Friday Night Fights: Raheem - Cruz

[amat]

There have been a few threads on Diaconu, he really exploded onto the scene last week. Hoye was a good fighter and I knew nothing of Diaconu but he came out and exploded like Tyson. Love a good peek a boo fighter I am willing to bet his next fight is on HBO.

[El Gamo]

How did Raheem look? I'm not a big fan of his at all but I recall that alot of people here were singing his praises when he beat an overweight,lazy Morales,who just didn't bother that night until the last few reounds whe he dropped Zahir. He looked absolutely WOEFUL v Freitas,truly a horrible horrible performance and anyone can look good against the amazingly flawed for a guy with Olypic pedigree Rocky Juarez. I'm not sold on Raheem at all and apart from how he fought in the Morales,I would not watch the guy in action.

[Julius Rain]

what do u guys think?

I think he hugs way too much for a lightweight :P and I think his shyt scared to get hit thats why he hugs so damn much I know that chin isn't so strong i want to see someone knock him out

zahir " King hug-a-lot" raheem :P

[Julius Rain]

How did Raheem look? I'm not a big fan of his at all but I recall that alot of people here were singing his praises when he beat an overweight,lazy Morales,who just didn't bother that night until the last few reounds whe he dropped Zahir. He looked absolutely WOEFUL v Freitas,truly a horrible horrible performance and anyone can look good against the amazingly flawed for a guy with Olypic pedigree Rocky Juarez. I'm not sold on Raheem at all and apart from how he fought in the Morales,I would not watch the guy in action.

I don't like him at all, i think his boring, balance is awfull his whole defense is just to hug u tender just awfull fighter, has potential but he doesn't know how to shine.

[BoxingGorilla]

I would like to see a Diamond (5) Vs. Raheem (6) fight. Pretty sure Kid Diamond would KO him into oblivion.

[BoxingGorilla]

ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzahir Raheem... If he gets the gift of fighting on TV again, I'll be doing something else. Hell, I ended up only half paying attention to this fight. Myk

Same goes for me...

I surfed the net and just listened to the fight.

[sexydarin]

This fight was snooze worthy.

[Julius Rain]

I would like to see a Diamond (5) Vs. Raheem (6) fight. Pretty sure Kid Diamond would KO him into oblivion.

yea i'd love to see kid diamond fight him, zahir is just awfull and he wonders why he doesn't make it to the big screen, geez he had a much slower shorter weaker oppenent last night and he didn't even impress for a sec. awful awful awful fight raheem hugged more then punch bad for boxing we don't need any more fighters like this.

[Unknowndonor]

I'm convinced that Raheem and John Ruiz are brothers, or train together.

[Majesty]

How did Raheem look? I'm not a big fan of his at all but I recall that alot of people here were singing his praises when he beat an overweight,lazy Morales,who just didn't bother that night until the last few reounds whe he dropped Zahir. He looked absolutely WOEFUL v Freitas,truly a horrible horrible performance and anyone can look good against the amazingly flawed for a guy with Olypic pedigree Rocky Juarez. I'm not sold on Raheem at all and apart from how he fought in the Morales,I would not watch the guy in action.

Raheem looked like Raheem always looks and dominated the fight. People just don't like his style.

And please, don't start with the "Morales didn't try to fight until the late rounds" crap.

Give Raheem credit. Morales tried to fight him all night but got hit with every counter right hand Raheem threw. And his style foiled Morales.

Raheem is a good fighter and he has a style that could beat a lot of people out there, but it's not exciting, which is why people do not want to fight him. Too much risk and too little reward. But I would bet on him against Kid Diamond or anyone.

[amat]

Raheem isn't that much of a risk. He isn't avoided because he's a huge risk. Winky was avoided because he is a huge risk.

It's that he's completely one dimensional, throws one punch at a time, and has awful balance which makes for terrible fights that nobody likes. He just isn't that good of a fighter. He looked good beating Morales, but that was because Morales was a shell in the ring that night. In his follow up, he goes out and bent over at the hip every fight.

The guy he was fighting was made for a fast, accurate counterpuncher like Zahir Raheem should be. He was wide open and leading with his head, yet Raheem threw nothing as he was coming forward. He would either scoot away or tie up.

Then when Raheem was on the outside and the guy wasn't charging forward, he would lunge in with one punch and tie up.

[Julius Rain]

How did Raheem look? I'm not a big fan of his at all but I recall that alot of people here were singing his praises when he beat an overweight,lazy Morales,who just didn't bother that night until the last few reounds whe he dropped Zahir. He looked absolutely WOEFUL v Freitas,truly a horrible horrible performance and anyone can look good against the amazingly flawed for a guy with Olypic pedigree Rocky Juarez. I'm not sold on Raheem at all and apart from how he fought in the Morales,I would not watch the guy in action.

Raheem looked like Raheem always looks and dominated the fight. People just don't like his style.

And please, don't start with the "Morales didn't try to fight until the late rounds" crap.

Give Raheem credit. Morales tried to fight him all night but got hit with every counter right hand Raheem threw. And his style foiled Morales.

Raheem is a good fighter and he has a style that could beat a lot of people out there, but it's not exciting, which is why people do not want to fight him. Too much risk and too little reward. But I would bet on him against Kid Diamond or anyone.

I gotta you this is the first time i have to completely disagree with someone in this forum. raheem did not look dominant, he look like a tired boxer in a 10 round fight, all he did was hug and no he is not avoided so that crap you should not say anymore and no he is not a big risk, your completely wrong i just have to say. I'll be accepting a sadclick back i know you'll want to sad click me back but thats ok because i just had to tell you the realzzz.


ooh yea raheem is a awfull fighter, can't see how anyone could be a fan of him

[Julius Rain]

I'm convinced that Raheem and John Ruiz are brothers, or train together.

+118 thats what i was thinking too, he remind me of ruiz. For a lightweight raheem hugs way too much.