Can Bryant Jennings avoid being tied up by Wlad?

[p4pking]

Not excited about this fight, I think it will be really easy for Wlad also. Jennings is good and would be even odds with anyone else in the division imo, but he won't have any advantage at all in this one.

[El Kabong]

Bryant Jennings IS a good boxer, he IS talented, I don't want people thinking that I'm giving him no chance to win the titles off of Wlad to be misinterpreted as "Jennings sucks". I think Jennings has a very good career ahead of him, but he doesn't have the experience, he doesn't have the right skill set to trouble Wlad.

I'm looking forward to the fight because I believe Wlad is still looking to prove his doubters and critics wrong, he was very attack oriented vs Pulev, I don't see much changing for this fight in fact it's pretty much the same game plan.

[p4pking]

Agreed, it's puzzling to me that Jennings has even taken this fight right away. I'd love to see him in against Wilder, Fury, Povetkin, etc. Those fights would be winnable for him, give him valuable experience and potentially increase the money he could pull in, all while Wlad gets older.

[El Kabong]

Agreed, it's puzzling to me that Jennings has even taken this fight right away. I'd love to see him in against Wilder, Fury, Povetkin, etc. Those fights would be winnable for him, give him valuable experience and potentially increase the money he could pull in, all while Wlad gets older.

I don't think the fight was going to get any bigger regardless of what Jennings could do unless he got to Wilder and Fury first and beat them convincingly which let's face it wasn't going to happen as both of those fighters are likewise clinging to their unblemished records and looking to cash in on a big fight for all the marbles vs Wlad. Also there's something to be said about not having a bunch of fights especially ones on film where a boxer can study your style see your weaknesses, and train to exploit those....Jennings' team might be looking to surprise Wlad by showing him something he's not used to, but with Wlad's experience that's damn near impossible because he's seen it all. Maybe it's Jennings' team thinking they fighter is so green he won't know any better than to win.

I think that his people are like "well it's sink or swim time" even if he loses (when Jennings loses actually) it'll have happened early enough in his career where he can rebound from it and get right back on track with 2-3 wins after this fight. Jennings is a well rounded fighter and his power has been developing....it's just everyone that fights against Wlad is doing so with an inferior arsenal of offensive weapons. Wlad has the BEST jab in the division, he has the BEST hook in the division, he has the BEST right cross in the division and the guys on his list don't have the best defenses either.

[p4pking]

Yea true enough, everyone is in pretty much the same boat when it comes to fighting Wlad. Wilder, Fury or Tony Thompson are the only guys who would really be a litmus test for dealing with the size if nothing else, was my thinking. Perez is good but lazy, and he's smaller than Jennings to boot. Not to mention that was a very close fight.

[Beanflicker]

When you're talking about a Wlad, or a Mayweather, or any other dominant champ who's nearing 40 and the end of their careers, you have to take the opportunity to fight them when you get it, because there's no guarantee that opportunity will still be available in the future. Whoever whips Wlad first is going to take hold of the HW division, so you gotta take your shot before it's too late.

[El Kabong]

When you're talking about a Wlad, or a Mayweather, or any other dominant champ who's nearing 40 and the end of their careers, you have to take the opportunity to fight them when you get it, because there's no guarantee that opportunity will still be available in the future. Whoever whips Wlad first is going to take hold of the HW division, so you gotta take your shot before it's too late.

That must be taken into consideration as well as it's not every day, every year, or every 10 years that a fighter gets a shot at fighting a GREAT. This is a once in a lifetime chance for Bryant Jennings in terms of fighting a guy who will eventually be considered a legend of boxing, a dominant all time great champion.