Comments Thread For: Campbell on Ryan Garcia: He's Never Had Real Test, I'm a Big Leap For Him

['b']

too much is being made about going the distance with linares on an SD. linares is pretty good but linares has been beaten up and ko'd plenty of times by plenty of people. loma is great but loma is not a ko guy at 135. most good contenders will go 12 with loma at 35. different style fighter, different type of test. could be a decent fight. glad they seem to be able to get it done

No-one is saying Campbell is some legend in the making, but the facts are facts and he is a solid fighter, those trying to make out he is some British-level bum are ******.

And Loma hits plenty hard enough, he stopped Linares with a body shot after he dislocated his right shoulder in the 2nd round and he brutally Ko'd Crolla. He isn't some featherfist, if he wants to hit hard he will hit hard.

[Ray*]

before we go into full genuflection on campbell and garcia's marine corp level of toughness and adventure, remember this is essentially a dazn fight between a top dazn prospect vs a solid 30 year old dazn contender with no belt.

even so it is a good fight that most would like to see and presents good opportunities for both

Nothing to do with toughness, more about matchmaking. If both were with PBC this fight would not happen. Just look at Tank Davis as a perfect example.

[CauliflowerEars]

I actually think I lean Campbell. He has seen a ton in the ring, and has adapted well enough to be competitive. I could talk myself into either, but if Luke wants to be anything but a gate keeper he needs this win. Garcia may be young, talented, and hungry, but Campbell is tested, underrated, and hungry.

Campbell wins a fight which may be good enough to demand an immediate, better paying rematch next year.

^^^ One of the best perspectives I've heard, regarding this bout..

[CauliflowerEars]

The truth really. I don't know why people are slagging off Luke, he is a really good fighter. If you are a fan of Garcia then why would you downplay Luke as if he's a bum, doesn't give you much to talk about if Garcia wins right? If Kingry wins then that is a massive win and means he will most definitely become a good world champion, and if he loses it doesn't make Kingry a bum, he is still very young and there is no shame in losing to an Olympic gold medalist and someone who has avenged 1 of his 3 losses, the other 2 being world champs in Loma and Linares (a UD and SD loss respectively).

A lot of people on here smoking crack (and taking it up the crack too most likely)

Hahaha. Good take...