Josh Warrington's career is in tatters. Matchroom have a history of terrible match making!

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So now it’s bad matchup? How about Warrington isn’t that good? The bad matchup excuse means he sucks and only by fighting very selective fights can he look good.

 

Matchup would’ve been fine if Warrington hadn’t taken him lightly and boxed him rather than going toe to toe. OP is asking why he’s going in there with a puncher, why not ask why Warrington was trading with a puncher?

 

Exactly. Saying he lost cause he faced a puncher is a horrible excuse for your fighter. Since warrington is claimed to be way up there in skills.

 

Warrington got knocked out by a guy who doesn't even have a Wikipedia article.

It doesn't get much lower than that.

 

I think Warrington is done. Sure, he might and probably will get back into the ring but he will never be the same.

A beating like that takes a toll mentally and physically on a fighter. And make no mistake, he took a beating.

 

Warrington from opening bell fought sort of fight he does not normally do, his volume punching was not there.

With regard the match making, post fight hindsight is a wonderful thing.

However the standard of opponent that Lara had faced previously was not high level, his opponent before Warrington was on a 6 fight losing streak before losing by UD to Lara, the opponent before that had going into Lara fight 16 wins and 6 defeats.

Warrington for whatever reason was not on form, was fighting in a style that is not his normal one. Lara took his chance and with heavy hands prevailed, here is hoping Lara gets a decent few paydays off the back of this win, rather than just kudos.

Warrington perhaps should have been pulled from the fight at earlier stage, however he wasn't and got ko'd in dramatic fashion.

Mr Warrington has some reflecting to do as to why he fought fight he did, can the reason be rectified, if not then hang those gloves up, getting ko'd in the fashion he was is not good for the brain cells, there is a long life after active boxing career, you want to enjoy that with no neurological issues.

 

Was him losing THAT surprising? He wasn't ever some ultra-elite, just a pretty good fighter by eye test having run up a pretty good record versus domestic and European level competition. You can say it was an upset being Lara's first big leap up in class, but Warrington hadn't reached some godlike status where a Mexican banger with an okay looking, 'jury's out' record didn't have a prayer of doing the job.

Now, if this had been the actual not-just-world-class-but-certfieid-p4p-tier Josh being upset by somebody of Lara's stature (that is, TTT), okay, then we can start running around screaming.

This, however, is just the mildest of eyebrow raisers.

 

I have to disagree on it being a bad matchup , if he is as highly rated as they think he is he should have been able to outbox Lara instead of trying to out slug him . I’ll admit I don’t know anything about Lara but Lara wasn’t KOing world class competition either.

 

Warrington got taken to Glass Jaw Ave in Glass City. He is going to have to pick up the shards and try to regroup. I don't see it happening though.

 

So they should have given him an opponent with even LESS pedigree back then? He lost because he got demolished. He got demolished because he fought the wrong fight. What makes you think they would have fought smarter or more true to form a few months back?

I’m not understanding the objection here. Lara might have some heavy hands, but all fighters have strengths and weaknesses. Should they have gotten an opponent with no pedigree and no positives?

It is up to the fighters and their teams to institute and execute a gameplan. Apparenty, they did neither. That’s on them.

Promoters are what ruins boxing IMO, but it’s not the promoters job to give the easiest possible fight. Nobody wants that. Who’d want to watch that?

It’s not their problem to solve if the fighter and their team don’t know their opponent, don’t get to know their opponent, don’t formulate a decent gameplan, fight the wrong fight, and don’t fight well against what everyone thought would be an out-classed opponent.

Whether it’s the case that Warrington was unprepared or that Lara was just better than expected, or some combination, the burden is on the fighter and his team.

We’re talking about a world champ against a guy with zero world class fights or experience. It’s not like they announced Mauricio Lara and Prince Naseem showed up.

I can’t believe what I’m hearing.

 

@iceferg sorry mate but you are looking at this all completely wrong. You are assuming that Lara is some sort of beast because he has a big punch and has beaten Warrington, I can guarantee the top level fighters will make him look silly. He got a UD a few months ago against a fighter who had lost 8 of his last 9. Lara had one way to win and Warrington invited him to do it, nothing to do with promoters.