The ESPN Friday Night Fights Thread.

Discussion in 'British Boxing Forum' started by jpab19, Dec 29, 2011.


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  1. TFFP

    TFFP The Eskimo

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    Being a Klitschko fan you should be enjoying this, Batklit. This is a barn burner! ;)
     
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  2. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    I think the problem is that Lopez is just in there to go the distance and Davis is isn't very good.
     
    GazOC, Jan 6, 2012
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  3. LHL

    LHL Captain Freedom Full Member

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    Lopez is really confusing here. Where does he want to be? When he manages to get a punch from the outside off he just jumps in after and does nothing. At least Davis you can see what he is up to

    Poor Saul getting ripped apart :lol:
     
    LHL, Jan 6, 2012
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  4. jpab19

    jpab19 Exploding Muffin Dad Full Member

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    I find it odd that ESPN have sort of gone with Lopez as the ''breakthrough'' guy in the build-up to this, or, at least that's what it looks like they've done.

    His style makes for an awful fight no matter who he's against, moving awkwardly on the outside and then flailing in in clumsy fashion with little to no technique, added to that he's not all that young at 29 either. Davis has the famous father angle, and the fact that he's at least ''slick'' and a good mover, and he can make for a good fight when the other dude is willing to press the initiative(which Lopez obviously isn't).
     
    jpab19, Jan 6, 2012
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  5. TFFP

    TFFP The Eskimo

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    I think Lopez wants to be a bum, and he's succeeding very ably.
     
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  6. The Batkilt

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    Oi! Don't go insulting the Brothers Klitschko by comparing their cinematic fights to this! :lol:

    Yeah, Lopez seems happy to last 12 rounds whereas Davis just doesn't have the experience to know what to do. The daft thing is that a good showing from Lopez here after giving Pavlik some problems last year would have garnered some buzz for him.
     
    The Batkilt, Jan 6, 2012
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  7. LHL

    LHL Captain Freedom Full Member

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    :lol: Your right there. He has been awful.
     
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  8. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    Between Davis, Hearns and Pryor I think genetics may be overrated!:hey
     
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  9. LHL

    LHL Captain Freedom Full Member

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    Huck getting a shot is a joke at least he comes to fight but he is getting his face smashed in
     
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  10. The Batkilt

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    I actually like Davis. He's not looked great but he's a bit like Aaron Pyor, Jr - in that he'd make for a decent/fun TV fighter against the right guy. And I don't mean that as an insult. Jpab is right though - Lopez isn't that right guy.
     
    The Batkilt, Jan 6, 2012
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  11. TFFP

    TFFP The Eskimo

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    Shows how far Kelly Pavlik had fallen as well.
     
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  12. Bajingo

    Bajingo Boxing Junkie banned

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    They did mainly focus on Davis beforehand, hardly mentioned Lopez at all.
     
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  13. The Batkilt

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    It's funny hearing them refer to Povetkin as the WBA 'World' Champion. I remember BK dismissing the alphabet titles in the past when referring to Sergio Martinez as The Real World Middleweight Champion - and now they're bigging up a glorified paper title. I understand it's because Atlas is his trainer, just amuses me.

    Pretty sure Atlas would be critical of Boswell and Huck as opponents for Povetkin if he wasn't his trainer, but I guess that's his job - get his fighter the easiest fights for the most money.
     
    The Batkilt, Jan 6, 2012
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  14. jpab19

    jpab19 Exploding Muffin Dad Full Member

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    Dyah starting to work the left hook here, good stuff. If he committed himself he'd counter the hell out of Lopez here. Honestly, this is Davis in his lackadaisical mode, which is unfortunately his norm. If he turned it on slightly more a la the Johnson fight, he'd truly dominate here, and not just in number of rounds.

    At his best he's probably a solid top 15-20 168 pounder. Lopez is just a bit crap, his headache of a style presents dudes with some trouble, but when you're of a higher quality that doesn't matter, as is being displayed here.

    EDIT: Really Bajingo? From guys I was talking to they reckoned Lopez was the one being primed a bit more. Perhaps they were compensating.:think
     
    jpab19, Jan 6, 2012
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  15. The Batkilt

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    I'd said this on another forum I post on beforehand - I wasn't convinced Lopez stretching Pavlik was so much down to Lopez being good as much as it was Pavlik being rusty and not the force he once was.
     
    The Batkilt, Jan 6, 2012
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