Quote Originally Posted by ykdadamaja View Post
Quote Originally Posted by p4pking View Post
We won't know until Lubin is in the ring again. In almost any fight, people make huge mistakes here and there that they don't pay for, that's part of the sport. If these two could somehow fight 10 times in the same form as they did, I highly doubt a first round KO would occur more than once. To me, Lubin looked pretty capable and poised right until he got caught. Of course sometimes losses like that damage a guy irreparably, or maybe it showed us something he won't be able to iron out, but(as usual) you are being a dumbass, Damaja.
LOL! He was not ready. I was watching Lubin, he simply was not ready. His level of competition was easy to cut through. We have them in boxing from time to time, guys who get up there but clearly there is a difference between them and the top 5. He was not at top 5 level, and may not even be top 10. I hate to see that happen like that BECAUSE I remember guys like David Reid, who really did not need to take the Trinidad fight when he did. He just did not need to at that time.
Given the fact that Reid started his pro career with a permanent eye injury and reached the level he had Reid did very well for himself. He was a case of a guys star getting ahead of him as he was already knocking off ranked contenders and steered to a title straight from Olympic Gold so early that there was no going back or avoiding being targeted by media super star Tito moving up in weight. If it wasn't Tito I remember Hopkins speaking on it but either way he was marked and his own media pedestal and trinket were the door prizes.