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Topic subjectThis fight was WAY more competitive than I expected. Great fight.
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2646460, This fight was WAY more competitive than I expected. Great fight.
Posted by Boogie Stimuli, Sun Mar-11-18 12:53 AM
Mikey Garcia stepped up in weight, but Sergey Lipinets stepped up in level of competition. That's probably the best I've seen Lipinets look, but unfortunately he was fighting one of the p4p best of this era. It was funny to me that Lipinets was asked in his pre-fight interview about how Garcia's power might translate to 140, and he said everyone knows that your power decreases at higher weight divisions, but then Garcia knocked him down for the first time in his career with a counter left hook lol. While the whole fight was competitive, it became very clear after that 7th rd knockdown that Garcia was in complete control of the fight. A very fundamental boxer who's a joy to watch. He wins a belt in another weight division. Congrats to him.

On the undercard, Kiryl Relikh gets a much deserved victory, dominating Rances Barthelemy in a rematch after being robbed in their first match.