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Originally posted by observer View PostGlad Barrera doesn't get any sympathy. He denied the fans an interesting fight. Not much intrigue in the Shabransky fight. Kovalev-Barrera would have been a thriller. So glad he got punished for that, if indirectly.
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Originally posted by LOCOMEX89 View PostIt's Barrera's own fault at the end of the day. Why would he pass on the chance to fight Kovalev? Obviously Main Events wanted to keep it in house but Barrera passed on the chance to Main Event on HBO.
You can't fault Golden Boy Promotions or Slava. It's a chance that they had to take and I'm glad they stepped up to take it.
Risk taking is a part of the sport and right now their is a bad trend of fighters not willing to take it.
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Originally posted by minemax View PostAnd I completely understand Barrera on this one! That's just ridiculous. Shabranskyy is obviously a cherry-picked opponent for Kovalev.
Here, let's look at the WBO rankings: wboboxing.com/wp-content/pdf/1710WBORankingasofOct2017.pdf
What are they for, I wonder?
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I would be in Barrera's corner on this one but seeing how he turned down the Kovalev fight, it actually makes sense.
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