There's a potential FOTY candidate this weekend, Omar Figueroa vs. John Molina Jr. Who wins?

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  1. Pravda

    Pravda The Poster Of Record. Full Member

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    @CST80 here. I made this account a few years back to do inquisitive threads like this, because I wanted to keep my Educate Yourselves threads, articles and RBR's on my original account, and didn't want my thread history to get too muddied up with threads that are somewhat disposable talking about individual matches. So this is not an alt meant to troll, this is an alt meant to make different threads, it's like a different thread making personality.:lol: So none of you get any big ideas. Trolling accounts will be banned on sight.

    On to the point of this thread.

    Omar has been off for an astounding 19 months, his last match was against Robert Guerrero, who let' face it, was a shell of himself, it was a war but The Ghost, as willing as his heart and mind were that night, his chin and his body were not complying. So my question is this, was Omar that impressive or was Robert just that shot? After all, Omar looked like absolute hell against Antonio DeMarco and looked on the verge of being KO'd late, and before that went life and death with Ricky Burns. What kind of an effect will this 19-month layoffs have on him? Will come back fully refreshed and ready to rumble, or will these long-ass breaks that he's been taking finally catch up to him? He was arrested for a DUI during a layoff, is his health in tip-top shape?

    Style-wise, this match favors Molina, who has good timing and when he's not in with a superior counter-puncher or boxer, can be the technician when he needs to be. After all it was a perfectly time counter the drop Lucas Mathysse early in their fight, and he was able to keep Provodnikov behind his jab the entire night. wild by no means am I making the argument that John Molina Jr is a great boxer, when he's in there with face-first brawlers which Omar Figueroa tends to be, he has a decent back foot game, precisely due to the immense power he carries. Can Omar who seem to get shaken up by carrero a few times and I was stunned badly by DeMarco an blindly walk into bomb after bomb from Molina without going down? Especially after a long layoff? I'm not entirely sure. Not only could this be fight of the year, it could also be yet another upset in what appears to be another upset-minded year.

    What say you?
     
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  2. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    If Molina chin holds up, this is going to be epic war, these two were made for each other. And no one cares.:ohno
     
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  3. Paranoid Android

    Paranoid Android Manny Pacquiao — The Thurmanator banned Full Member

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    I can never tell the difference between Omar Figueroa and Adrian Granados.

    :nusenuse:
     
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  4. panchman69

    panchman69 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Molina should knock him out, hes the harder hitter and the better boxer.
     
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  5. Boxingfan200

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  6. POTUS

    POTUS Boxing Addict Full Member

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    This one slipped under the radar .
    Ever since Broner-Fig got cancelled I forgot about him
    Nice fight here
     
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  7. vast

    vast Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I'm taking Molina. Better puncher.
     
  8. vast

    vast Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Just might be a real classic though
     
  9. elmaldito

    elmaldito Skillz Full Member

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    Figueroa will stop molina
     
  10. Chuck Norris

    Chuck Norris Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Omar is a pretty limited fighter, but I don't think Molina will win, he has been in too much wars.
     
  11. f1ght3rz

    f1ght3rz Ronaldoooo is crying in his caaaaaar Full Member

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    Figueroa had some big problems with his shoulder, he couldn't train properly and i doubt he will be in the best shape for this one. Molina should have a pretty decent chance to win if his chin holds up and he's fighting smart.
     
  12. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I think a firefight (which I believe this fight eventually becomes) favors Molina. The bulk of his losses have only come against
    far better and higher level performers than Figueroa. IMO I don't think Figueroa has enough firepower or high enough skillset to beat Molina.
    Molina has survived and or given trouble to/against far bigger hitters.