Quote Originally Posted by pacfan
Though I haven't seen de Leon fight, something tells me you guys might be right. But I've learned not to make serious judgement based on records so I'm not making any judgement for this fight now. I saw his fight yesterday, and basing on the record of his opponent, Adrade, a veteran with more than 50 fights and awesome 80% knockout rate, and the fact Bautista came from a long lay off due to an illness and an injury, I thought he'd have a very diffucult time. But to everyone's surprise, Bautista easily beat Andrade, an awkward moving and 'showboating' type fighter. I was very surprised at Bautista's performance yesterday, showing maturity that I've never seen in him before. He attacked Andrade in a consistent, well-paced manner - not in his usual, thoughtless, all out attack - not showing any respect for the veteran fighter with awesome record, never being rattled at any point in the fight but always keeping his poise. But I was most surprised at the accuracy of his shot - Rey was able to hit Andrade consistently even though he seemed like one of those slick fighters, who always move, keep their distance and liked to lunge from a distance, sort of like mini Mayweather. But still, maybe it's still early for him to take on de Leon, or perhaps Bautista will prove us wrong again.
i can see where your coming from but maybe if you said the same thing in 2-3 years when Rey has more W's ,experience etc but he is only 20 years old! he needs to mature. daniel is in his prime for fighting atm this doesnt look good for Rey. im sure Daniel will hit a lot harder than Espinoza and Rey had to fight hard in that one. Also in the Bonilla fight he really had to dig down deep to stop the guy.dont get me wrong imo Bonilla was good and ready to take Rey out. Daniel will be even harder than that and he showed that against Looknongyangtoy and prouduced a lethal ko. the Al seeger fight also was just daniel showing us he is world class.