Did anyone see Molitor fight last night?
I thought it was a pretty entertaining watch, Steve looked pretty good against a very game and durable fighter. Really closed the show strong in the championship rounds, landed some great straight left hands. I think they are doing the right thing in facing him against these ultra durable guys too. As he showed against Michael Hunter to win the title, Molitor does have good power. But his conditioning is also tremendous and his last few fights have been good learning experiences for him imo. One thing that concerns me though is his lack of infighting, he doesn't seem to do much when his opponent closes the distance, Beltran wasn't able to capitalize much at all, but when he did apply pressure in the early rounds he made it too close for my liking, considering Molitor is of a higher calibre. It seems he has a good bond with his current trainer, but I think Emmanuel Steward would be excellent for Molitor, although I dislike the way he moulds his fighters to tie up inside, since Steve isn't good there it's a very logical match. I'm not sure he's ready to fight Vasquez or Marquez, but if the fights were signed today I'd pick him to easily beat PDL or Caballero. Robert Guerrero would be an extremely tough fight for him but I think he should win that one as well as long as he keeps distance between them. That would also be the most logical step up imo, as he hasn't fought anyone to prepare him for Vasquez or Marquez.
Re: Did anyone see Molitor fight last night?
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I thought it was a pretty entertaining watch, Steve looked pretty good against a very game and durable fighter. Really closed the show strong in the championship rounds, landed some great straight left hands. I think they are doing the right thing in facing him against these ultra durable guys too. As he showed against Michael Hunter to win the title, Molitor does have good power. But his conditioning is also tremendous and his last few fights have been good learning experiences for him imo. One thing that concerns me though is his lack of infighting, he doesn't seem to do much when his opponent closes the distance, Beltran wasn't able to capitalize much at all, but when he did apply pressure in the early rounds he made it too close for my liking, considering Molitor is of a higher calibre. It seems he has a good bond with his current trainer, but I think Emmanuel Steward would be excellent for Molitor, although I dislike the way he moulds his fighters to tie up inside, since Steve isn't good there it's a very logical match. I'm not sure he's ready to fight Vasquez or Marquez, but if the fights were signed today I'd pick him to easily beat PDL or Caballero. Robert Guerrero would be an extremely tough fight for him but I think he should win that one as well as long as he keeps distance between them. That would also be the most logical step up imo, as he hasn't fought anyone to prepare him for Vasquez or Marquez.
For nationalistic reasons, Molitor is quickly becoming one of my favorite fighters. It was a good fight last night, but I didn't think the scores were indicitive of how close the fight was in the early going. Molitors biggest problems are a lack of power and the fact the he doesn't seem to fight very well on the inside and because of that lack of infighting abilitiy I think Marquez or Vasquez would rip him to shreds, I hope if he fights them he proves me wrong though.
