What are your thoughts on him? What does he do well, and what are some flaws?
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What are your thoughts on him? What does he do well, and what are some flaws?
Very decent. He got slated last time out, but you can't bowl everyone over. Still a work in progress, but a very good work in progress. His only drawback is gonna be that he's the type of fighter that a lot of the top dogs will want to avoid. Very dangerous.
Good speed, Very Good power, fights well on the backfoot as he shown last fight, and also well on the front foot. Negatives: doesnt always pick his shots, wastes a few, when his punch selection improves he will knock out top ww's. Defence isnt great and he wings his punches too much, His punches are very wide, he needs to straighten them up. Good fighter though, should have a bright future.
I think he's a fantastic prospect, he reminds me very much of a welterweight David Haye. Incredibly strong and athletic, with solid fundamentals and boxing sense. He's a mobile bomber, a boxer puncher with KO power in both hands, but he can also settle down and box smart like he had to do against Bundu. He's very fluid with his punching and very creative with his combos and punch selection.
He has a lot of room to improve but a guy like that is a threat to anyone in the division, including guys like Floyd and Pac.
The Guerrero fight is going to be the big reveal for him because that's a tough fight.
Thurman is exciting, articulate and media friendly. I hope he becomes the next best thing and not another Berto.
Master what is your problem with exciting articulat people you have been giving those people a lot of trash lately and none of us respect that position very much at all what is happening over there in Wolverhampton?Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
He keeps adding facets to his game, like when he showed he could fight southpaw against Bundu.
He also showed that he has a good ring IQ.
As he is now, though, he's nowhere near ready for Floyd or Manny. I would pick both of them to win a comfortable decision over him.
Garcia vs. Thurman must be made. It's a must see three to four years from now. At this time, the fight isn't ripe yet. But, within 2 or 3 years, it will be all we want to see like how we wanted Floyd vs. Manny. I just hope they give it to us when it's ripe and not have to wait an additional 4 or 5 years for it to happen!
The only way this fight will be talked about in 3 or 4 years time is if Garcia continues to fight nobodies.Quote:
Originally Posted by ykdadamaja
He's got good mobility and can put his punchers together. He's good at ripping into sitting ducks and outboxing game agressive fighters. He uses his angles well. His stamina isn't terrible. He's good at controlling the pace of a fight.
Fatal flaw: he brings his jab back low and takes a right hand over the top ugly. Also because of his style he has a habit of buying into low feints protecting his body with a crossed and leaving himself unprotected over the top while trying to lean out of range. A hard puncher that crouches low and then throws arcing right hands over the top (Provodnikov) could spell trouble if they can't be dissuaded.