Your Hottest Takes:

Boxing rounds should be 6-8 rounds max, if a draw they go to an extra round

Lesser rounds makes for more exciting fights to the point where fighters can't coast to victories as much and have to go for the victory. This style works great in Kickboxing from the K-1 days to current Glory on a 3-5 round basis and there's always plenty of action.

Also 6-8 rounds would lead to less weight cutting too I believe.

 

I don't think you can rank old school fighters when there's absolutely little to no footage of them like Harry Greb for example, yes I'm sure he was great for his time but just reading newspaper report and books isn't the same as actual footage.

 

I don't think anyone at 115 was in a hurry to face Inoue, tbf. Chocolatito turned down a formal offer back in 2017. Ancajas balked at facing him, too. By the time SSR was in the picture, Inoue couldn't make the weight.

Also, that win over Fulton at 122 and the way it happened probably makes it among the top 5 victories in that divisions by the time all is said and done.

 

Now there is a hot take. Personally I am glad there isn't 15 rounds anymore let alone more.

The health and safety of fighters is important.

 

This is why I find it hard to rank old fighters a lot of ranking comes own to eye test and its almost impossible to rank fighters on eye test when we have no idea how they actually looked

 

@George Crowcroft

Oh, for sure. Though given Gonzalez's form in 2017 I wonder if a definitive Inoue win would have been viewed as a crowning achievement. I do think wins over Estrada and SSR would have been lovely feathers in the cap, though. Inoue doing a prompt cleanout of an admittedly weaker 118 division still impresses me to take most of the sting out of this.

A lot of it depends on what Fulton does going forward, but the way he bamboozled a sturdy larger Figueroa was impressive. If he proves to be a difficult out going forward, a total whitewash will look good, especially when combined with a potential run of a top 5 at 122.

(reply option messed up on me)

 

I actually just pulled that take on the spot after reading through the most recent RJJ thread, I think it could be a good fight as Canelo does seem to have a good chin and is kind of unorthodox/awkward in his own right, I would have to watch more of both of them to make a breakdown of a fantasy fight

 

If Inoue managed to beat Ford and Espinoza, it would be a lot better than anything he could do at 115.

 

TBF to Gonzalez, Inoue did skip over 112 right around the time Gonzalez was destroying guys like Villoria there. If they'd have fought at that point Gonzalez would've smacked him about imo. Inoue's team correctly gathered that he wasn't ready for that level yet. They only wanted Choco after it was apparent he was past peak and pat his best weight.

 

Crawford is top 5 P4P in history.

 

Espinoza fights ar 6'1, 145. Dont be ridiculous.

 

Def a hot take for sure.