Alvarez to fight Rhodes!

[Fenster]

Rhodes last fight was a charity dinner bill, it wasn't televised or for a title, basically a glorified sparring session mismatch.

AS for the Alvarez fight, Rhodes has a great chance if Alvarez fights as lackluster and flat-footed as he did against Hatton. Rhodes has some decent power, if he can shake Alvarez up early he might pull off the upset. Although more likely Alvarez will give Rhodes more credit than Hatton, so takes him out late as his age shows up.

[superheavyrhun]

You've got to ask yourself how good Rhodes would have been if he'd have been 100% there in his prime. He just seems to have had a resurgence over recent years, and deserves a shot at the title.

Alvarez would probably have the edge and really start to take over later on in the fight, but I reckon it'd definitely be competitive.

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

It's hard to add this one up. I look at Rhodes as an outstanding talent on the European stage and I see Alvarez as slightly overrated contender (WBC ) on the World stage... That possibly puts them on an even keel

I guess youth and aggression will prevail

Great fight to make thought. Good matchmaking too.
Rhodes gets his long over due shot and Alvarez gets a 1st defense at a credible opponent without going over the top.

[superheavyrhun]

Great fight to make thought. Good matchmaking too.
Rhodes gets his long over due shot and Alvarez gets a 1st defense at a credible opponent without going over the top.

Exactly. He's still a kid and he's still learning, but at world title level it's definitely an unforgiving learning curve. Rhodes should give him a test, but the general consensus is that Alvarez will prevail, and I imagine his handlers will be looking for him to go through two or three fights like this before throwing him at the really big dogs out there.

[littlebif]

I think it will be a close fight with Alvarez winning a ud. Be intresting to see how Alvarez copes with the way Rhodes punches from different angles and along with his experience he could make it a hard nights work for Alvarez.

[Rantcatrat]

It's hard to add this one up. I look at Rhodes as an outstanding talent on the European stage and I see Alvarez as slightly overrated contender (WBC ) on the World stage... That possibly puts them on an even keel

I guess youth and aggression will prevail

Great fight to make thought. Good matchmaking too.
Rhodes gets his long over due shot and Alvarez gets a 1st defense at a credible opponent without going over the top.

This.