Tarver vs. Lateef Kayode Saturday night fight thread

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Plus a good undercard, including Winky Wright vs. Peter Quillin and a Jr. middleweight title fight, with Austin Trout vs. Delvin Rodriguez going at it.
June 2
At Carson, Calif. (Showtime): Antonio Tarver vs. Lateef Kayode, 12 rounds, cruiserweights; Winky Wright vs. Peter Quillin, 10 rounds, middleweights; Austin Trout vs. Delvin Rodriguez, 12 rounds, for Trout's WBA "regular" junior middleweight title; Leo Santa Cruz vs. Vusi Malinga, 12 rounds, for vacant IBF bantamweight title.

It will be interesting to see if Tarver can handle the much younger and hard hitting Kayode.

Who you kats got?

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Tarver my friend. Tarver could look unbelievably old overnight. He should be able to get by kayode if he has anything left.

1-Kayode's power: not what you think. 14 kos out of 18 wins. He had UD in his first fight, then 14 KOs, and then 3 UDs against his 3 best opponents.

That says to me his power was against nobodies and journeymen. As soon as he started facing decent fighters (Iannuzi, Godfrey, and Cora Jr.) he didn't KO anyone.

2-Kayode can be outboxed. Iannuzi lost on all 3 scorecards. The scorecard that was 95-94 Kayode tells the story. Kayode was outboxed by a guy who is ok at best. Iannuzi used a jab and Kayode just followed him around alot. Didn't cut off the ring that well.

3-Tarver should just box at distance. If he keeps the jab coming and enough straight lefts, he'll have time to move (without running) and he can turn Kayode all night.

Kayode has to get to the body early and slow Tarver down. If he doesn't Tarver wins going away.

All this being said, I may end up looking like a dipshit, but that is why they fight the fights!!!! Look forward to it.

As for Winky vs Quillin. This is Winky's 3rd fight in 5 yrs. 5 yrs!! First fight in over 3 yrs. And he hasn't won a fight since December 2006. December 2006 was a lifetime ago.

Have to favor pretty heavily Quillin.

Have to give Trout the slight edge over Rodriguez.

Yep Capt, Tarver 'should' be able to get by Kayode on experience alone, but Lateef is a young, strong kid who Freddie will have ready. I'm going with Kayode to outwork, out-muscle and put some hurt on Tarver on his way to a UD.
I mean when you think about it, who the fuck is Tarver, he's 43 years old, and hasn't won a really meaningful fight in years.

As for the other 2 fights, i'd like to see Delvin get the nod over Trout. Quillin will likely outpoint Winky, but it won't be easy, getting by Wright is never easy. I'd love to see Winky school Quillin, who's a bit too cocky for his own good, it's one thing to talk the talk, but when you can't walk the walk, you look like a fool.

cheers