Re: Anthony Crolla vs. Jorge Linares, 12 rounds, for Crolla's WBA lightweight title

Originally Posted by
p4pking

Originally Posted by
Memphis
Cracking fight. Linares was the business, I thought Crolla would do him late and up until the 6th I still felt that, Linares didnt look comfortable at all. When Crolla got rattled that was the fight over with as far as he was concerned. He never managed to put the foot down as intended.
There's nothing wrong with investing in the early rounds to pay dividends in the later rounds, for Crolla over Linares it was the right (only) tactic to employ. The trouble with that gameplan is, if you get the skids put under you before you get to do your work, you end up looking a bit of a plum. Seen lots of criticism of Crolla and Gallagher for their approach to the fight. Honestly, Im not sure what people expected.
I agree for this fight, and getting hurt in the 6th really killed his momentum(though you could argue the ref stopped Linares from doing effective body work before that as well), but it seems to me that all of Gallaghers guys fight the same way every time? Quigg against Frampton and Liam Smith against Canelo was more or less the same game plan, plod forward with a high guard and make no adjustments, as if the late rounds will just come to you. That's not often going to work against more talented fighters.
I agree in part but lets be honest, Smith was always a lamb to the slaughter against Canelo and there was a good arguement for Linares and Frampton wilting down the stretch. These few fights have been a big stick to beat Gallagher with over the last few days. Some of what I've read has been a bit out of order given that of the three fights in question, one stood no chance, and two had one chance. Technically Crolla and Quigg were out of their depth.
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