Had I seen more footage of Herring there's no way I'd have gone with him, just blindly went with the bookies and the consensus here.
If I see a 50-50 fight I usually go with the underdog at the bookies. Because I hate going against myself I then pick the underdog quite often on here as well.
Herring UD Shafikov would eviscerate Hovannisyan. Herring isn't great, but he's too much for Art, who's average in every way, including power.
Been going back and forth on that one too, in all likelihood, Warren will win whether he deserves to or not.
Shafikov is one of the best pressure fighters in boxing right now, massively underrated fighter. It's a shame he only gets credit his stint as a Comedian, frequent Stern guest, and voice of the Aflac duck.
Think how I feel, I went with Shafikov by KO early, but changed at the last minute thinking if it went the distance they'd give to Herring. I figured Denis would dominate him, but lose enough rounds early and have a few competitive ones in the middle to justify a robbery.
There's a bit Sarah Silverman does about her Jewish ancestors being raped by Mongolians, I'm pretty sure the same applies to Gilbert.