AJ Banal Fought Rafael Concepcion Today *Spoilers*

[pacfan]

I saw the fight. I've been the only pinoy here who doubted him and it's on record. I've seen all pinoy fighters over the years and learned to spot whether one is real or not. It'll be a long story so I wont go into that though. The moment the 1st round ended, I knew he'd be tested there, and to everyone's suprise (not me though), he didn't make it. Sad to say many pinoy fighters lack fighting spirit or the heart, and tend to crumble under pressure. Lots of them got a questionable chins too. Most of the hyped pinoy fighters so far survived either on big punches or on good boxing technique, or both and Banal was one of them - I saw through that. From Rodel Mayol, Boom Boom, and now to Banal, sad to say as a pinoy, they went one by one...

About the fight, Banal had opportunity to knock out his opponent couple of times but he just didn't. He lacked the killer instinct and instead chose to be cautious even when he had the opportunity. The KO itself looked more like as he was spent than a real KO - he was on his knees but never even tried to get up. As the local analysts were saying, it could probably have been due to body shots, though I'm not sure. He looked tired the last couple of rounds...

[Julius Rain]

Mick I don't think its that bad of a lost for banal. His still young and he fought a guy who was stronger imo. the guy does not even belong in that weight anymore but banal still took him on.

Almost like how castillo beat chico in the rematch. Weight issue is one thing but when you didn't drain on time like the other guy, you saved your strenght. Which is an advantage for the guy having to weigh in multiple times then the guy who was exact. Its almost like a strategy really, to gain the advantage.

Also seem like Banal is vulnerable to the body, he himself may need to move up. His only 20 i believe so eventually he will go up in weight. Maybe a rematch is in order.

[brucelee]

All in all, sad story for the Philippines especially to KKisser who predicted that Banal will be a champion.

[p4pking]

I saw the fight. I've been the only pinoy here who doubted him and it's on record. I've seen all pinoy fighters over the years and learned to spot whether one is real or not. It'll be a long story so I wont go into that though. The moment the 1st round ended, I knew he'd be tested there, and to everyone's suprise (not me though), he didn't make it. Sad to say many pinoy fighters lack fighting spirit or the heart, and tend to crumble under pressure. Lots of them got a questionable chins too. Most of the hyped pinoy fighters so far survived either on big punches or on good boxing technique, or both and Banal was one of them - I saw through that. From Rodel Mayol, Boom Boom, and now to Banal, sad to say as a pinoy, they went one by one...

About the fight, Banal had opportunity to knock out his opponent couple of times but he just didn't. He lacked the killer instinct and instead chose to be cautious even when he had the opportunity. The KO itself looked more like as he was spent than a real KO - he was on his knees but never even tried to get up. As the local analysts were saying, it could probably have been due to body shots, though I'm not sure. He looked tired the last couple of rounds...

That's cool. Im really good at spotting whether Swiss fighters are real or not. Same with most Latinos and some German ones. Ill admit, I havent got around to learning how to spot good pinoy fighters though. Jeez I have so many different nations still to cover. Maybe someday I'll get there.