Dr_Pangloss Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 Quite a good heavyweight fight on tonight with Tony Thompson vs Odlanier Solis. Solis is best known for his round one 'injury' against Vitali which resulted in a first round KO, but in actual fact he's immensely talented and looked very good in that first round. His main problem is his inability to stay away from the buffet table, which has meant he has tipped the scales at 240lbs+ (despite being only 6 ft 1) in recent times. I haven't seen the weigh-in for this fight so I have no idea what shape he's in. Thompson is a competent world level heavyweight, but I'm expecting a motivated Solis to beat him, Solis is very skillful with pretty quick hands, I had high hopes for him, hopefully he can come good, he's definitely got the skills to be a champion, although his weight and height may mean he'll fall short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 Ok, so typically, an unmotivated fat lazy blob version of Solis turns up and doesn't really perform... LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 So its confirmed Khan to fight Collazo I haven't seen Collazo fight since the Hitman fight Has he improved since then does he have the power to threaten Amir's glass jaw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donnie Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 So its confirmed Khan to fight Collazo I haven't seen Collazo fight since the Hitman fight Has he improved since then does he have the power to threaten Amir's glass jaw? Yeah he knocked victor ortiz out a few weeks ago. He is strong come forward fighter with a decent punch. I predict he will knock khan spark out. Gonna have a big bet on this as khan is stupidly the big favourite. Big risk fight, little reward for khan. Collazo is better then many think but if khan wins people will just say it was a fight he should be winning. He shoukd have took the easy money and fought brook for £5 million. It would have easily been the biggest paycheck in his career. By the way collazo was robbed against hatton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted March 25, 2014 Author Share Posted March 25, 2014 Collazo is a slick southpaw who is able to throw feints and create unorthodox angles for punches and has good footwork, he's also a very sharp counter puncher, he's not really a 'come forward' type fighter, he's a slickster. It's a bad fight for Khan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 http://youtu.be/x-RzAg2DCGs Dat power! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 Yep, I think all 3 knock downs were essentially 'jabs'. I'm impressed with him, he deconstructed someone with a very tight defence, worked openings very well. He has insane power, he will either get you from accumulation or put you out with one shot. What is scary is if you look at his footwork, he doesn't at all need to leverage his punches, he feet do not need to be set, he can simply walk forward, letting his hands go, and hurt you. This is very rare to see from a technical stand point. I'm pretty confident that Kovalev massacres Stevenson when Stevenson grows the balls to fight him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Agnew stayed down for so long after the third knockdown that he must have been in agony. He had a tight defence but he was so intimidated by Kovalev's power that he left the body open so much because of concerns about getting hit on the chin. Kovalev - Stevenson needs to happen in 2014. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 (edited) Stevenson has ran off to Showtime so the chances of him fighting Kovalev are very slim. He'll be fighting Fofana next month and is then likely to fight a 49 year old Hopkins later this year (or Shumenov if Hopkins doesn't win his next fight). Kovalev will probably be squaring off against Pascal later this year.... Edited March 30, 2014 by Dr_Pangloss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anything11 Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Stevenson is running his mouth now that the possibility of fighting Kovalev is 0. I hate to turn this about Mayweather but this whole focus on the $$$ and the record is starting to get old. I will always respect a fighter who will fight anyone over the guy with the polished record who only fought those he wanted to. Stevenson seems to be taking this approach. In this regard i do not get the Ward love. He is a good fighter but there is so too smoke blown up his ass by HBO. GGG vvs Chavez Jnr will be a good fight. Chavez seems to have sorted his head out and golovkin needs bigger wins (in terms of events and interest) to force the issue with people like Ward etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donnie Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Bradley v Pacquiao next week! Who is every one backing?? Pacquiao is my ATG favourite fighter and he was robbed outrageously in the first encounter. Bradley has definitely improved since the first match. His war against the excellent Provodnikov was fight of the year and the way he dismantled JMM was very impressive. On paper Pacquiao should win this again with ease. Bradley hasnt got much power and Pacquiao should have too much movement and be to quick for Bradley. However Pacquiao is clearly on the decline whilst Bradley is getting better and better each fight. Cant wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Did anyone see the Carl Frampton fight, bit of a strange ending to that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted April 5, 2014 Author Share Posted April 5, 2014 Bradley v Pacquiao next week! Who is every one backing?? Pacquiao is my ATG favourite fighter and he was robbed outrageously in the first encounter. Bradley has definitely improved since the first match. His war against the excellent Provodnikov was fight of the year and the way he dismantled JMM was very impressive. On paper Pacquiao should win this again with ease. Bradley hasnt got much power and Pacquiao should have too much movement and be to quick for Bradley. However Pacquiao is clearly on the decline whilst Bradley is getting better and better each fight. Cant wait. Pacquiao still has the speed power and footwork to trouble anyone at 147lbs, I expect him to win handily. I'm a big fan of Bradley, for him to have a chance he needs to stick that excellent jab of his consistently in Pacquiao's face and always be on the move, his offence should be skirmish/ambush like, controlled and not too often, the majority of his punches need to be jabs. If he does that he has a chance but Pacquiao has the offence to get inside on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 Did anyone see the Carl Frampton fight, bit of a strange ending to that one Yeah, it was odd. The punch which dropped Cazares was a peach but he looked like he should have been up at six or seven. I'm not sure what to make of it, Cazares had been floored by a low blow earlier in the round and it appeared to have given him a dead leg, at about eight in the count he very pointedly looked at Frampton, looked at his leg and looked at Frampton again. I don't think he took a dive but I'm not sure what he was thinking unless he thought the dead leg meant he wasn't going to be able to compete in the fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Poor old Enzo's face was in a right mess last night wasn't it, it'll be a while before he fights again but surely he should pack it in now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted April 6, 2014 Author Share Posted April 6, 2014 Enzo has suffered multiple brutal knock outs in his career at the hands of Haye, Afolabi and Frenkel, he should have packed it in a long time ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Well he did pack it in if I remember correctly, it was only in the last 12/18 months that he "came out of retirement" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted April 6, 2014 Author Share Posted April 6, 2014 True, he does make losing an art form, very rarely does he lose in a way that isn't brutal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted April 6, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted April 6, 2014 Christ! How did the ref let him continue after that first knockdown? Eyes crossed to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Christ! How did the ref let him continue after that first knockdown? Eyes crossed to say the least. I couldn't agree more. Absolutely ridiculous. I know the refs are often given stick for being too cautious, but how clear a TKO do you want? He was done, he could have been seriously hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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