ANYONE FOR TITO V THE GHOST?

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Originally Posted by The Rookie Fan

I think Tito can defenately make some noise at 160. If I were managing him I'd tell him to fight the loser of Taylor vs Pavlik 2 or one of the other 160 pound champions. I don't know if he could beat them now but we all know damn well Tito ain't fighting no Jeff Lacy or some other contender. He's either gonna get a fight for one of the big boys or he'll retire.

I think Tito looked pretty sharp for a guy who has been off for almost 3 years. Remember he was against a Lightheavy and still made it competitive for the first half of the fight.

Against a Middleweight he should be competitive throughout. Add to that that he probably shed some ring rust with those 12 rounds with Jones.

The only real question is can he make 160. I was completely shocked that Tito came up over the limit of 170. Yeah it was only .2 pounds over but come on how the hell did he show up over 170. He should've been at 165.

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Looks like its just me you and Ice. He couldn't hurt Jones last night that was the issue, he would definately hurt a middleweight

That it what I see as well. It was not only that he could'nt hurt Jones, though there was a round (think it was the fifth) were a left got through and got Jones attention. But it was more that Jones had a tight defense and did not allow Tito to connect upstairs.

Put up a guy like Pavlik or Taylor that do get hit often and add to that the likelyhood that Tito would be stronger and have more effect at 160 and I see him having a good shot.

Hey, how about Miranda. There is a well known guy that would make a great fight with Tito. And that is a very winnable fight for Tito too.

I don't understand why people don't think Tito can't hang with Pavlik, Tito even at Light Heavyweight took Jones shots very well, and yes he was dropped twice but that was more to do with the speed of punches. Something Pavlik has not got, Tito is still a big puncher and could still knock Pavlik's block off if he gets Pavlik in trouble like Taylor did. Tito i think looked sharp and the problem was when he fought Jones is that he couldn't hurt Jones, if he fought Pavlik and caught Pavlik flush he would for 100 percent hurt Pavlik and drop him IMO. Pavlik does not carry 1 punch KO power he wears you down with barrage of punches, plus Pavlik has never faced anyone who has Tito's power. Miranda is the biggest puncher Pavlik fought but his punching technique was very sloppy and his punches had no snap on them where as Tito has good power and is very sharp with his punches to the body and head. It wouldn't surprise me if Tito stopped Pavlik in a toe to toe war.