"It was the fatigue that got him, not the shots" - Abel Sanchez

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  1. DubbleJab

    DubbleJab Member Full Member

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    Funny that Abel Sanchez, who had the best seat in the house for the fight, claimed "It wasn't the punches....It was the fatigue".

    I've been hearing many 'Experts' on here claiming Itauma has a "Glass Chin" etc.

    Anybody watching the fight saw what happened, Itauma gassed himself out going for a knockout from Round one and lost the fight through exhaustion.

    Trying to question Itauma's chin or desire is wild if you go back and watch those last two rounds. Itauma would've been blown over by a gust of wind, nothing to do with his ability to take a punch.
     
  2. peter_uk

    peter_uk Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I mean fatigue and punches absorbed are inextricably linked, as taking punches can only be detrimental to ones gas tank. Also saying Itauma gassed himself out by going for a stoppage downplays the serious flaws in his style; it is not like he has ever shown he can fight any other way, and he has approached all his other fights in the same manner but had never come across an opponent as durable as Hrgovic.
     
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  3. Zakman

    Zakman ESB's Chinchecker Full Member

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    It should be obvious that if you can get "blown over by a gust of wind" you don't exactly have good punch resistance!!!!
     
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  4. DubbleJab

    DubbleJab Member Full Member

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    I'm not sure that makes any sense whatsoever.

    I witnessed a serious car crash a few months back, the passenger of one car got out, stood up for a few seconds and then lost balance and fell over/collapsed....But he had bad punch resistance by your logic?
     
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  5. Negenewen

    Negenewen New Member Full Member

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    Everyone with a brain could see that.
    He was gassed badly even before first clear hrgovic shot.
    The man just doesnt have the stamina.
     
  6. HistoryZero26

    HistoryZero26 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If he gassed out in the 9th round at.....21 years of age that's a horrible sign regardless. Itauma's not fat or poorly conditioned for a HW. It's not going to get easier.
     
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  7. Negenewen

    Negenewen New Member Full Member

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    He never sparred 12 rounds in training. That tells you everything about him and his trainers.
     
  8. piprules

    piprules Well-Known Member Full Member

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    It reminds me of how David price used to look really good, and then out of nowhere hit the wall. It looks like the same type of fatigue, as if it’s a mental fatigue.
     
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  9. MagnificentMatt

    MagnificentMatt Beterbiev literally kills Plant and McCumby 2v1 Full Member

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    They both looked horrible at the end, Hrgovic just wasn't COMPLETELY wasted.. Like a two drunk dudes brawling, stumbling around eating punches. Itauma looked like a complete amateur when he got tired.
     
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  10. CST80

    CST80 The Hesitant Nihilist Staff Member

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    He also said it was fun watching what played out, because they'd anticipated it in the gym. Because he knew that he would eventually succumb to Filip's pressure. He also told Filip to amp up the pressure and start landing more because he saw the dip in Moses' legs when he was tagging him. Then he said they threw the towel in because of the fatigue, because they were scared that Moses was going to get hurt. Because even light shots can hurt someone when they're being landed on clean, due to their reaction time being hampered. Which means they cannot defend themselves adequately. Because that was their ****ing strategy!!!!!

    So congratulations, you fell for a clickbait video title without actually watching it!:lol:
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  11. Flip The Table

    Flip The Table New Member Full Member

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    No idea why you are blatantly lying.

    Hrgovic was fine. He never looked drunk or stumbled around
     
  12. MagnificentMatt

    MagnificentMatt Beterbiev literally kills Plant and McCumby 2v1 Full Member

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    Relax, it was a figure of speech, and one of them was certainly stumbling around.. He was certainly standing there with his head straight up in the air eating shots he had to have seen from a mile away, from a guy who was stumbling around.
     
  13. Negenewen

    Negenewen New Member Full Member

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    Yea that was embarassing. In those last 30 seconds he was getting hit with clean shots from a stumbling half dead Itauma.
    Hrgovic has no defence. Just standing there like a tree.
     
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  14. DubbleJab

    DubbleJab Member Full Member

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    I watched the whole thing, and you've misinformed everybody who hasn't with your post.
     
  15. CST80

    CST80 The Hesitant Nihilist Staff Member

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    No, I've set them straight, and undermined your misinforming of them.