Absolutely. Very well rounded, versatile, but he also had the steel and stamina to go 15 rounds with anyone. He had freakish stamina. The DeMarco fights are indicative of that.
Yeah, grinding down Yuh is not a strategy many should consider. Chang is clearly more skillful and fluid but if he plans to outhustle Yuh over 15 rounds, he'd better be in the best shape of his life because nothing short is going to be enough.
Yeah I guess I need them. I'm seeing all kinds of silly **** like Lopez failing to distinguish himself from an inferior fighter to Yuh in Alvarez.
Dunno, if Yuh can take Lopez punches well, which i think is highly likely, then his tidyness and busy accuracy could make for a very close fight.We never saw Lopez fight a rock jawed technically sound fighter really. Lopez better feet would give him a good shot at dictating when the exchanges take place for the early-mid rounds though.Neither fighter would really need to worry about facing a confusing rhythm.
btw i think Yuh vs Olivo is one of his fights that is rightfully considered controversial(in the sense of being debatable at least, not as a robbery).Though the American West Coast boxing guys probably whined a bit much, as usual.
The closest he got to it was Alvarez and I fail to see how that can instil anyone with confidence that he can handle Yuh. Lopez is more precise and technically sound, I don't question it, but Yuh is the type of guy that will gladly mix it up I feel and try and break through those mechanics. If Lopez can't discourage him with his power, Yuh's going to take it imo.
I had it for Yuh by 3 points whilst scoring a couple of even rounds. I'd say it's the closest to a controversial fight he had, but I still think Yuh nicked it. One of his few sub-par performances in any case...
EDIT: Now discussed Yuh's level of opposition was worse than Lopez's. Chang was much, much better than Yuh.
Stop being a pedantic little ****, Flea bag. I have to say though, thanks for taking the time of your busy schedule to post stuff like "Chang was better than Yuh". Thank you. Invaluable.
You guys do see the irony of saying that no more can be asked of someone than to beat everyone in front of you as a mark against Ricardo Lopez right. And ss, no offense but how can you say that Lopez failed to distinguish himself from Alvarez when he fought him twice, didn't lose either time, was four years older, 5 pounds lighter, and didn't lose either time. The point being as great as Yuh was Lopez and Chang were greater. Chang fought much, much better fighters (Zapata, Torres, Ohashi, etc.) and was 99% as consistent as Yuh over his first career. Lopez was significantly more consistent than Yuh, over similar if not equal competition. Head to head, unless someone has a significant stylistic advantage, I always pick the greater fighter. In this case this is Chang (or Lopez), and I don't see what Yuh did that would make him a favorite.