Why is everyone making a big deal about Guzman/Funeka???

Funeka wasn't terrible and neither was Guzman out of shape.

Funeka's style and assets will always give a guy like Guzman trouble.He took a few rounds to get started and then performed his game.

Guzman has never seen this before.

 

Valero would obliterate Funeka. Guzman was actually forced into a pressure style of fighting due to Funeka's huge size advantage. Guzman was way out of his element in this fight and still he was tagging Funeka regularly. Guzman, however, lacks power and was unable to hurt the tall African. But. . .if Valero hits him with only a fraction of what Guzman hit him with, Funeka gets destroyed.


If Granpa Campbell who is a decent but not an amazing puncher was able to put Funeka on ***** street, what would Valero, who is an amazing puncher, do to him?


However, I think theres bound to be an immediate rematch with Guzman next since the title is still vacant.

 

I don't get it either. Guzman hasn't been relevant for years and Funeka is a Nate Campbell retread. All those threads yesterday about Funeka's style being too much for Floyd were just weird.

 

I tend to agree.

But the relevance this has to the thread is as close to Lennox Lewis's commentary.

 

I take it Flummox was boosting Antonio Tarver's job security again?

 

That's not the point, though! Funeka should've got the W!!! & that IS the point!!

 

Yeah Guzman was able to fight on the inside...for 2 rounds till Funeka got his jab working.
Guzman was eating jabs all night.He was lucky he didn't get knocked out or get stopped.

 

Guzman was not out of shape man and he was fast as ****, especially in the first rounds.

The gap in speed always deminishes as the fight wears on. Its normal

 

Fixed.

 

Guzman simply didn't have an answer to Funeka's size and reach. I don't think it was because Guzman was unmotivatedd or undertrained. Maybe he mistrained in that he maybe he didn't get adequately tall, lanky lightweights to spar with. . .I dunno. Funeka was just all wrong for Guzman. It may sound weird but I think Guzman would have looked far better against JMM than against the Paul Williams of the LW division.

 

How do you know what Guzman is 'supposed' to look like at 135lbs? He didn't look that great against Ameth Diaz either. Perhaps this is the best you'll see from Guzman at this weight class at this point in his career. It's his fault.

Guzman was fast early but once he realised he couldn't hurt Funeka he had to stop throwing so many combinations hard and fast. It was taking a lot of energy and he knew he had to go rounds in this fight because nothing was making an impression on Funeka. At that point Funeka took over from the outside and beat him up, so yeah he's gonna look slow when he just got whooped.

 

funeka beats guzman 9 times outta 10 in my opinion. Guzman just couldn't hurt him

 

Guzman's lack of professionalism has cost him his career. Saw it in the Diaz fight how he was getting hammered in the face a couple of times. The guy has lost the love for the game.