and the funny thing is that tito only reached 114 on all 3 cards
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and the funny thing is that tito only reached 114 on all 3 cards
Kovalev-Barrera Finalized For April 25 on DAZN at Catchweight
By Ryan Burton
Published On Tue Mar 3, 2020, 10:08 PM EST
Multiple sources have advised BoxingScene.com that former unified light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (34-4-1) will return to the ring on April 25th against long time contender Sullivan Barrera (22-3).
The fight will headline a Golden Boy Promotions fight card at Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California and will be streamed live on DAZN. The fight was first reported by The Athletic's Mike Coppinger.
According to our sources the fight will be contested at a catchweight of 180 pounds in a bout scheduled for 12 rounds.
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Kovalev was last in action in November when he was stopped by Canelo Alvarez in the 11th round of their closely contested battle. The fight was Kovalev's third of the year. He started off the year by out boxing Eleider Alvarez in an immediate rematch to regain his WBO light heavyweight title that he had lost 6 months prior. In September he stopped his mandatory challenger Anthony Yarde in 11 rounds which set him up for the quick turnaround against Canelo.
Barrera fought once in 2019, losing a 10 round decision to Jesse Hart in June. After the loss, the Cuban underwent surgery to repair a damaged ligament in his right shoulder and recently stated that he is as good as new and is eager to prove that he is still a dangerous force in the division.
Kovalev will the 37-years-old and Barrera 38 when they set foot in the ring, making the bout a true win or go home fight.
nikkas really wanted a gold medalist to win, but Tito wasn't having it.
yo this is a fire ass card right here on paper
ChocolateGiddyUp
Superstar
Ref took away like 2 points from Tito for Low Blows
That ref was all up in the video that fight
Ref took away like 2 points from Tito for Low Blows
That ref was all up in the video that fight
Facts.
last fight I can recall having that many point deductions like that was Tyson/Ruddock 2.
We needed that ref for Mares/Agbeko
bigbadbossup2012
Biggest baddest boss
You nor him know me,what i do, or what I've done. Now wipe your mouth and put down your pom poms.
thats a big question. that would be either a fighter that can fight on them on the inside or a fighter that can keep them on the outside. since the ring is a square, that means you have to move in circles inside of the square, because if you back up in straight lines, your back will hit the ropes or you will get stuck in a corner. in other words you stop moving. there is a certain way to do that, that all the great movers have in common. i'll talk about that a little bit.
first, theres a certain way to throw the jab. you have you press down on your front foot, and in the same motion, swing over your back foot. that looks like this.
believe it or not, youre actually only standing on one foot when you throw that jab: your front foot. that turns your front leg into a hinge, and, when you throw this jab, you will feel as though you are swinging your body to the left.
why is all that important? it lets you side step. try to think of punches as having hit boxes.
that would be a right hand and the idea is that, by circling to the left, you will circle out of its hot zone and enter into a cold zone, where that punch cant hit you. and if you can maintain that position, by always circling to your left and always getting into that spot, which would be a little off his right shoulder, he always has to try to get you back into his hot zone before he can try to land that punch. in other words, you are turning him. that is what it means when you hear people saying that.
heres a good shot of a guy circling to the left, i believe that is actually kingsly ikeke, but as you can see even though he is circling to his left, he always is still right in front of the opponent, so he never really exits out of his hot zone.
you can see when you watch the wilder fury fight that wilder circles a lot like that, where he never really gets to that spot outside of fury's right shoulder, stays in front of him so he never exits out of fury's hot zone, and so he is never able to turn fury. what you are looking for is that ability to side step out of that hot zone, which will look like this. you are looking for that break away action.
who was the best at that? i cant say. you have mayweather, ali, whitaker; its a long list. what i can tell you is that they all possess that jab, and they all have the ability to turn their opponents.
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you got remember reid was the come back kid. he won that gold medal in the 1996 olympics with a one punch knockout down on points. that was a real good team, that 1996 olympic team. doesnt get talked about as much as it should.
ISO
Pass me the rock nikka
They didn't call Reid the American Dream for nothing, but you already know trying to come back against Tito was one of the biggest uphill battles in the ring. Once he starts going, its hard to deny him. Reid wasn't making any comebacks once he couldn't put him away and Felix got into his groove.
and the 96 olympic team was very quality. If you follow Tarver on social media you can see he keeps that shyt alive more than anybody else.
i was thinking of the 92 team. off the top of my head that team had montell griffin, vernon forrest, chris byrd, and oscar de la hoya. they had a squad. theres an interview montell griffin gave where he is talking about being in that gym with all those guys and seeing vernon forrest beat up oscar de la hoya every day. now that is a mythical fight that gets brought up every now and then and when i hear people talk about that i always think about what montell griffin had to say about those sparring sessions. and i would tend to believe him about that.
Yooooo that 92 team gets slept on for real. Oscar getting a gold. Bryd getting a silver. I believe Montell had a best I ever faced segment or some other type of interview on the ring where he speaks on that team.
I can definitely see Forrest putting hands on Oscar. More consistent jab. Better assortment of punches, plus he hit harder. Physically stronger. Forrest also fought better in the clinch and had a serious uppercut.
I heard Shane used to put hands on Oscar too when they were coming up.
