Brian Rose vs. Carson Jones II - best fight of the week.

atsch

Seriously, go have a look.

Jacobs vs. Mora dead), Garcia vs. Malignaggi (really, Danny?), Campbell vs. Coyle (Luke is going to destroy him), Burns vs. Ofotsu ?), Magdaleno vs. Perez bart) - all junk.

...maybe Joseph Parker vs. Bowie Tupou comes nearest, but that is still pretty sad.

 

The rest of August is just as bad. Go look at the next five Saturdays on BoxRec - all garbage! The best two fights are Santa Cruz vs. Mares and Mosley vs. Mayorga II, and they're both on the same night, 8/29. (and neither is even all that great)

I think I might just take long sabbatical. I'll see y'all in the Mayweather vs. ___ (Berto?) RBR. :good

 

Yeah, but Jones is a semi-retired journeyman who now dabbles in BKB part-time.

The last time he impressed versus a Brit and fought them in a rematch it didn't go so well. :yep

Actually his last two encounters with Brits prior to Rose didn't go too well for him.

 

Remember our conversation about once-great chins being eroded over time after many wars? Malignaggi is a perfect example (more so than Lacy :bart). When he fought Cotto it was iron. Hatton, it was quartz. Nowadays, peanut brittle - and Porter left it with more fissures than fine dishware exposed rapidly to heat and then cold.

Even the maligned Garcia (deservedly so, after the Salka fiasco and Herrera decision) ought to mop up the current version of Malignaggi.

Of course, Garcia doesn't present the same kind of stylistic quandary as he doesn't bring that same crazy physical bush-whacking approach that Porter does, and Malignaggi could very well slick his way through (and even steal) a few rounds with quick movement and countering and being able to see the more conventional punches of Garcia coming more easily than he did Porter's - but all it'll take is one crispy left hook landing flush and there will be little shards of dago jaw splattered all over the canvas like an early Picasso. :deal

 

Maciel, and lasted into the 7th with Andrade, stopped while standing, and 12th with Alcine who can punch...

I'm thinking Jones' blitz of him was a fluke, and Rose will "careful" his way to a decision, home-cooked or not...

 

I just don't think Jones' heart is really in fighting anymore, tbh. At least not consistently.

He drew with Dean freaking Byrne, and came in 10lbs overweight for his BKB showdown with Said El Harrak. (called off, didn't get paid a dime)