raymond muratalla v andy cruz january 24th

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[Master]

Cruz is relentless and look forward to seeing him perform this weekend.

[Denilson3.0]

RIP Muratalla.

Cruz does everything at an elite level to me.

But he’s a super skilled black cuban fighter.

He has tremendous speed, footwork, defense.

But he’s a super skilled black cuban fighter.

Skilled defensive fighters (Usyk, Lomachenko) are fine if you're white, if you're black ? Different story. Most people (mainly non-black people) don't appreciate a great skilled black boxer as much as they do a white one (EG Floyd, Shakur) and would rather watch him brawl. It's just like in baseball, most fans want to see a bases loaded gram slam but find "boring" a great pitcher who throws a near perfect game

There’s always a racial problem with black cuban fighters and their lack of support.

95% of US based Cubans are white and ain't into boxing, their main passion is Baseball and they have a "boxing is for blacks", boxing is not "our thing" mentality. A lot of people don’t realize that white Cubans like Andy Garcia, Marco Rubio, Fidel Castro, Cameroon Diaz is what most cubans look like. They make up around 65%-70% of Cubans.

But find me a white Cuban boxer who looks like them ? ….I’ll wait. This is why 98% of Cuban fighters are black. Cuba's main boxing supporters are their Afro-Cubans and 95% of them are inside Cuba. So Cubans fighters are always fighting on away soil.

They don't have the hispanic demographic support like Mexicans or Puerto Ricans fighters receive and the Cuban demographic in the US is not as big. Also cuban fighters fall behind because they fight to the level of their competition, because they are so focused on defense and not getting hit. They don't have a level to shift to because their offense isn't as domineering and deep as other elite level fighters (as I say that's ok if you're a white fighter)

So Cruz will get the Rigo treatment.

• "He doesnt sell tickets."
• "He’s boring."

But Cruz is really good, which makes him a high risk, low reward fighter that will be avoided like the plague. I can’t see even the likes of Shakur,Teofimo, Gervonta, Devon rushing to fight him and Keyshawn is about to defect to Cuba.

To be honest Cruz is actually way more offensive than most cubans but like most Cuban fighters he can't speak a lick of English. Cubans remind me of filipinos in the sense that they didnt make an impact as a group until one guy put them on the world map as an emerging pool of pro talent. First Pac-Man then Nonito Donaire.

Look at Cotto, he found his voice and fanbase when he spoke English and Spanish. We can say the demand to speak English is unfair, well maybe if the moustache one had won WW2 we'd all be speaking German but the most influential empires of the last couple of centuries, namely the British Empire and the US, are English-speaking.

So English is dominant language on the planet right now. Usyk tries his best to speak it and is still 4/10. Canelo is still far more comfortable speaking spanish, but his english has improved and it’s a 6/10. But at least they try and I bet the people who giggle at them can't speak a word of Ukrainian or Spanish.

Cruz is with Bozy Ennis now as one weakness Cruz has (and most Cuban fighters have this) is their lack of inside game. But even though I think his inside game is his worst aspect of his style. I don’t think it’s a pure detriment or a problem since Cruz has great counters and uses inside and outside escapes on the inside really well. His isn’t an easy opponent to track down.

Bozy - Don't try and turn him into a Boots 2 and make him stand his base more which is good in some instances but won't work the same as it does with Boots.

Cruz is great at hitting and moving, using amazing footwork and slickness to dominate that's what got him to the top but I hope Bozy doesn't try to "Americanize" Cruz too much and make him into something that he isn't.

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RIP Muratalla.

But find me a white Cuban boxer who looks like them ? ….I’ll wait.

Cruz is with Bozy Ennis

i also think andy might get a late stoppage

florentino fernandez looked white, there was a guy named angelo santana who fought hank lundy, richar abril & robeisy ramirez are pretty fair

i don't think bozy was the best fit for andy but i'm interested to see how he looks under him

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this card has been mid. khalil coe just got a gift majority decision over jesse hart. main event coming up

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gave the first to andy & the second to raymond

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third to raymond, fourth to andy

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fifth was close, gave it to raymond

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gave the sixth to raymond, really good tactical fight by both guys so far

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seventh to raymond

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eighth to andy

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close nineth, gave it to raymond

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gave the tenth to andy

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gave raymond the eleventh

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gave the twelfth to raymond, all rounds were close & competetive, the judging could be all over the place. i have raymond winning