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2667173, RE: Midway point of 2018. Notable happenings and fights to look forward to
Posted by S_Ali, Thu Jul-05-18 08:55 AM

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>Terence Crawford enters his 3rd weight class (welterweight)
>after being undisputed champ in his last weight class and
>scores a 9th round stoppage of paper champ Jeff Horn.
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>Vasyl Lomachenko enters his 3rd weight class (lightweight) and
>scores a 10th round stoppage of Jorge Linares w/ a liver shot.
> He's won belts in 3 weight classes in the least of amount of
>fights of any fighter in the history of the sport.
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>Nine-time amateur national champion Joey Spencer made his pro
>debut at super welterweight with 3 early KO's. Two in the 1st
>round and one in the 2nd. He should be one to watch. Others
>on my up-and-coming watch-list are Devin Haney, Teofimo Lopez,
>Money Powell IV, and Daniel Dubois.
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>Wilder proved he can beat more than "bums" by knocking out
>Luis Ortiz, becoming the first to defeat Ortiz.
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>Jarrett Hurd vs Erislandy Lara was FOTY nominee with the
>decision going to Hurd.
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>Mikey Garcia moved up to 140 to grab a belt off of Sergey
>Lipinets then abandoned the belt right after winning it.
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>GGG ducked his IBF mandatory, Sergei Derevyanchenko, and lost
>the belt because of it.
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>Tyson Fury returned to the ring against a nobody with a
>lackluster performance. Fight was stopped after 4 rounds, I
>think. I don't care enough to check.
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>Anthony Joshua picks up another belt against Joseph Parker in
>another terribly refereed bout. In other Joshua news, the
>fight with Wilder isn't happening this year, because Team
>Joshua is full of shit, to say the VERY least.
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Gervonta Davis looked sensational in his return to the ring stopping Cuellar in the 3rd round to reclaim the junior lightweight title. It was disappointing that he was even in that situation to lose the title but his last fight was impressive. I don't see any problems for him at 130. He should take his time getting to 135.

Gary Russell Jr. had to dig deep in his last fight with Diaz. Diaz is a young strong fighter that will only get better in years to come. He forced Russell to go to plan B to win the fight. If he can't get a unification fight with Santa Cruz he's been talking about going up to 130. I just don't see him wanting any smoke with Tank.

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>FIGHTS with dates I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO:
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>*Mikey Garcia vs Robert Easter 7/28 (Andre Berto vs Devon
>Alexander on this card)

I don't like the way Easter fights. He is like the tallest lightweight ever and fights like he is 5'5. Hopefully he can make the adjustments and fight like someone 6'0 against Mikey Garcia
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>*Shawn Porter vs Danny Garcia 8/25
Pick em fight but if I had to choose I like Porter. He has the higher work rate. Danny can get too comfortable waiting to counter and allow himself to be outworked in rounds.

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>Fuck GGG vs Canelo

Can't wait to see it. I think Canelo showed he was the better fighter in the last fight even though I gave GGG the nod in the decision. Canelo will have to get in the best shape of his life because we know GGG is relentless.

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