The Wilder v Fury undercard looks a treat, I'm not fully clued up on the fighters, so I reach out to the experts: who's winning and why? What match ups are you particularly excited about?
Btw, funny/sad to see a former unified champ Julian Williams buried somewhere in the undercard. I would guess many boxing people don't even know he's fighting this weekend.
Skills. Better fundamentals. What efe has going for him is knockout power. If sanchez can take his power he will cruise to a ud, maybe late stoppage.
I checked the boxrec schedule to make sure it was J-Rock and not some random with the same name. It’s a tune up fight so makes sense why it’s going unnoticed
Early on he often had the tendency to get caught up in a firefight, but overall he is the more well schooled fighter.
Sanchez mid rounds stoppage over Ajagba. Kownacki/Helenius not a clue someone's getting KO'ed just don't know who. But if Kownacki shows up in better shape I'd favour him. Anderson/Tereshkin, never seen Tereshkin fight so can't predict a winner but I guess Anderson he looks good and I can't see them throwing in too deep just yet.
I'm not extremely familiar with them all, aside from being interesting prospects. From what I've seen, Sanchez looks much better than Ajagba. I'd expect a late stoppage for the Cuban. For Kownacki-Helenius it depends how much the Pole has improved. I'm tempted now to say Helenius stops him later on and Adam shows an improved defence that doesn't hold up for long enough. Jared Anderson is supposed to be a good prospect. He doesn't look bad from what I've seen but he gets caught a little much and maybe a tad slow? Saw a bit of Tereshkin and he's a bit stiff, looks very vulnerable to an overhand, and doesn't seem to have fought anyone that can fight back. Guess Anderson is the favourite No idea with the other names really.
Helenius has legitimate world class power so he's got that going for him, everything else is meh, though. If Kownacki trained hard and is focused he should be able to get him out of there. I think he was overlooking Helenius as it was being discussed at the time that he was next in line for Wilder should he win.
Sanchez either by decision or late stoppage, Kownacki by stoppage (honestly this could go either way but Helenius has terrible stamina and a weak chin, however Kownacki's awful defense could cost him again). Julian Williams gets a ko back into the win column, Anderson I assume continues his ko streak, Berlanga ko's another overmatched opponent, Robeisy Ramirez I assume beats his undefeated opponent and Viktor Faust blows through the nobody he is fighting (was semi-excited to see him on the card, have a soft spot for the Klitschko clone)
