Could Afolabi be Britain's next world champion?

**JazMerkin** · 03-19-2009 09:07 AM

Originally Posted by SweetPea

Originally Posted by CutMeMick

But seriously Ola did not do 1 single thing aside from the hugely telegraphed shot he landed that tells me he's world class/champ material.

Exactly.

He deserves credit for the win, but let's be honest, he lost almost every single round to Enzo.

Enzo basically beat himself by being exhausted and then walking right into a roundhouse right.

Disagree with you, I think he saw he could take Enzo's punches & that he could hurt him in the 3rd round, and then just waited for Enzo to punch himself out. When Ali did it to Foreman we labelled it genius. I think he got the gameplan and stuck to it. He does need to improve his jab & telegraph his punches a bit less though, but on the plus side he's got quick hands for a CW

**Howlin Mad Missy** · 03-19-2009 09:15 AM

Afolabi started off jabbing, not so much a hard jab but annoying enough to put you off, he also looked to work the body & figured this could get interesting as Enzo looked to stalk. Enzo for some reason chose not to work at range or off the jab, I do remember lots of arm punches. Maybe Ola talking to him put him off

and drew him in to his kind of fight. Who knows. Also thought Enzo looked a bit tired considering the workrate wasn't that high.

Make the other guy fight your fight.

**HattonTheHammer** · 03-19-2009 10:13 AM

He lost a good 8 of the 9 rounds and found a magic punch that enzo couldnt recover from.

He has major issues with getting his hands wrapped on time

He isnt even british

Im gonna say............NO

**JazMerkin** · 03-19-2009 11:18 AM

Originally Posted by hattonthehammer

He lost a good 8 of the 9 rounds and found a magic punch that enzo couldnt recover from.

He has major issues with getting his hands wrapped on time

He isnt even british

Im gonna say............NO

Well he certainly won round 3, where he almost KO'd Enzo, and to me looked to at least take round 8, as Enzo started to gas out. It was more than a lucky punch, it had looked to be coming. Give him credit for a good tactical performance.

He's hands took longer to get wrapped, because the guy who wraps his hands also does Khan's, and because Nicky Cook got KTFO early, they didn't have as long to do it. They're both trained by Roach, so they had to rush things more than they normally would.

As for him not being British, quite frankly WTF do you mean? He's as British as Enzo Mac.