Anyone Else Impressed With Travis Walker?

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  1. walk with me

    walk with me Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He Looks like he has the tools to become a solid B or B+ level fighter... good power, good speed, technique could use some working on but thats what trainers and time is their for.... im assuming he is relatively new to the sport because of his arena football league career..... hopefully this loss doesnt derail him to badly and he learns some good technique and we could see him on another hbo card some day
     
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  2. pauliemayweathe

    pauliemayweathe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    he has good tools and balls...**** i thought it was over when arreola went down but he will get no credit on ESB
     
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  3. Little Pea

    Little Pea 'A' grade boxing fan Full Member

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    Agree.
     
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  4. Hatesrats

    Hatesrats "I'm NOT Suprised..." Full Member

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    Bad Punch tech (Balance), He keeps his chin expossed to much.
    Low level gatekeeper at best.
     
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  5. Arriba

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    If we're giving everybody props, I'd like to say the ref did a good job with this fight. the time keeper too.

    Seriously without sounding like ANOTHER certain poster...he has a major chin deficiency that will hamper him barring a Manny Steward turnaround. He's okay..and he tested Arreola and gave him a tough fight.

    I guess you could say he did a good job. I guess.
     
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  6. walk with me

    walk with me Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    yeah basically a "B" or "B+" level fighter..and who knows what his learning curve is like as far as getting a good trainer goes... im sure a good trainer could whip him into shape.... i mean he almost got areola out of there and he looked pretty responsive after that last knockdown even though it was pretty dramatic... if you watch his feet as soon as he gets ko'd he was ready to get back up but the ref hopped on him.. im not mad about the stoppage at all though...

    i hope we get a chance to see trav again
     
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  7. Little Pea

    Little Pea 'A' grade boxing fan Full Member

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    :rofl
     
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  8. Little Pea

    Little Pea 'A' grade boxing fan Full Member

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    Me neither but i think it should have go on a bit longer.
     
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  9. Arriba

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    Honestly once you're knocked down 3 times I think you raise any rights to complain about the stoppage. He could've stopped it after the 2nd one if he wanted to.
     
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  10. Hatesrats

    Hatesrats "I'm NOT Suprised..." Full Member

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    :good I was hoping he pulled the upset..
    When he dropped "Titty boy" I was screaming at the TV..lol
    (Maybe with a more experienced trainer & some work, who know's)
     
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  11. walk with me

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    yeah i mean im not mad because the ko was brutal but walker still looked lively .... i feel like his punch toleration would be alot stronger because of his football playing days.. i bet hes had his head rocked a bunch of times before
     
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  12. Cross of Iron

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    Walker had so much nervous energy in the first round I thought he was part hummingbird, I thought " slow down man , you are going to run out of gas " Still he did knockdown the brick shithouse known as Arreola and that ain't easy to do so he gets high marks for that. If only he had more experience .... but he didn't and it showed in how he tried to fight back after getting knocked down . He should have clinched as much as possible but instead he foolishly tried lunging hail mary shots that left him wide open for the more experienced plodding " Slow Train " Arreola. You can see him coming and you can hit him but stopping him ain't easy.

    I see the Klitschko bro's laying a whipping on him , both can probably beat him and yeah I'd like to see it.
     
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  13. walk with me

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    its a shame travis walkers management tossed him in their with arerola so early... i think if they took their time with walker he could have a future in the heavyweight division (considering how weak the division is) he could probably rank in like the top 10-12 heavyweights at his peak
     
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  14. pauliemayweathe

    pauliemayweathe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    yup it was kill or be killed and he used a ton of energy in the 1st...it almost worked though
     
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  15. FibreOptic

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    I was impressed for the first round.
     
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