Marcus Browne vs Thomas Williams who wins?

Yeah he pretty much just held on for dear life in rounds 9 and 10, definitely should have had a point taken... Pretty sure in rd 9 he landed a blatantly illegal shot while holding on to one of Kalajdzics arms(wasn't a soft shot either) Anyways... Even with the bogus KD in rd 1, I don't see how anyone could make a case for Browne winning this, BEST case scenario is a draw.

 

You mean rounds 7 and 8?

 

Yeah lol. Whoops.

 

I've watched Williams/White about 5-6 times today... What a shoot out lol.

 

Lol

 

White is an underrated fighter. His issue has always been being caught early, and he has been in the past. But he also has two wins over guys who have challenged for world titles, Sukhotskiy and Marcus Oliveira. He's a solid enough operator. You really can't judge a top 15 guy for losing to the likes of Kovalev.

Browne beat White as unconvincingly as anyone ever has. No one has ever had to take White to a decision to beat him, his other four losses are stoppages. On the flip side Williams got him out in one round, despite being caught along the way.

Food for thought. Williams is a dangerous guy any which way you want to cut at it, and Browne's recent performances make you think. White is indeed a pretty chinny guy if you catch him, why couldn't Browne?

Browne also couldn't rattle Kalajdzic despite landing some flush punches, and he also couldn't rattle badly out of shape, paper skinned Francisco Sierra.... which I've seen plenty of other fighters do. He landed dozens of flush punches on Sierra and couldn't do anything besides cutting him up, but that's no hard feat.

Why didn't he outperform all these other guys he's supposed to be swimming in the same pond with, you know?

 

There is no answer to what you're asking because that can be asked of every fighter. Bottom line is he gutted out a win against Kala and is now fighting Williams. If he can't beat Williams then he is done as a fighter imo.

 

Some gambling thoughts for this upcoming weekend...!

Bobby Gun opened around at +750 against Roy Jones Jr... a big dog. Within several hours he's in the +400 range. Funny money? I have no idea, but line movement this extreme is usually indicative of something being afoot.

Also, a great fight to potentially bet on or toss in a parlay, Jose Felix Jr over Jonathan Maicelo at -240.

Felix is the rightful favorite here at -240, but that itself is favorable because I feel that's a steal. Maicelo has a small amount of skill, and isn't a poor fighter. But I've watched the one geared, underwhelming Darleys Perez knock him down multiple times as he gassed, nearly stopping him. I don't know if he won more than two rounds in that match, if that.

He was ahead against the plodding but big punching Rustam Nugaev (Who's fighting for the second time in two months in a few days! Interesting comeback going on there after a few years away from the sport) before being caught and cold cocked. No offense to Nugaev, but he's snail slow and fairly crude. Felix Jr has pretty fast hands, a whole lot faster than Nugaev and Darleys Perez.

Maicelo has durability issues. Maicelo is also 9 years older here. Felix Jr is a much better fighter even if Maicelo was primed and not getting up there in age at 33. I wouldn't be surprised if the talented, and explosive Felix Jr blows Maicelo out of the water this weekend.

 

Brown is a BUM. Not worth watching.

 

Lots of flaws. Ok. Ugly to watch. Looked like dog meat last fight.

 

I'd have jumped on Gunn there if I were a betting man... At this point Jones is so shot that even mediocre journeyman or sideshow attractions like Gunn have a VERY solid punchers chance. Remember when they were talking about a fight with Kimbo Slice or Anderson Silva? Well, provided Slice was still alive and Silva wasn't in the UFC I think both would have a good shot(especially Silva) at knocking out this incredibly shot version of Jones.

 

He's dangerously old, considering the sport. I agree with your sentiments on the chin. Hard to get out of the way of shots at that age, regardless of the fact that Roy's mind is obviously fine at this point. He's going to have his own Bernard Hopkin's band playing him off the stage soon.

James Toney dropped his last name to some Midwest level heavyweight fighter, I can't even remember the guys name. He was +800. Roy Jones was the favorite against Enzo Mac. These guys are still favorites based off of... I don't know. Fans familiarity with them, their big names.

 

He looked rancid. I thought he was going to be some powerful hybrid power/puncher looking at his record and from listening to people.

Talk about a panicky guy in the ring who obviously isn't "in love" with the actual idea of fighting. He was spoiling like mad in his last fight.