What fights are you most looking forward to on Feb 22nd in order?

Dubois-Parker
Zhang-Kabayel

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As for the rest, I didn't think the first Beterbiev-Bivol fight was all that exciting. Not much interest in this one, after seeing the first.

The other guys, don't care. AT ALL, honestly.

 

#1 for me is Dubois vs Parker,,,Beterbiev vs Bivol,,distant #2

 

1- Beterbiev vs Bivol
2-Parker vs Dubois

 

Always enjoy a Big Bang Zhang fight.
Dubois vs Parker is interesting, I always found Parker to be dull, but I want him to win only because I am sick of rematches and don't need to see a Dubois vs Usyk 2.
Beterbiev Bivol 2 first one was good, but I don't see how much different this one can be. I scored the first for Bivol, but no complaints about how the decision went. I don't see either guy making that drastic of an adjustment to make this rematch much different.

 

Top 3, in order
1) Madrimov/Ortiz
2) Bivol/Beterbiev
3) Parker/Dubios

 

1. Beterbiev vs Bivol 2
2. Dubois vs Parker
3. Ortiz vs Madrimov
4. Zhang vs Kabayel
5. Buatsi vs Smith
6. Adames vs Sheeraz
7. Stevenson vs Padley

 

Agreed.I think Madrimov vs Ortiz is being overlooked by a lot of people.I think they both could come out determined to put on the fight of the year and steal the show.Terence Crawford isn’t always in entertaining fights but his fight with madrimov was very exciting and competitive.Ortiz-Bohachuk was definitely one of the top 4 fights last year.

 

I found Crawford vs Madrimov to be quite dull honestly Madrimov did more feinting than actual punching and it was a cautious tactical affair.

But saying that Ortiz was in the FOTY recently so I think he can bring out a more exciting version of Madrimov forcing him to fight more.

 

People say Crawford-Madrimov was boring,but I enjoyed the skill level on display.Certainly not a brawl,but just because a fight isn’t a bloodbath doesn’t mean it’s not entertaining.Most of the punches that were landing were quality punches that were beautiful to watch.

 

It doesn't have to be a brawl for me to find it entertaining.

For example there's high level technical fights like McCallum vs Toney 1 which is highly entertaining to watch.

I just don't think Madrimov vs vs Crawford was that entertaining of a fight it was a low output fight with Madrimov constantly moving and feinting and just didn't let his hands go.

For reference Madrimov threw just over 20 punches a round for 7 rounds and threw less than 20 punches in 3 of those rounds. Hence it was more of a sparring session than an actual intense world championship fight.

There can be highly entertaining fights with fighters showing off their technical skills but this fight wasn't one of them.

 

Top 4 for me. Great card!

 

1. Beterbiev-Bivol
2. Parker-Dubois
3. Madrimov-Ortiz
4. Smith-Buatsi
5. Zhang-Kabayel
6. Adames-Sheeraz
7. Stevenson-Padley

All of the top 6 are very interesting fights.

Stevenson-Padley is a mismatch, and Stevenson is boxing's most negative and dull fighter to watch.

 

Zhang is hilarious. Talk about a dude who has been failed by promoters in the past. He should always have been marketable. A chinese superheavy who hits like a truck, has a good sense of humor, says funny things in broken english? How's there not something to make of that?

And, on another note -- wtf, China? This dude's living out in New Jersey scrimping by on low purses previously. Why on earth would the Chinese government not have funded the dude, hoped to gain glory out of him eventually KO'ing some paper champ and bringing home a strap to China?