Rubio is a solid challenger.

:rofl:rofl:rofl

 

I said repeatedly that Rubio could not afford to get caught up going to the ropes and that's exactly what happened. He tried fighting off of the back foot and it was over before it ever really began.

 

you cant be serious atsch

 

Well, that actually makes a lot of sense BE. And additional points for use of the :ahhhh smiley :yep

 

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the guy posting it should upgrade his internet connection but hey, it's there

 

I couldn't believe how people tried to rate Rubio so highly going into this match up.

His list of "top 3 victories," or top 5 or top 10 are lousy compared to other top 10 fighters in other divisions. And Rubio was consistently billed as legit for being (over)ranked by publications like The Ring. Most people haven't seen him aside from his bouts with Pavlik, Lemieux, and Chavez Jr. but even if that was the case they should have seen how stiff and limited he is. Styles favored Golovkin all day. I said in the "weigh in thread" for this fight that everyone building him up will be "shocked at how little resistance he gives Golovkin."

 

Hoped that you did. Now you looked worse because yes Rubio is a faded bum.

 

I expected more from Rubio. It almost seemed he just showed up for the paycheck. He wasn't even wobbly or stumbling from the knockdown, he just looked up and decided to quit.

We've seen him take much harder flush shots and try to continue, even when he was obliterated by Kelly Pavlik.

I've seen this before with Jose Luis Castillo against Ricky Hatton. Hatton took out Castillo with ease, but not because he was some devastating puncher... just like Rubio, Castillo was not visibly shaken from the knockdown but didn't have the heart anymore.

 

Rubio is not a bad fighter or bum you are right the problem for me was that a fresher Rubio fought a fighter with somewhat similar style in Pavlik and was criticized yes Golovkin is better stronger and maturer than Pavlik yet people though that this fight was competitive, Rubio is good but is a faded fighter that a younger Him fought scarred against a more limited Pavlik that and see him older now was the main reason for me to think that that fight was not going to be competitive.

 

I think it's fair to say that even Chavez Sr. at that stage would have also been considered a step up from Lockett. Rubio fought on the undercard of Hopkins vs Pavlik and went life and death against Ornelas. Though since that fight was a WBC eliminator Pavlik had to fight him or lose the belt so I'm not really blaming Pavlik's choice of opponent. But Rubio was, as far as I remember according to me and many others, considered a joke opponent for Pavlik.

I've also been saying all along that he's a bigger joke of an opponent for GGG and he proved to be just that.

 

Normally when you get hit with a shot in the top of the head its no big deal, you protected your temple and jaw, made him miss, and now you throw a counter.

When GGG hit Rubio in the top of the head, it knocked him down like he was hit with a baseball bat. I think Rubio was confused and overwhelmed by GGG's power. Unfortunately, while he was distracted by trying to process what had just happened, the ref was on the fast track to counting him out.

It didn't change the outcome, and I don't blame the ref. Until you've refereed a fight, you don't realize how much of a responsibility it is to protect a fighter's life. If a fighter shows any inclination that he might not want to be there, or is afraid, your instinct makes you save them.

 

It had a similar reaction to the Geale knockout. When he went down, his legs didn't look bad plus Geale got up. He told the ref he didn't want anymore. Rubio didn't look like his legs had gone and he did also get up - albeit not before the ref had said 10.

I wonder if it's just the sheer pain as opposed to being groggy that put these two down? Strange one either way