Comments Thread For: Ronnie Shields: Lara's Style is His Style - I Won't Change it For Critics!

[RussB23]

Im a lara fan but he could have gotten gausha out of their. When he fights these gatekeeper level fighters he should be stopping them.

[john l]

All you need to do is take out the term effective before aggression on the scoring criteria.

MMA scores aggression as much as effective aggression and doesn't score defense at all and that makes a ton of difference in guys not pushing the fight not winning plus makes fights more entertaining more often as two aggressive fighters often will.

aggression don't mean anything if your not landing. unless its Hughie fury vs parker or dirrell vs froch that's neg fighting at that point I would give it to the agresser otherwise you can win off back foot

[aboutfkntime]

While Erislandy Lara (25-2-2, 14 KOs) easily out-boxed Terrell Gausha this past weekend at the Barclay Center in Brooklyn, New York, in defense of his WBA/IBO 154-pound titles, it wasn't a performance that played to rave critical reviews. The crowd inside the venue could be heard heckling the action (or lack thereof) and the Showtime ratings actually declined during this main event.
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absolutely !

throughout history, a true champion faced all styles

they can either.... make him fight, and beat him.... or, they cannot

we heard all that same talk about Mayweather

let the rockem-sockem-robot-loving casual fans cry, so what

[aboutfkntime]

he is getting way too much heat he never ran 1 bit guas should have done more he was losing. I would like to see him move his hands more but he outthrew his op.he was losing up to him to do more.and what other sport do u hear announcers putting down the action all the time.nfl nba never hear them go on and on about a defensive contest. larry mercent was the worst of all

GOOD post, especially the bold

[john l]

Im a lara fan but he could have gotten gausha out of their. When he fights these gatekeeper level fighters he should be stopping them.

I don't think gausha gave him a chance. he would of had to do a Floyd vs mc and believe it or not even gausha can hit harder and is more dan than MC

[aboutfkntime]

He doesn't have to change his style, as long as the judge's keep giving his opponent's the rounds for outworking him - then that's fine.

Boxing used to be if the guy who moved backwards didn't score a knockdown - he lost the round. We need to go back to that style of judging; otherwise, the sport will remain marginal. Nobody cares about Lara outside of the internet nerd crowd on here.

He lost to Canelo - plain and simple.

good god, you silly cvnts are awful

[john l]

GOOD post, especially the bold

thx they are also doctors now its like they feel guilty about makin their money in a blood sport so its stop the fight right away.you keep guys from getting hurt later in life don't ley james toney and roy jones 2 still fight

[aboutfkntime]

All you need to do is take out the term effective before aggression on the scoring criteria.

MMA scores aggression as much as effective aggression and doesn't score defense at all and that makes a ton of difference in guys not pushing the fight not winning plus makes fights more entertaining more often as two aggressive fighters often will.

why should expending energy unnecessarily, and offering your opponent opportunities, be rewarded?

they used to be bad things, that were coached out of bad fighters

why should the rules be changed to benefit limited fighters..... who are not that "effective"?

[DuckAdonis]

His style is great. If Lara worked a little bit harder tho he could've finished off gausha, instead of keep boxing him at a slow pace. Gausha was the one who made the fight boring, but Lara could've finished it but didnt

[siablo14]

absolutely !

throughout history, a true champion faced all styles

they can either.... make him fight, and beat him.... or, they cannot

we heard all that same talk about Mayweather

let the rockem-sockem-robot-loving casual fans cry, so what

They probably enjoyed Leo Santa Cruz's last fight but that was sloppy to me.