The man incorporates more and more into his arsenal. Bar the typical Cuban slickness (now with a touch of Reynoso), he has: creative feints, good combination punching, high guard give-and-take combined with variety of draws and distance manipulation, great framing/control game and survival instinct along with some old-school touch of leverage guard that I hope to see more of. His body punching is getting better and better as well --- some really sneaky ways to the body in the Negron fight. He seems to be constantly trying to outthink his opponent, conditioning and weaving a variety of feints and pulling new tricks out of the bag to score points. Sure, his fight with Negron should have happened earlier, but the delay wasn't really his fault. Hopefully he gets back in the ring soon. He doesn't seem to be a natural talent. No. Virtuosos like Usyk make you realize what combination of natural talent, hard work, and elite ring IQ can bring forth in a form of seamlessly flowing, endlessly plotting fighter with the discipline of a soldier. Sanchez ain't that. Instead, I start to see him more and more as a damn hard worker who truly tries to immerse himself in boxing and its intricacies.
Also, he actually seems to drill some bits of old-school inside game which is always such a treat to watch as opposed to hit and hug.
I agree. He has some very good boxing skills. He won't be an easy fight for any of the top heavyweights, I expect he'll be avoided.
Mike Borao supposedly wants to find him the biggest fight yet in 2023, but given the trend of modern matchmaking, he'll likely have to take a dangerous, avoided contender to force higher echelons of the heavyweight division to actually fight him. Bakole or Hrgovic is my dream fight at the moment. The former rather than the latter since Filip likes to fight on the back foot and draw his opponents a little bit too much for this match up to be extremely exciting stylistically.
