Javier "The Beast" Maciel

Glad to see Javier win

 

You think this guy will have a chance to compete at world level (if he is good enough), or do you think will he end up like Golovkin?

 

Pirog's only recognition comes from a knockout of a green 23 year old kid. Danny Jacobs was\is a prospect, not a contender. That being said I'm sure Maciel could compete with and beat some recognizable names at middleweight or junior middleweight. But the only name on his resume I recognize is Francisco Antonio Mora. All of the other wins are over Argentine goofballs. I would love to see Javier Maciel vs. Michael "Richie Rich" Oliveira, the kid who recently won on Showtime.

 

haha Mike is the homie. Real good dude. Hope he continues to grow. He was actually a student of mine in a class(he goes to FIU).

 

what kind of a class, a boxing class?

 

Fortunately or unfortunately, his defensive strategy of blocking punches with his face makes for great TV.

 

He is a student at FIU. I was teaching bilogy there. He is a good kid. Hard working and loves boxing. He is only 21 and is continuing to grow.

 

Maciel is a good fighter. My impression is that he was more concerned with surviving 12 rounds against Pirog than winning, but that's no shame, considering it was Maciel's first bout on the world stage. My guess is that Maciel actually matured -- gained character depth -- as a result of going 12 with the champ.

 

If it's true that Pirog had a neck injury, and that his head movement was thus compromised, that would explain his lacklustre peformance against Maciel. Remember, Dmitiri's style is VERY dependent on his uncanny ability to heep his head moving in all directions: by avoiding punches with impunity in this way, he enables himself to take the offensive, and to score from different angles.

Assuming the neck injury stuff is true, then Pirog would have been compeled to compensate defensively (for his lack of head movement) by keeping his distance, playing it safe, and using his superior handwork to outbox Maciel. Such an approach would have taken the edge off of Pirog's offensive.

I thought Pirog won about 9 or 10 rounds easily that night, but looked kind of like a dud otherwise. Very untypical performance for Pirog.

 

Just noticed Maciel has scored 4 opening round T/KO's since the loss to Pirog, the most recent was a vicious body shot against Carlos Wilfredo Vilches

 

Maciel is raking up those first round KO wins.
10 of his 24 bouts have ended in the first round. He has power. :bbb