Michael Conlon Signs With Top Rank

he gets caught up in a brawl to much, think there's a few pros on the way up would beat him! the best at 56kg where ramirez and shakur and akmahdaliev who arguably beat conlan in 2015 put him down heavily to, and the best p4p amateur is La Cruz better than lomachenko by a long long way!

 

Its a fair comment. Mick does lack a bit of pop - his brother lacks it too.
Also he will need to tighten up defensively as a pro - and rein in his tendency to get a bit too involved.

So no - he isnt perfect.

 

I like the fact that he isn't afraid to brawl, he was down against the uzbek fighter in the final, but that happens a lot in amateur boxing, La Cruz was down against Buatsi, Riddick Bowe was down like twice in his olympic semifinal, also, Robeisy is the best at 56, but Shakur hasn't beaten anyone.
La Cruz is clearly the best p4p fighter in the world, but he would make an awful pro.

 

As a pro Cruz could be p4p 1 in about 3 fights if he fought the best, I've been studying alot recently and i thought ward was the best but after watching cruz I think he could beat Ward now!

also buatsi lost every round, where as akmahdaliev arguably won more rounds than conlan alot called it a robbery, conlan isn't in the same dimension as cruz so the comparisons can stop there, conlan also gets sucked into a brawl because alot of the time his opponents dictate the fight

 

Of course you can't compare La Cruz with Conlan, but La Cruz was down against Buatsi and that was my point, he can beat Stevenson and Kovalev, but the truth is that he would be some type of Eleider Alvarez (who beat him twice) in the pros.
Conlan maybe isn't great on the inside, but he isn't afraid of fighting there and a great fighters needs to know how to fight or at least survive in the three distances.

 

i see cruz has schooled that guy alvarez when he was 18

but no if cruz went pro I can't see anyone coming close to beating him, he's legitimately the most talented boxer in the world! buatsi is a massive puncher the difference is cruz still won every round and the round he went down in! conlan you could argue lost that fight,

I think even guys like oscar valdez would be a nightmare for conlan

 

La Cruz need to tighten up his defense. That hands down BS works against amateurs, but against pro power punchers with timing, he's going to get laid out. Remember Judah against Tszyu? The head can't outrun the fist.

 

La Cruz was 1-2 against Alvarez, but yeah, he was pretty young and lost what seems close fight, i don't know, since i haven't seen the fights, but yeah, he probably can beat anyone if his chin holds up.
Will see how far Conlan goes...
And to be fairs, Valdez is a nightmare for everyone.

 

WTH are you talking about? cruz he beat him 8-0 when he was 17 if your trying to suggest he's better than cruz your spewing nonsense there! albert ramirez also has a win on paper over cruz which was fake a fight ramirez was dominated in, he was UD'd 3-0 2 weeks before much like minas, cruz also around that time when he 17 has losses coming up against seasoned fighters like dorticos and yordanis despaigne, none of whom are as good as cruz! coming up through cuba is alot harder than a country like ukraine!

 

I didn't say that Alvarez is better than La Cruz, i said that he is 2-1 against him, and that is true.

 

defense? you could argue he has the best defense in the sport amateur or pro, there's no one harder to hit, he changes his guard to high when he feels he needs to, and as far as power punchers, he's already faced massive punchers like buatsi, baudlique joe ward mekhonstev, to even put judah in the same sentence as cruz is a very laughable affair!

 

it sounds like your trying to discredit him to fights when he was 17, have you seen the fights? i guess you haven't but your trying to discredit him, he has beaten alvarez 8-0 by the way and another was a count back which was a robbery I've seen it! two of them anyway, he's a better amateur than lomachenko for me and most knowledgeable boxing fans

 

It's funny how everytime i'm impartial , people assumes that i am a hater or something, even when some other guy called me a fan boy of La Cruz for saying he is my favorite amateur boxer, i mention the Alvarez fights because he is a pro boxer and career is really going slow for his amateur style and i mention the fights because it was something curious, not a way to take something from La Cruz, also, it would be great if you can give me a link or some way to see the fights.
I never said that Lomachenko is a better amateur than La Cruz, he is, but i never said it.

 

You are trying to discredit Cruz clearly, it's funny because you mention that guy, when you have never seen the fights I have! and especially when he was a junior boxer! again you expose your bias la cruz isn't your favourite boxer, and loma is the same guy who was handled by salido and toledo, he's a good boxer but he a few levels below cruz that's the difference, loma isn't a pure boxer like cruz is

 

Funny that you have the fights that no one else has on the web, and when i asked you where i could get them you didn't answer, but you are putting things i never said, La Cruz lost twice to Alvarez and that is a fact, you said that he was robbed, that isn

I tried to explain it, but i see it's impossible.
-I said that La Cruz lost twice against Alvarez, that's a fact, now you said he was robbed, i said i didn't watch the fights and you suddenly have the two fights thar aren't anywere on the web, so i think, great i finnaly can see them, but you don't put any link or source to watch the fights, so that is not a fact.
-I really don't care if you don't believe that La Cruz is my favorite AMATEUR boxer, but with a quick watch to my profile you can know it before making arguments that i can easily destroy.
-I'm not discrediting La Cruz by saying he lost to Alvarez, i was making clear that even as good amateur fighter Alvarez was, including two wins against the olympic champion, that doesn't makes him a good pro.
-If you are fighting in the olympic qualifier, you are fighting in open class, obviously.
-Salido won a close fight against Lomachenko, with a lot of low blows and a huge weight and experience advantage.
-Yasnier Toledo is one of the best amateur fighters in the world today.
-Of course Lomachenko was having more close fights as an amateur, lightweight is a much more deep class than 81.
-And last, only because La Cruz os more talented than Lomachenko, doesn't means he is the better amateur boxer since Lomachenko resume is clearly better at THIS MOMENT.