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[tomhawq]

Wow, what have I been missing? Barrios is fighting on Netflix, not PBC/Amazon? What in the world is happening?

[tomhawq]

It's not a "huge step up" fight like this article claims. He took the fight because of the "high reward" component in it. Will he take Benavidez or Morrell? Nah. You're impressed because you have this mythical impression of the Mexican being invincible, super human , un-ageing, can't...

[tomhawq]

If this is all about making Canelo vs Crawford, nah. It's a waste of time and resources and both fighters should not deserve getting truckloads of Saudi oil money. But if it's about Canelo vs Benavidez, then both should deserve taking such amount of money.

[tomhawq]

Will this guy fight Morrell or Benavidez? I doubt it. Those are clearly huge step ups, at least on paper.

[tomhawq]

People need to define "huge step up" clearly and realistically.

Huge step up should be all about in terms of taking high risk with low reward. Only fools turn down high reward fights. Why, because all you really have to do is show up, quit on your stool halfway into the fight,...

[tomhawq]

Don't know why he's getting so much props in his fight with the Mexican fighter. All he did was to be in a defensive stance and I didn't see him trying to destroy the superstar of boxing. He's so massive and big, yet he's being walked down by a smaller man. And when he got knocked down, all he wanted...