The overhyped Cuban boxer thread--the list is long

The Cubans suck except for Gamboa.

 

:deal...:yep

 

:nono Recently the opposite has been happening. People like Martinez, Williams, and a lot of japanese fighters have limited amateur experience and are doing quite well

 

I have trust in only 3 cubans, Solis, Gamboa and Rigondeaux.

None of them have let me down yet.

 

i remember Morlaes back on his prime struggling once against a mediocre Guty Espadas,it was a horrible fight,that should have won Espadas.After that Morales went to beat the kinds of barrera,pacquiao...Lara needed this kind of experience,he was relaying 2 much in a KO,waiting for that punch.If it happens again,then he's going nowehere.

 

People are overlooking Luis Garcia and Collando and Mike Perez. They'll be big in a couple of years especially Garcia!

 

Given that they don't have a giant promotional hype machine behind them only boxing fan supporters and just a very few of them are Cubans posters, I can live with this type of "hype". Good learning experience for Lara, didn't deserve to win but neither to lose, will work on things, and the poor showing will make the Martirosyans stop running, hardly a terrible thing IMO.

So what Cubans are overhyped? Rigondeaux is considered 'boring', Gamboa is flawed and many (me included) think Solis has a good chance for the upset, Solis' poor showing vs. Vitali is a rather unfortunate turn of events than a sad display of skills and there are those who receive minimal to zero hype such as Jhonson, Barthelemy after the losses, Dorticos, the Irish Cubans or interim CW champ Herndandez. Or am I missing something?

So a few Cuban posters oversell their own, but that's barely noticable among more crowded fanboys of other fighters. In fact Cuban fighters have a lot more critics than fanboys and the only one I think is slightly overrated because he's flawed is Gamboa who has the chance to prove doubters or supporters right tonight. So how are Cubans "overhyped"?

 

Yes, they are definitely hyped up but sometimes fall victim to the expectation. Some of them are matched too early against middle to top opposition (If a guy has seven losses but has fought six or seven title holders, guess what, he's probably a dangerous guy). Solis probably should not have been in the same ring with Vitali at this stage, nor should Rigondoux have been fighting Cordoba after seven fights, though technically he's had way more fights, I'm sure.

And yeah, some people never transition from the amatuer skill set. Didn't Tillman beat Tyson twice in the amateurs pretty easily and not last but a round or two in their professional fight? It is a different game to some degree, and guys like Breland and David Reid sometimes don't live up to their clear promise and talent. Auggie Sanchez has a win over Floyd where he knocked him down and hurt him. But Floyd by the time of his first pro fight would have stopped probably the best, most prime version of Auggie ever.

It's nice to have some guys who look to have talent, but it's disappointing when they become more or less ordinary. For every Ortiz, Alexander, Lara, and Chavez Jr, there comes a guy with real quality who is way more than hype, oft unheralded until the breakthrough win. Marquez, Nate Campbell, Sergio Martinez, and Pac all kind of came out of nowhere and seem to have relevance that has or will last past a fight or two, none of them were hyped on the way up, only after they had come to the championship level. Hopefully Gamboa can live up to his potential.

 

Great another he lost one fight so he must not be very good thread.:-(

 

Cubans are Great Amateurs no doubt about it.
It is just alot of them are Grown men beating up young kids...