and undefeated Champion? really that's the argument? he had 3 title defenses, won only one of them dominantly, against the weakest of them of course, he struggled hard with the other two and one of them could go either way, so did his fight with Commey.
You're telling me that this dude who had 2 debatable and one close wins out of his last 4 fights is some great talent?
the dude who went life and death with Fortuna last time?
nah...
you can say that he has size and reach it still won't matter until those are just numbers on a paper, what matters is whether he can take advantage on it or not. If he can't use it, it doesn't mean shyt.
Did Commey, Shafikov or Fortuna had much problem hitting him? Nah... cause he can't really use his reach for shyt, maybe at some spots but not long term.
has speed: compared to who, didn't seem to be that fast against his latter opponents, didn't seem that slow either just normal...
can crack: if that means he has heavy hands I can give that but not a particularly big puncher, his last stoppage win came 2 years ago, he fought 4 times since and couldn't even put Luis Cruz away who was his lowest level opponent since he is a champion and the only one who he could dominate
strong chin: seems like it's decent, although got rocked a few times so I wouldn't call it exceptional either
height-reach: just like I wrote above he can have all that if he can't use that at the end of the day...
body work: didn't really strike me when I watched his fights, can't recall it at least
good countering ability: sometimes but he mostly brawls and he is also not hard to hit
jab is good: there were some phases when he was successful with it for example against Fortuna but he tends to just neglect it pretty quick
a lot of dog in him: Okay
Overall I doN't see him being extraordinary talented in any of these areas. His size could be a big advantage... IF he would actually use which he doesn't...
and who beats him at 135? hell, based on his last 4 fights there are a number of guys who easily have a chance.
Loma, Garcia beat him just right off the bat
Linares would also most likely beat him, that's some 70-30/65-35 in favor of Linares to me
Commey, Shafikov, Fortuna all have around 50% chance to beat him based on their first fights, Commey might even more if he improves with Rozier further
Luke Campbell would have a decent shot against him, Beltran as well
lightweight isn't the deepest division right now but there are still plenty of dudes who are dead even with him or better than him imo
I kept hearing about the talent of this dude but he lost me with his last few fight when he struggled with all but one of his opponents
again... don't have anything personal on this dude and I doN't say he would be dog shyt or anything like that, he is a fairly good fighter but I don't and won't agree with him being some great talent until he proves it in the future.