Echols is starting to take a beating. Walker looks strong. Echols has had a decent career, fought Hopkins tough, his fight with Brewer is an all-time classic, but, how many punches do you want to see this guy take? Time to retire.
I have Echols taking it 6-4....could be a draw tho. In all honesty, it was a great fight for a FNF event.
I had Echols winning, though I don't think the draw was a robbery. I do think it's a good time for Echols to retire- his legs aren't there anymore, his movement isn't the same, and even his power seems to be pretty far gone. There is little doubt in my mind that the Echols of six or seven years ago would've clobbered that guy and ended the fight within five. The Echols of today, who doesn't have the speed, the movement, the recuperation or the raw power of his younger self, ends up scrapping his way to a draw.
It's a damn good thing for Echols that Green has issues. Not that a draw breathes much life into what's left of his career, but Green would have ended it.
