Frank Sanchez

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  1. Djokovic.GOAT

    Djokovic.GOAT Member banned Full Member

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    What a wasted talent and potential. I truly believe that He would completely out point Fury. He doesn't have power to TKO him, but He would dance around him like a queen balerina and collect point by point for 12 rounds to get UD!
     
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    CST80 The Hesitant Nihilist Staff Member

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    He recently came within a **** hair of being KTFO by Scott Alexander. I think Fury is profoundly overrated, but he would ragdoll and stop Sanchez with relative ease.
     
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    Because he was not motivated...... He will level up for a right fight.

    Same with Usyk..... with right fight ..... He will be like a mamba and squeeze himself one more time.

    It is Fury who showed last good performance in 2020 against Wilder. Since then.... nothing.
     
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    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    Massively overrated by some on here

    He has no plan B if Plan A isn't working and wouldn't beat any of the top 5 right now

    I wouldn't be against watching him try however
     
  5. Inglis_1

    Inglis_1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    That's because he's so boring to watch to the point where no one wants to watch him or fight him.
     
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    Rollin Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I love the man. I love the style. My father insisted we watch him despite my preference to put on TV a fight that won't result in a boredom-induced coma. He fell asleep midway through, I found my favorite of the current heavyweight landscape, eventually matching my admiration for Kazuto Ioka, Naoya Inoue, and John Ryder.

    He was a successful amateur I reckon. 216-6, 2015 Cuban National Champion, beat Erislandy Savon twice, and per Sanchez himself was shafted out of the Olympics in favour of Savon due to politics --- Erislandy being the all-time great amateur Felix Savon's nephew could have been the reason. Maybe he was still seen as the better man. Who knows. Perhaps a medal would be a negotiation leverage for Sanchez during the professional career he was hell bent on starting.

    Sanchez' strong desire for turning pro, leaving his homeland and traveling on a pilgrame to Vegas, strikes a chord for me. He defected Cuba, ventured into the unknown arriving at the shores of one of the greatest boxing nations in the world and adopted home of the great Jose Napoles-- Mexico--only to be eventually directed towards the Capital and Mecca of Boxing, the City of Sin and Lost wages, the (in)famous Las Vegas.

    Mythical stuff if you ask me, but then again, most fighters risk a lot, incessently rolling the dice.
     
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    MetalLicker I Am Full Member

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    There are a lot of good non-American and non-British heavyweights being sidelined.

    I know Sanchez got rocked in his last fight, but he is a talent and a top 10 heavyweight. The same goes for Jalolov. They're both fighting low-level opponents and certain forces are keeping them from moving up. These guys need better opposition to show their pedigree.
     
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    Reg Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    That was his McDermott moment. Sanchez didn't fight his fight and decided to slug with Alexander. To be fair to Sanchez, he didn't switch to a plan b. He adjusted and continued to slug and got him out rather quick.
     
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  9. anjawnaymiz

    anjawnaymiz Can we get Ivan Dychko some momentum Full Member

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    There are quite a few fighters knocking on the door of being in the top 10 heavyweights, Sanchez, kabayal, bakole, Anderson, miller, makhmudov. Time for these guys to finally put themselves forward against the likes of zhang,hrgovic,Joyce and see what they are made of
     
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    Rollin Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Sanchez can be extremely dangerous when he really lets himself flow. Tricky, present-minded, educated. His recent development of the Caneloesque high guard torments me however. Robotic, plodding, ineffective. He may still take on the best in the division, but given his likely average chin, he might end up inactive, and eventually as a victim of a more well developed, well promoted fighter.
     
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    vast Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Sanchez is nothing special. He’ll be a gatekeeper soon enough.
     
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    ikrasevic War for Souls Full Member

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    After the win over Efe Ajagba, he did not get a chance for stronger fights, but weaker ones :(
     
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    CST80 The Hesitant Nihilist Staff Member

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    If he's having John McDermott moments against Scott Alexander, in all likelihood he's going to have some Buster Douglas moments against a Helenius or Takam.
     
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    CST80 The Hesitant Nihilist Staff Member

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    Usyk is on of the smartest fighters this sport has ever seen, Frank Sanchez is not, he's merely been matched well against guys who play to his strengths. The moment he's in with a pressure fighter with a solid chin, he's getting sparked. There's over 30 of the Top 50 HW's that I give a good chance of beating him.

    Oleksandr Usyk
    Anthony Joshua
    Deontay Wilder
    Tyson Fury
    Daniel Dubois
    Otto Wallin
    Zhilei Zhang
    Joe Joyce
    Murat Gassiev
    Dillian Whyte
    Filip Hrgovic
    Derek Chisora
    Martin Bakole
    Joseph Parker
    Efe Ajagba (this version of)
    Jared Anderson
    Kevin Lerena
    Arslanbek Makhmudov
    Justis Huni
    Jarrell Miller
    Carlos Takam
    Tony Yoka
    Fabio Wardley
    Cassius Chaney
    Agit Kabayel
    Jermaine Franklin
    Michael Hunter
    Lenier Pero
    Lucas Browne
    Frazer Clarke
    Jonathan Rice
    Joseph Goodall
    Robert Helenius
    Bakhodir Jalolov
    Ryad Merhy
     
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    OldSchoolBoxing Boxing Addict Full Member

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    But his plan As have always worked so far. So, how do you know he doesn't have a plan B?