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[Apollo7]

When Floyd's the smart, mature one in the conversion...well that says a lot....

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My take on the weight:

It wasn't the agreed weight so Ryan deserved his financial penalty, he would have deserved it if Haney told him to take a walk, fight's off. He also doesn't get the belts, obviously fair.

However, we know Haney can make 140 and be strong, he looked great...

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This pretty much. Some people like the showboating and will watch him for that. Others don't and will enjoy watching him get beat up.

As for it being disrespectful? Fighters regularly disrespect each other. Even the fathers and promoters are getting into it these days....

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Maybe he would have if Garcia didn't tell him to suck his dick. After that, I don't blame Bradley for bringing up the fact that he didn't make the weight....

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You're probably right. They'll go back to the usual talk because they believe that's what sells. The May weather blueprint....

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Was it because he realized he couldn't keep him off him or was it because he wanted to hurt him back and prove a point because of his pride?...

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Yeah but I'm not particularly confident about it and that's what makes it so interesting....

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People will no doubt tune in. If you're a boxing fan why wouldn't you? These two also have appeal amongst casual fans. It's a big fight.

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I like the comments here from Devin and Bill. Much more likeable when they're more humble and they seem like they have the right mindset to learn from this....

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Still beat the man who beat the man though, so shouldn't that boost his resume?...

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But did Taylor really beat Caterall?

Edit - Smash beat me to it....

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How you deal with the setbacks shows your real strength of character. We'll see if Haney is able to learn and improve from this. I think he needed to be humbled tbh.

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Lineal meaning "beat the man who beat the man"?

Davis beat Garcia who beat Haney who beat Kambosos who beat Lopez lol. It's an interesting topic....

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I think most people are overlooking the weight thing because Haney has had big weight advantages in previous fights so people think "what goes around comes around". Haney and Garcia seem to be a similar size and we don't know who actually weighed more in the ring. A rematch could obviously...

[Apollo7]

Lopez lost to Kambosos.
Garcia lost to Tank.
Haney lost to Garcia.

Then there's a bunch of asterisks because of judging decisions, weight stipulations, missing weight etc.

There's no clear best resume right now imo....

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It was up there with the worst I can recall.

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If Ryan had been more professional he may well have been in better condition, made weight and performed better....

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Haney was always lacking in the chin and power departments and Garcia always had speed and power so I don't think the weight made the difference.

Regardless, it was a surprisingly exciting fight. I scored it the same as the one judge. 114 - 110.

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Teo would be my first choice. Matias second.

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Turned out to be a decent post...