Yeah I was fooled for a while.. I still like his awkwardness and how he throws his punches... but he’s basically the 160 Version of Bud.
Both supremely talented but open to get hit , and we’ve yet to see them truly tested while already in the middle of their athletic prime.
Me too that sloppy shyt is good against scrubs. But against the real deal I can see him slumped over..
One thing about boxing is that you will get exposed if it’s there. It’s just a matter of time.
I was legit thinking that Deontay Wilder was going to make it his whole career with his right hand blasting people out. Regardless of how many rounds he lost I felt like one touch and boom. It was hard to bet against that and yea his technique was shyt but you betting against wilder would have been hard from what we was led to believe. Fast forward now to him getting beat and bullied by Fury. Narratives change quick in boxing.
Hurd was a relentless brawler with an iron chin kind of like terminator...we knew he had flaws but we didn’t know that he would get his ass whooped in the trenches.
Kovalev was the crusher until he wasn’t and the world found out he couldn’t take a body punch to save his life..
Plenty more examples..Sometimes it just take the right caliber of fighter to expose it. Crawford is maybe a great fighter but I can’t take him serious until he fight better competition..we seen this story in boxing a 1000 times. Spence had a close fight with Porter but he is war tested between that and brook.
the fact that people actually fall for his being ducked charade..he was in 154 and 160 and managed to miss all the fades that’s been handed out.
