The Miranda Mirage

I will acknowledge he has been successful as far as popularity and TV coverage is concerned.

However, that attitude is endemic of what is wrong with many boxers, whose aspirations are fame driven and not glory driven. Considering yourself a success because HBO covers your fights is a poor indicator of your mental drive.

Miranda lost the fire after the KO losses to Pavlik and Abraham. As of such he is top notch brawler, but brawlers will always lose to more skilled boxers and puncher with better technique.

He can still give a lot of guys a tough fight. But he must realize if he ever wishes to hold a belt that he MUST learn real boxing fundamentals.

 

He just doesn't have the fire anymore. He used to be homeless. I hope he has made some good money, at least he fights.

 

Miranda is a perfect example of a fighter being in love with his power and neglecting all other aspects of his game

 

As I already wrote in another thread I think he lost his fighting spirit and his self-confidence. Technically he's limited, yes, but so are a lot other very successful fighters. If you've the shape and the punching power combined with a killer instinct you can make it to the top, even without decent boxing skills. Miranda lost his killer instinct in the fights against Pavlik and Abraham. He will never be the same that he was when he nearly beat AA in their first fight.

 

Agree, but to give the man his fair due, your last sentence should really read:

He will never be the same fighter as he was way back in that first fight with Arthur Abraham (when he was ripped off and cheated by a combination of ref, judges, officials and doc in one of the most obvious and blatant collusions in a while). :deal

 

1. Eastman didn't even train for Miranda, while he was in perfect condition for Abraham and Hopkins. He was just out of shape and needed a break in round 7, and the crooked ref used the first chance he had to wave off the fight although Eastman was in no real trouble. He ate a couple of punches in the corner but was not even nearly out on his legs, or whatever excuse you could fetch to say the fight needed to be stopped. Typical bull**** stoppage to promote a fighter.

2. The only discussion about the first Abraham Miranda fight was the translation problems to get Abraham to understand that he loses the fight if he does not continue. "Worst officiating" is a pure bull**** cheap shot to somehow slander Abraham. Miranda landed around 20 intentional lowblows and the mother of an intentional headbutt, and was warned like 180 times before points were deducted. Other fighters lost immediately a point on their first foul like punching behind the head, lowblow, etc. (Abraham, Adamek vs. Briggs, Hatton vs. Mayweather, Klitschko vs. Gomez). It's utter bullcrap to come with hometown backyard rules like "lowblows happen, you cannot punish them!" or "two headbutts a round free!".

3. If anyone was outboxed in that fight it was Miranda. Miranda landed exactly one big trickshot when Abraham underestimated him, the right feint left uppercut that broke his jaws. Good shot (no lucky punch but planned), but that's it. The rest of the fight was typical Abraham waiting behind his guard and doing his flurries, which he all landed flush until he ran out of blood. When he had Miranda in trouble after 4 rounds, seeing that Abraham evades his punches, that one started the crap with lowblows and headbutts. When Abraham totally went out of strength for the blood loss, he still dodged EVERY big hook of that one, fighting almost in trance, forgetting where Miranda was at in the ring. Still, this was Mirandas best fight ever, he became less technical and more one punch brawler with every fight after that one.

With a strict technical trainer like Wegener or Roach, Miranda could still develop into a worldclass fighter. However, with the same "friends" around him who don't bother to do the things necessary instead of cheerleading him, he will fade into a footnote.

 

You're ****ing dumb as dirt or biased as hell. You need eyeglasses.

 

Claims he was ripped off? LMFAO. Watch the fight.

 

He just needs to change his trainer and have someone who teaches him some sound fundamentals of the game.