Anderson is an exciting prospect; he took a couple shots last night, which was good to see, actually, and remained composed and finished like a real prospect. Intrigued to see where this goes.
Both Pedraza and Commey seem worn, and neither can compete on the top level, but they were perfectly matched and made a good fight. Kinda glad neither won, as that would have potentially cleared the way for a Teo fight, and I’d rather see him better tested than fighting an old lightweight at 140. Barboza doesn’t knock my socks off, but he’s a better test than either of these two.
On the matchmaking front, Torrez, a guy with proper pedigree and Olympic medal, should be nowhere near the guy he fought. Candelo couldn’t fight, and had ZERO pinch resistance, and it served no purpose and almost got dude killed. TR should do better than that.
When a knockout is really scary like the one in the Torres fight, does that make you more or less likely to put it in KO of the Year contention? Interested to hear people’s thoughts.
Torrez beat Anderson in 2017 amateurs
Anderson is an exciting prospect; he took a couple shots last night, which was good to see, actually, and remained composed and finished like a real prospect. Intrigued to see where this goes.
Both Pedraza and Commey seem worn, and neither can compete on the top level, but they were perfectly matched and made a good fight. Kinda glad neither won, as that would have potentially cleared the way for a Teo fight, and I’d rather see him better tested than fighting an old lightweight at 140. Barboza doesn’t knock my socks off, but he’s a better test than either of these two.
On the matchmaking front, Torrez, a guy with proper pedigree and Olympic medal, should be nowhere near the guy he fought. Candelo couldn’t fight, and had ZERO pinch resistance, and it served no purpose and almost got dude killed. TR should do better than that.
Hey Dan, Why stage Pedraza-Commey in Tulsa? Weren’t there better venues for that fight?
—Mark in L.A.
When a knockout is really scary like the one in the Torres fight, does that make you more or less likely to put it in KO of the Year contention? Interested to hear people’s thoughts.