Quote Originally Posted by Bilbo
I really like Abraham. He has a tendancy to fight a little listlessly at times choosing to fight up on the ropes like Roy Jones does nowadays.

But I think offensively he is very strong when he does come forward. His execution style one punch KO of Gevor on Saturday was outstanding, and he rocked Miranda several times in their fight.

Trouble is he doesn't come forward often enough. If he fought Taylor I'm not sure he would be active enough to win a decision, although he'd certainly hurt Taylor if he landed.

I'd give him a shot against any of the guys at middleweight though.

One final thought, how confident is he in his jaw repair? This weekend he early on he looked like he really didn't want to get hit. And afterwards there was definitely a noticable swelling. I'm not sure if there is some long term damage there, both physical and pyschological..............
CC Baggins,very good post. Yeah,you can see AA is very good offensively but he can be a bit too lax,lets the opponent take control for too long and I noticed the slight swelling too.


Quote Originally Posted by LEGION
Yeah I wonder about him fighting Miranda again, and though him thinking he can do what Pavlik did to Edison sounds good in theory, I still think AA will be hesitant to actually run into the lion's den again after what Miranda did the last time to his jaw. I actually think Miranda would beat him badly in a rematch, as Miranda does have heart and he's got to be wanting to beat someone after what Kelly did to him. I think Winky would embarass AA and Taylor, who knows what would happen though I would bet slightly with Taylor.
See,I agree with you.I think he could be too wary and respectful of Edison and not venture foward and get outworked and possibly busted up again. It's easy for us to sit here and say Edison can't fight backing up for shit but it took a guy with a good chin,powerful shots of his own(alot of them) and alot of balls to back Miranda up.

As for Winky embaressing AA,I disagree.Totally. The JT fight was made out to be a robbery but it was close(I have scored it by 1 for Winky or a draw,never for JT) and I see AA as the naturally bigger and stronger man than Winky with a similar defence. Winky's offence is so limited that I think the fight would be really really hard to score.