09-26-2017, 12:07 AM
(09-25-2017, 08:37 PM)Infern0 Wrote:(09-25-2017, 07:59 PM)diehard Wrote: I'm really gutted. Maybe Joe won. Maybe he lost. But he was horrible, especially being the champ. He looked much better against Takam and Ruiz, even with his weaknesses. He's gone backwards: lunging, head down, inaccurate, poor footwork. I can't believe he actually had sparring partners to practice for this fight.
He needs to fight soft competition (Japan), maybe Hammer and Bellew if he beats Haye. Whyte, AJ, Wilder would murder him based on the performance against Hughie. KB has ruined him. If he did this in the fight, he had to do it in sparring.
I don't think its that bad, Hughie offers a combo of a very good jab, fast feet, good judge of distance, rolls with punches well and seems to have a very good chin.
Id pick parker over whyte, him vs wilder is 60/40 wilder and he has a punchers chance vs AJ.
I'd look to take the whyte fight next.
I have to agree with nearly all of that , I think Hughie would make a lot of fighters offence look bad.
Maybe the soft option with Fujimoto would be a better path if it's combined with new training
If not replacing Barry at least get another trainer on board
Back to school , followed by a soft voluntary , then the mandatory (Hammer probably) only then step up to the big boys.