The Future of CUBA in the Pros, by Weightclasses. (List Inside) ***UPDATED/VIDEO***

He can wait as much as he wants. He is simply not that good. He is slow, footwork nowhere to be seen (at least in this fight), chest thumping, bravado stuff... no good. Plus, he is 31.

 

I still favour Garcia to beat Sillakh

 

Sillakh is going to get even better during his next couple of big fights the kid id real good.

 

anything about Puro and Dorticos?

 

What a Win for Giorbis Barthelemy! Aww hell yeah! I love Giorbis Barthelemy!

 

100% with this, people forget that despainge was never that good in the amateurs to begin with everytime he went to a world tournament he would always lose to the best and for one of the Olympics he didnt even make the national team and lets be honest the guy lost to an 18 year old kid on his last national tournament a division that is one of the weakest in cuba, on top of that doing monerias in the ring just like he did in his last fight was a a complete embarrassment

 

dorticos won 6 round ko , puro also won

 

Despaignes future seems to be a steppingstone to undefeated talents who want to get into top 15 ranking. No way he can beat the 5-6 best in the 175 pound-division.

 

another Cuban prospect was exposed last night on ESPN imagine that.

 

So losing to a guy like IS is been exposed? You are a very knowledgeable fan.

 

dat guy has a;ways been a cuban hater,some cuban must've foked his wife. thats why i never pay attention to him

 

Prospect? He was never that good. You can take your crap somewhere else.

 

"another cuban" ????? What are you trying to say mister Rico Spadafora ?

 

He is just a twat.

 

I agree with you 100%. I was never into Despaigne even though that I was backing him up 100%. I think that he defected way too late and he was never that good in Cuba to begin with. He may have been on the Cuban Team but that doesn't mean that he was great at the International Level.

Now, Syllakh is nothing spectacular himself. He is very tall and can definitely box and move but he had a sitting duck last night. We need more younger Cubans to defect as the younger they defect the better chances they have at adapting well at the pro level. It's not easy for someone like Despaigne to adapt at almost 30 years old, ( even the master Rigondeaux is having some difficulties at this because of defecting late ), and Despaigne was nowhere near Rigo's level.

I wish Yordanis the best but this was a huge setback for him. He needs to develop speed, better footwork, throw more combos and not just that left hook and jab, and he needs to learn to attack more the body. I also think that Despaigne needed more fights to fight a fighter like Ismayl and he also was way too confident. :-(