I struggle to think of a guy coming into a fight with his physical advantages with worse tactics than that against a guy who isn’t a can. Those tactics can work against stiffs. Not against guys who can fight. What in the flying HELL was he doing fighting a phone booth fight against that guy? He was spent after 4 rounds. What an arrogant putz. Not sure I’ve ever seen anything quite like it. He got the ego beaten out of him with each passing second. At least he took the high road after. I was sure he would be claiming injury. Or not going to bed for 2 days.
Chris Coward Tactics would be a far more apropos thread title. To answer the question, Garcia was just too good, cut off the ring too well, and was too heavy handed for him. So all of that cutesy bull**** he usually pulls, didn't work against him. Which is why I picked him.
Coward Tactics were the ones he should’ve used. From the start. On the back foot. Moving. Pivoting. Jabbing. Countering Using his speed. He got the **** beaten out of the first half of the fight fighting exactly the fight Garcia wanted. Straight line, no movement boxing. I couldn’t believe what I was watching. Those tactics were never gonna work against this guy. It totally negates your greatest advantage. Hand and foot speed. Holy crap that was terrible.
Great pick. Hope you bet it. Odds were amazing. But he made “cutting off the ring” far too easy by not moving at all the first 4 rds. By which point Colbert had gotten the absolute p*ss beaten out of him and was already on fumes. He didn’t give him any angles at all. It was incredibly porous and lazy. He didn’t stand a chance fighting that way. What an idiot.
The angles were exactly what I was thinking about, straight in and out getting hit both ways. His corner never told him anything about it either. They just kept telling him to "tighten up" but how was he supposed to do that when Garcia is strong enough to open him up? To Garcia's credit though, when he did do a little lateral movement the cut off footwork was very good.
Unfortunately, I tend to have an addictive personality and I'm quite conservative with money, so I avoid gambling, but nights like this, where I picked 3 upsets almost in a row, ****ing pain me for not going all out.
You follow this stuff like it’s a religion. There is absolute money to be made on a lot of these fights. Pick your spots when something jumps out. As for the addictive personality thing I don’t know if you’re in a legal state but you can put safeguards on your wagering activity in legalized states to, in a word, save yourself from yourself if you know what I mean. Limits. Depositing and wagering. That sort of thing.
Doing a deeper dive on this fight Garcia is a naturally bigger and stronger guy than Colbert has been facing to this point. The staying in the pocket stuff doesn’t work when you’re in with a stronger man. He got outmuscled in close. Ended up languishing on the ropes way too often. This fight was over in Rd6. I went to Twitter when the odds were still even and Colbert was down 6 rds & implored everyone to empty the clip on Garcia. Colbert was not able to rally after taking all that damage. He’s not some 1-punch guy. He’s not gonna beat guys at this level if he doesn’t fight responsibily & use his greatest assets which is all the slick stuff. He probably learned a major lesson today. He also just may not be as good as he thinks he is. The biggest lesson of all. Time to rebuild.
I think you guys may be missing the point. It wasn't about tactics. If I were to do an open letter to Colbert, I would say, "Hey, Chris, maybe instead of spending so much time with your own personal rapper on musical arrangements for your ring walk, and making sure you have just the right blue tint in your hair, and making sure the bizarre colors of your boxing boots, trunks and gloves all match, and giving interviews about your philanthropical ventures outside the ring, and your chicken-carry out enterprise, perhaps you should've realized you were only 16-0. Perhaps instead, you should spend more time in the gym or in the ring learning your craft. You have to walk before you run, Chris." I think Chris Colbert needs to watch the pre-fight ring walk and ring entrance of Anthony Hembrick when he went up against Booker T. Word to know what I'm talking about. Maybe only then he might be able to salvage something of his career instead of it becoming a bust.
My friend asked me today, bc he’s knows I’m a huge gambler if I’ve ever seen a -4000 fighter ever lose so comprehensively in my life. Short answer was “No, never.” We see big favorites lose all the time. Sometimes it’s a quick KO. Or a back and forth fight. But this was 12 rds of comprehensive a$$ whooping. This was the worst I’ve ever seen a -4000 fighter look in my life. Bc it wasn’t fluky or quick. And it wasn’t close. Like at all.