Ivan Baranchyk vs Petr Petrov - Most overlooked fight of the weekend?

im really looking forward to this fight. the shobox card is legit

 

He punches very hard but has poor technique and trex arms

 

He don’t punch very hard but he does hit with all his might with them T. rex arms.

 

Petrov is a good body puncher who goes up top to the head after the body shots. That's a good well schooled trait and hard to learn in boxing. Dangerous fight for Ivan, but Ivan is the bigger guy and I expect his punches to get there before Petrov's and fight over.

 

I thought Baranchyk was fighting Yigit? Did that fall through

 

This is the real main event, for me (as I believe Rougarou is going to ice the Blue Machine rather easily).

After watching the ShoBox replay of Baranchyk vs. Keenan Smith last night, my gut feeling that Petrov ought to be favored is strongly reinforced. "The Beast" has gotten away with murder against the class they've put him in with so far, and still has loads of bad habits that a savvy, perennially hungry and in-shape veteran with excellent fundamentals, intangibles (primarily thinking mental toughness, and having a keen eye for rookie mistakes to exploit) and underrated pop like Petrov can make him pay for. IB will lunge in with his lazy power leads from outside and Petrov will Veg-O-Matic his face & rib-cage.

 

Petrov has a good chance to win this one.

 

Very good chance. Baranchyk has a ceiling the overall quite underrate Petrov either clears or is just below (meaning that if not tomorrow, Baranchyk getting exposed will happen in the very future when he faces someone even slightly better than Petrov).

 

Exactly. Petrov shines against guys that will meet him halfway and join him in the trench (so long as they don't have elite power; see Maidana)

As long as he stays away from massive punchers or negative boxers, Petrov occupies that gatekeeper niche where he's a handful for everybody in spite of not being the most athletically blessed.

 

I feel that Baranchyk is enough of a flat arm-puncher to make it moot. He isn't truly explosive. A little heavy-handed, which isn't enough to stop Petrov from taking him to school.

 

Yeah, real possibility given their respective styles. Like I said, Baranchyk falls in headfirst a lot when he punches, as recently as vs. Keenan Smith.