Spinks' resume SHITS all over Beterbiev's at 175 alone and up until now, has had about 10 more fights than B at 175. B has fought NOBODY in his career that indicates he would have beaten Spinks or Qawi. And if you think Qawi is going to get into a slugfest with anyone, obviously you have never seen him fight because he was a great defensive fighter. I am not underrating Beterbiev, but you are definitely underrating Spinks and Qawi. But hey it is your opinion. And if you want to keep writing Qawi is 5' 3", rock on.
Okay, he was just over 5’2” and I was rounding up. He was a great fighter and I was a fan back in the day. I was a big fan of Saud Mohammed and was sad to see him lose. Tough fighter but I think AB would have beat him. Spinks was also very good and I was unfair in my criticism. It would have been a good fight, a good contrast in styles between him and prime AB. I’m the end, Beterbiev had a disappointing career with mismanagement. He was a great amateur and is doing well for an older guy but is obviously slowing down.
I didn’t tell these guys to have stupid, hard to spell names. Don’t be SAAD! I’m an equal opportunity misspeller. The Eastern Euros have even harder names and I don’t even try to spell them correctly. As our demented president says, you know the thing.
You wrote Beterbiev correctly. You are an ******* and a **** poster not even worth responding to. In fact you are on ignore now. Bye-bye.
Dont be so sensitive. It’s in the title of the thread and I’ve become used to spelling it correctly. I also spelled Spinks right you little sissy. Im a bigger fan of boxing than spelling. We all have to have one thing we aren’t good at, spelling is mine. Now go get your shine box.
Nobody is underrating Beterbiev now because he looked slower last Friday. He isn't being underrated. He's being rated fairly, without any recency bias. There's no version of Beterbiev who is quicker than Spinks, nor any version good enough to beat him. The version of Beterbiev who beat Gvozdyk is not unbeatable. Gvozdyk himself is also nothing special, and massively unproven. He literally isn't even as good as somebody like Jesse Burnett. This version of Beterbiev gets beaten handedly by various light-heavyweights throughout history; Moore, Jones, Charles, Foster, Spinks, etc. Qawi was better than Beterbiev in virtually every aspect bar power and physical strength and even still, Qawi was strong enough to contest with anybody. Qawi is quicker, a better counter-puncher, better defensively, better footwork, better jab and better all round technique while being just as monsterous. Qawi-Beterbiev would have never been a slugfest and Beterbiev wouldn't have had the opportunity to 'outlast' Qawi. Qawi would counter the **** out of Beterbiev, feed him baiting jabs and keep himself safe in the pocket. Exactly what he did to all of the pressure fighters he fought. I'm a big fan of Beterbiev, but it's this sort of blind fanboyism that makes me look forward for when Canelo knocks him out.
Sport is a result oriented business. Beterbiev is the consensus "man" at LHW, unified champ with a record of 17-0 with 17KOs. That catches the eye. Beterbiev is physically stronger than Spinks. He has scared the entire division shitless. Yes Spinks is a great fighter, but Spinks would he caught off guard by the strength of Beterbiev. Who is the strongest fighter ever 175 and under. He has FREAKISH strength.
Its not blind fanboyism. I would pick Bivol if he fought AB next year. He’s obviously fading quickly. You can see it in his last two fights. 37 is old for a guy who was never quick footed or handed. He’s still the strongest guy I’ve ever seen at 175, fundamentally sound, a brute and a fight with Qawi would be a brutal affair, one in which AB would take a lot of punishment before winning. I don’t rate him as lowly as some of you guys. Canelo has a legit shot at beating a fading Beterbiev. That’s why it’s being discussed. No way Canelo fights the AB of theee years ago. At nearly 37, I beat he beats the dog**** out of a 37 year old Spinks. Spinks was one of my favorites when he was in his prime but I’ll never forgive him for the disgraceful performer he put on in the Tyson fight. He almost ran out of the ring to get away and I’m pretty sure he **** his pants. I can’t see AB doing anyone like that.
Sport is result oriented and Spinks had far better results than Beterbiev did. People make out like Beterbiev terrifies other fighters. He hasn't been ducked, he's had his career stalled by COVID; so have the other two champions. He terrified the bums he's been fighting but the two best fighters who he's fought stood up to him all night and one of them nearly knocked him out in the second round. That same fighter's best win is Frank Buglioni. Spinks is more likely to laugh at how embarrassingly easy he'd find it landing on Beterbiev than he would be shocked by his strength. Beterbiev is not the strongest man at 175.
Spinks literally cleaned out a stacked division. Your only argument is that AB is strong and everyone is scared of him. He’s not beating Spinks, I don’t even think Beterbiev could clean out the same division Spinks did.