He already beat both Trout and Gausha! Lara should be the target, and Florida show be the host! MAN UP!

You call out the guy with the name. He's doing it right.
Gausha will be there.

[richardt]

His trainer is calling out Trout, not Lubin himself.

No, his trainer is speaking on Lubin's behalf because he said that Lubin would love the fight so that is synonymous with calling out Trout. Lubin clearly doesnt have his confidence back and is aiming low because he wants to fight a washed up guy instead of either of the two guys who beat him. Trout is no longer a name and beating him is doing nothing notable. Beating Gausha or Lara is notable.

[killakali]

The official result is a draw and Austin Trout is a much bigger name and former champion. Not rocket science why he would rather fight Trout.

[Bronx2245]

You call out the guy with the name. He's doing it right.
Gausha will be there.

Who has the bigger name, Lara or Trout?

[KTFOKING]

No, his trainer is speaking on Lubin's behalf because he said that Lubin would love the fight so that is synonymous with calling out Trout. Lubin clearly doesnt have his confidence back and is aiming low because he wants to fight a washed up guy instead of either of the two guys who beat him. Trout is no longer a name and beating him is doing nothing notable. Beating Gausha or Lara is notable.

If you want to say Lubin's confidence isn't back yet, then why exactly would he feat Gausha who isn't a big puncher himself? I highly doubt Lubin would be turning down a Gausha fight if offered to him. Regardless if Gausha should have gotten the win or not, a Trout fight would still be good for Lubin. He at the very least is going 10 strong rounds with him and will make him think. Lubin can get himself a title shot next year, but he can't skip any steps this time around. Needs a fight against a caliber of Trout/Gausha after his next fight and then someone like Castano would be good. Though I suspect he may have to face someone like Garcia to become a mandatory for the WBC strap....And that would be perfectly fine as well.

[richardt]

If you want to say Lubin's confidence isn't back yet, then why exactly would he feat Gausha who isn't a big puncher himself? I highly doubt Lubin would be turning down a Gausha fight if offered to him. Regardless if Gausha should have gotten the win or not, a Trout fight would still be good for Lubin. He at the very least is going 10 strong rounds with him and will make him think. Lubin can get himself a title shot next year, but he can't skip any steps this time around. Needs a fight against a caliber of Trout/Gausha after his next fight and then someone like Castano would be good. Though I suspect he may have to face someone like Garcia to become a mandatory for the WBC strap....And that would be perfectly fine as well.

It's not about confidence against a puncher - it is about confidence to fight the winner of last Saturday's fight, not the loser. NO ONE wants to see Lubin vs a washed up Trout. Gausha or Lara would be aiming high, Trout is aiming low.

[KTFOKING]

It's not about confidence against a puncher - it is about confidence to fight the winner of last Saturday's fight, not the loser. NO ONE wants to see Lubin vs a washed up Trout. Gausha or Lara would be aiming high, Trout is aiming low.

That's fine, he doesn't need to go straight to the top yet. He will get his title shot sometime next year in all likelihood looking at the WBC rankings.

So when did Gausha turn into this great fighter? You're acting like he is levels above Trout or something. Don't even compare Lara to Gausha as that's totally different levels....And we say it when those two fought each other.

And reading that article, that quote came from Cunningham. Lubin as far as I can tell wasn't even in the building when he said that. Cunningham said Lubin would love to send Trout in retirement since Gausha couldn't. To me that means they expected Trout to win this fight and he had that quote ready for if he got interviewed afterwards. I wouldn't make too much of that quote.

[CoachMac34]

Who has the bigger name, Lara or Trout?

If you hadn't called Lara's name, no one would've thought of him! Does the guy even still fight?! Lubin is calling out the former champ that just fought, whose name is on the public's conscience right now. Smart move!