Molitor fight (spoiler)

[CFH]

As a Canadian fellow and because Molitor is a good guy, I do give a flying F He lost once to a much taller man with long reach and tremendous power but I still feel he has a lot of good boxing left inside, plus he's now with Stephane Larouche, one of our premiere coach in Canada, I am sure he'll get close to the top quite early.

He dumped Larouche after the Caballero fight I think. He's back with Chris Johnson now, his original trainer.

[holmcall]

I also think that Molitor looks quite sloppy here given the quality of opposition, missing punches and demonstrating that he still has no inside game, even against a very weak opponent. He's also, as usual, lacking aggression IMO.

Yes, I know I'm basically talking to myself here...

No, I'm listening.

[holmcall]

He is very lucky JuanMa, Caballero and Jhonny Gonzalez are moving up because they would slaughter him like a buther slaughters meat.

[CFH]

He is very lucky JuanMa, Caballero and Jhonny Gonzalez are moving up because they would slaughter him like a buther slaughters meat.

I would really like to see Molitor - Gonzalez. Killer and I were talking about that fight years ago. He doesn't have a chance against JML or against Caballero in a rematch.

[JazMerkin]

To be fair, this guy wasn't hand picked, he was a last minute replacement, the original opponent has visa problems.

I think the purpose of the fight was to see what state Molitor's tactics, mechanics and mental grit were (plus of course getting paid and getting hometown exposure in a relatively safe enviroment)

In those aspects I offer my analysis.

Pros: He was putting his punches together, moving in and out well. He was also putting more intention in his shots. He scored 3 legit knocksdowns (although only 2 were scored).

Cons: His corner was telling him the right punch selection, but there was a long delay before he implemented the tactics. When he was jumping out he would often lean slightly forward and jump back while simultaneously dropping his left hand, I take issue with this because this is how Caballero caught him (as anyone with reach over him will) and he still hasn't fixed it.

Even though it looks like I have more cons than pros I though Molitor did good, but his next fight should be against someone with a better reach, I think he still will have problems with the elite. The good news is JuanMa, Caballero and Jhonny Gonzalez are all going to move up to Featherweight next year which represents by far his three greatest threats.

I agree on Lopez & Caballero, but I think now that the winner of Dunne/Poonsawat represents a greater threat. Although considering how he struggled with Ruiz, I'd expect even the likes of Rendall Munroe & Nishioka to beat him. I'm not big on him at all.

[spade]

It's a comeback fight for a Canadian boy, you won't fit a cat to a tiger if you wan't to make an impression his on the move again of regaining the lost glory. So Azuaga is a nice pick, and Molitor now looks impressive.

The commentary i agree is totally biased even on the Sonsona fight.

The Sonsona Lopez fight wasn't even close IMO but the commentator was even shocked at the scorecard.


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