Cruiserweight prospect Eric Fields lost last night...

Surprising. But then if you saw the way he blasted Kelvin Davis, you had to think he was something damned special. Hopefully he bounces back.

Trust me, Aaron Williams' turn is coming.

 

Ola works out at my gym

got this fight with 5 weeks notice and dropped 29 pounds to make weight

 

Next up -

The Peterson brothers, Jorge Linares, Nonito Donaire, Andre Berto.

 

These guys are all much better fighters than Eric Fields. Linares and Donaire are champions. No way they would lose to some random journyman.

 

No, the future belongs to Hernandez and Huck. :hey

 

Very shocking indeed.

I didn't even know he was fighting.

 

:rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl

We had about 5 threads about how he would thrash Haye.

 

But in all honesty, Eric has GREAT speed, its pretty obvious.

David Haye had Lolenga Mock and Carl Thompson behind him, Eric may have Ola behind him, it happens to young guns, I wouldn't totally count Eric out just yet

 

Haye lost in one of his early bouts does that mean hes not good? Of course not.

Eric imo still has some time to bounce back... and he could make a big impact on the division. Don't count a prospect out just becouse he lost a fight.

 

I second that...

Shocking as hell.

 

Good point, a loss isn't the end of the world for a talented young fighter. In many ways it can be used as a positive.
If Klitschko had never lost to Purrity early on who knows if he would've come back from the Sanders or Brewster losses so well. Haye also lost early and has learned from it.

 

I am not discounting him. I have seen him fight and he looked fast and powerful. He also put his shots together nicely and is clearly talented. But as always an American prospect gets spoken of as the next coming and Haye who has proven himself was being dismissed as a soon to be victim of Fields.

Fields had what 10 fights as a pro? And he was being hyped up as some destroyer of every Cruiser based on a few early fights. It is just funny to see a reality check.

Also, lets not compare losing to Thompson and losing to Ola. Thompson was proven world class, had an incredible ability to absorb massive punishment and a big punch. He had just sparked Rothmann after soaking up a huge amount and was used to fighting with the best in the world.

 

Well he has Peter lined up so we won't know for a few fights after that I would imagine.:smooch

 

I only posted this four times or so back when everyone was gushing: Yes, he looked good against Davis, but you have to remember that Davis was shot and extremely chinny at that point.

You have to see a guy more than once to effectively judge his potential. People are far too quick to jump on and off bandwagons on these boards.

Afolabi isn't a bad fighter, it's a big setback, but Fields is young and still comeback.

 

True, but Ola's not remotely in Thompson's league.

Fields is clearly skilled and naturally gifted in physical terms, but so's Zab Judah. It'll be interesting to see where Fields, Huck and Hernandez go from here. I'd still pick Cunningham and Enzo over all 3, but there's plenty of talent in the division.