Can Xu vs. Leigh Wood & Tommy McCarthy vs. Chris Billam-Smith + Avni Yildirim vs. Jack Cullen RBR.

Chuck Norris · Jul 31, 2021

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Shut up Bellew
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granth · Jul 31, 2021

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Look, a lot has been said in this RBR tonight, from Can Xu and Wood fans. Looking for reasons why what happened happened. It's easy, what I was worried about happened. Can Xu was rusty, he'd been off for a long time, and Wood's power proved to be more decisive than most thought it would be. Can Xu hs been able to walk through the punches of most of his opponents to date, many of the more recent, having quite decent pop. They didn't give him anything to fear or make him second guess himself. With Wood, anyone even vaguely perceptive, it was clear from the second round, when he stunned Xu, did in fact give him something to think about. So from that point on, he played it super cautious, thinking he could build up a lead, but when he started gassing around the 6th, there was nothing he could do. He was still terrified of the power, which we know Wood carries late, he wasn't able to walk through Wood's shots carelessly, so he got in his head, overthought it, got paralyzed with fear of being countered, Wood took over from the outside, and finally late when he got desperate in the 12th, exactly what he'd been fearing since the second round... happened to him. Anyone paying attention to Wood recently should've realized, he'd gotten much better since his early days, most didn't think he'd improved quite enough to beat Xu, but clearly.... combined with the inactivity... he had.
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So much for your Beaver prediction
He had the bite of a pensioner whose false teeth had fallen out.

Good scrap though. Enjoyed it.

Limerickbox · Jul 31, 2021

I dont check it much anymore, but I think I may have been the only one to pick Wood in Kirks league

Serge · Jul 31, 2021

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lobk · Jul 31, 2021

Wood has not arrived. He sucks. He got a belt but he sucks.

f1ght3rz · Jul 31, 2021

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No, clearly not. He's vastly improved, and put on an exceptional performance tonight. It's a pity you missed it. It pains me to say that, because I'm a huge Can Xu fan, but he was pretty much dominated from the 6th round on..
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He put on a good performance in the second half, i gave him credit and i scored nearly all rounds for him in the second half but it tells us pretty much nothing because Xu was barely throwing anything back and looked gassed. I didn't miss anything. I just saw a very awkward fight with two different halves. You can only speculate about the reason why Xu looked like garbage in the second half but i guess it was a mixture of different factors.

granth · Jul 31, 2021

I'll be rooting for Barry next week. One of those fighters not many people seem to like but I have a bit of a soft spot for.

CST80 · Jul 31, 2021

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He put on a good performance in the second half, i gave him credit and i scored nearly all rounds for him in the second half but it tells us pretty much nothing because Xu was barely throwing anything back and looked gassed. I didn't miss anything. I just saw a very awkward fight with two different halves. You can only speculate about the reason why Xu looked like garbage in the second half but i guess it was a mixture of different factors.
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Personally, I think my speculation summed it up quite well.

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Look, a lot has been said in this RBR tonight, from Can Xu and Wood fans. Looking for reasons why what happened happened. It's easy, what I was worried about happened. Can Xu was rusty, he'd been off for a long time, and Wood's power proved to be more decisive than most thought it would be. Can Xu hs been able to walk through the punches of most of his opponents to date, many of the more recent, having quite decent pop. They didn't give him anything to fear or make him second guess himself. With Wood, anyone even vaguely perceptive, it was clear from the second round, when he stunned Xu, did in fact give him something to think about. So from that point on, he played it super cautious, thinking he could build up a lead, but when he started gassing around the 6th, there was nothing he could do. He was still terrified of the power, which we know Wood carries late, he wasn't able to walk through Wood's shots carelessly and get off the astounding volume he's usually capable of throwing and landing. So he got in his head, overthought it, got paralyzed with fear of being countered, Wood took over from the outside, and finally late when he got desperate in the 12th, exactly what he'd been fearing since the second round... happened to him. Anyone paying attention to Wood recently should've realized, he'd gotten much better since his early days, most didn't think he'd improved quite enough to beat Xu, but clearly.... combined with the inactivity... he had.
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CST80 · Jul 31, 2021

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So much for your Beaver prediction
He had the bite of a pensioner whose false teeth had fallen out.

Good scrap though. Enjoyed it.
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I already did my penance.

CST80 said: ↑

Look, a lot has been said in this RBR tonight, from Can Xu and Wood fans. Looking for reasons why what happened happened. It's easy, what I was worried about happened. Can Xu was rusty, he'd been off for a long time, and Wood's power proved to be more decisive than most thought it would be. Can Xu hs been able to walk through the punches of most of his opponents to date, many of the more recent, having quite decent pop. They didn't give him anything to fear or make him second guess himself. With Wood, anyone even vaguely perceptive, it was clear from the second round, when he stunned Xu, did in fact give him something to think about. So from that point on, he played it super cautious, thinking he could build up a lead, but when he started gassing around the 6th, there was nothing he could do. He was still terrified of the power, which we know Wood carries late, he wasn't able to walk through Wood's shots carelessly and get off the astounding volume he's usually capable of throwing and landing. So he got in his head, overthought it, got paralyzed with fear of being countered, Wood took over from the outside, and finally late when he got desperate in the 12th, exactly what he'd been fearing since the second round... happened to him. Anyone paying attention to Wood recently should've realized, he'd gotten much better since his early days, most didn't think he'd improved quite enough to beat Xu, but clearly.... combined with the inactivity... he had.
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vast · Jul 31, 2021

Xu ran outta gas down the stretch. Kudos to Wood who stuck to his plan.

Stiff Jab · Jul 31, 2021

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I wasn't scoring it because the stiff-arming was really annoying me and I could only watch in bits. Wood was doing it from both stances too.

''But it's not illegal if the ref doesn't call it''

Duh, but if you have a home ref then obviously it's a huge advantage

This wasn't like they do it over in the US where they stack the deck even for world title fights with a home ref and three home judges for fights between an American and a foreigner because two of the judges were from neutral countries but the ref and one of the judges were British.

Wood did well to stop him but the stiff-arming was ridiculous
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I agree with Wood constantly stiff-arming Xu was getting annoying given how it helped him out of a few tight situations, but Xu Can has been hyped-up as a world-class fighter, and needs to overcome things like that, unfair or no. He couldn't.

Serge · Jul 31, 2021

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I agree with Wood constantly stiff-arming Xu was getting annoying given how it helped him out of a few tight situations, but Xu Can has been hyped-up as a world-class fighter, and needs to overcome things like that, unfair or no. He couldn't.
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I know very little about both fighters. Think I've only seen Xu fight once before but I'm not certain about that and I don't think I've ever seen Wood before.

Chuck Norris · Jul 31, 2021

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CST80 · Jul 31, 2021

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Something needs to be said about Williams and Caiz's scorecards, which are flat out criminal. Can Xu was ****ed tonight regardless. He never had a chance. Corrupt motehr****ers.

Curlew · Jul 31, 2021

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I wasn't scoring it because the stiff-arming was really annoying me
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What's stiff-arming, please?

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