Danny Garcia v Jose Benavidez

[Spicoli]

This is why officials need to be held responsible live and made accountable. Ref dodges interview with Jim Gray right off. Russell's a good dude and kd was big but two in a row with pretty questionable stoppages. He's a world class fighter not some obscure padding work "matter of time"

[Kirkland Laing]

Evening chaps.

This is shaping up to be a really good fight here. (Main event.)

[Kirkland Laing]

Benavidez now just plodding forward and not throwing nearly enough. Making Garcia look good. Unless Garcia walks into something it's going to be an easy points win for him. The first few rounds were much more competitive.

[Kirkland Laing]

Benavidez did much better in the ninth and won the round but couldn't keep it going to full round.

[Kirkland Laing]

The first few rounds were better than I expected. The rest of it was pretty much what I expected. Benavidez looked a really good prospect and I thought he'd have an elite career but he's pretty much done now. Need to see Garcia against somebody at the top of the division but while Charlo is still in the division he isn't going to win a belt.

[TIC]

gary antuanne russell gets his second suspect stoppage in a row. i like what i see but are they trying to fudge that knockout rate? female judge scores danny v jose a draw? danny won wide. he looked fluid & quick but the pop is not there at one fifty four. jose was never the same after getting shot. ali eren demirezen & adam kownacki threw a whole bunch of punches. entertaining stuff. ali is just a better fighter

[mikeeod]

Danny is too small at 154 and not nearly athletic enough. At 140 he was a fundamentally sound counter puncher with decent size and good power in his left hook. At 147 he was a smallish counter puncher who still had good technique but was not athletic enough to beat the elite of the weight class. At 154 he’s going to be destroyed by second tier fighters- Benavides looked huge compared to Danny and has slipped significantly since his fight vs Crawford (when he could be considered second or third tier). Charlo destroys him and likely ends his career- that one would be ugly.

[TIC]

Danny is too small at 154 and not nearly athletic enough. At 140 he was a fundamentally sound counter puncher with decent size and good power in his left hook. At 147 he was a smallish counter puncher who still had good technique but was not athletic enough to beat the elite of the weight class. At 154 he’s going to be destroyed by second tier fighters- Benavides looked huge compared to Danny and has slipped significantly since his fight vs Crawford (when he could be considered second or third tier). Charlo destroys him and likely ends his career- that one would be ugly.

who would you consider a second tier fighter at one fifty four that would destroy danny?

[mikeeod]

Danny is too small at 154 and not nearly athletic enough. At 140 he was a fundamentally sound counter puncher with decent size and good power in his left hook. At 147 he was a smallish counter puncher who still had good technique but was not athletic enough to beat the elite of the weight class. At 154 he’s going to be destroyed by second tier fighters- Benavides looked huge compared to Danny and has slipped significantly since his fight vs Crawford (when he could be considered second or third tier). Charlo destroys him and likely ends his career- that one would be ugly.

who would you consider a second tier fighter at one fifty four that would destroy danny?

I feel like Swift Hurd has fallen a tier or two and I feel like walks through and demolishes Danny due to the size difference. I would bet on Tim Tszyu blowing Danny out at 154. I like Danny- I admire his work ethic, his heart, his mental toughness, and his skill in the ring. I just feel that 154 is all wrong for him for so many reasons. I remember when Meldrick Taylor fought Terry Norris at 154- both were great fighters but Norris blew him out. It was brutal. Benavidez is a blown up 140 pounder and looked bigger and walked tHrough his punches- I feel like a full blown jr middle blows him out.

[TIC]

gary antuanne russell gets his second suspect stoppage in a row. i like what i see but are they trying to fudge that knockout rate? female judge scores danny v jose a draw? danny won wide. he looked fluid & quick but the pop is not there at one fifty four. jose was never the same after getting shot. ali eren demirezen & adam kownacki threw a whole bunch of punches. entertaining stuff. ali is just a better fighter

that female judge who scored the fight a draw has had some terrible cards in her time

[Spicoli]

Missed most of it late once Kownacki and Demirezen started swapping bear paws. That was a bruising fight, hope Kownacki has a plan B in the bigger picture. Amazing wbc positioned Danny in top 5 154 before the bell even sounded last night. All for challenging yourself but realistically we just watched this movie at 147 and feels like he was doing a lot of bluffing and posing late in there. 154 is a shark tank for him so clearly they've plotted out a route. Maybe an Austin Trout type fight next? If anything it'll probably be someone following him up for the next "opponent to be determined" match. If they're thinking Fundora and Tszyu area they should be brought up on charges. Harrison paints him like a blank canvas.

[TIC]

danny called out erislandy for a fight at one fifty five for a shot at erislandy's middleweight belt. i think tony super bad harrison would be a difficult fight but danny could outlast him & get tony late