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I don't think Wilder stands much of a chance unless he rocks Ortiz early. Ortiz is a far more refined and technical fighter while Wilder relies on nothing more than raw power to win.

As a side note, fights for January and most of February are pretty awful. Definitely some names in there but they're fighting overmatched opponents. Only exceptions are the CW and SMW Super Series.

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01-16-2018 , 04:42 PM

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Haven't seen much of Ortiz but is his age not a big concern??

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01-16-2018 , 05:39 PM

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Not when he's on roids.

Which let's be honest, has been always. It's just that he got caught only twice.

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01-16-2018 , 07:32 PM

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Ortiz is a far better inside fighter than Wilder

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01-17-2018 , 08:03 AM

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I'm surprised so many of you pick Ortiz - he is a warm underdog.

Technically you may have a point, but Wilder scares the hell out of me and I'd be surprised if he lost.

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01-17-2018 , 11:02 AM

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I'm not picking Ortiz, I think its close. I would pick Wilder but only just based on the fact that I think he will be able to stay on the outside at range and nail him at some point with that big right.

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01-17-2018 , 12:46 PM

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Back to easier to predict fights - Povetkin V David Price on Joshua undercard.

Looks like the Povetikin camp wanted a highlight reel finish to up his stock before trying for a big fish.

Dammit Price, just retire

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01-17-2018 , 01:53 PM

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apparently prograis-postol are gonna fight march 9th probably on baranchyk-yigrit card in miami oklahoma on showtime

great fight. didn't watch his last fight but apparently postol looked pretty crap v some random undefeated easterneuropean/russian/whoever. think this might be the fight that pushes prograis over the top into big time contender status

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01-17-2018 , 02:22 PM

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I thought Price vowed never to fight another drug cheat.

Surely Povetkin could have found a better opponent than this, Price has no right being in the ring with Povetkin.

If your not worth much then Hearn will just feed you to the dogs it seems.

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01-17-2018 , 02:55 PM

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That's a strange fight to make.

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01-17-2018 , 04:02 PM

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I actually think it does make some sort of sense, I just don't like it I don't like seeing Price get starched.

From Povetkin's point of view - they must have been struggling to find someone decent who is a known name, and this is a killing time fight as he angles to get back to the top and just keep his name out there against a local fighter. I wouldn't be surprised if he fought again after a short time.

From Price's point of view - he no doubt feels like he has a chance and if he gets lucky then he's climbed a few rungs in one fight. One last roll of the dice, and he earns a few quid. He's got to be close to drawing dead though.

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01-17-2018 , 04:45 PM

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Joshua/Parker, Wilder/Ortiz and Price/Povetkin:

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01-17-2018 , 09:56 PM

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He must have some kind of anxiety issues because he blows through all of his energy in like 3 rounds every single time. George Foreman had the same problem early in his career.

I wonder if he could do better if he learned how to control that part of himself. It probably wouldn't be enough to overcome his glass jaw and lack of defense but it would at least not make this fight with Povetkin a complete farce.

EDIT: Nm, it'd be a farce either way. His last fight was against a 4-11-2 tomato can who he couldn't even hurt.

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01-18-2018 , 08:45 AM

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Povetkin is AJ's mandatory for the WBA, they're expecting to get a deadline in 2018. They promised to get him on the undercard for AJ/Parker, its to build up the next fight.

Dillian White would have been a good fit but he's committed to Browne already, so all Hearn has left to offer is Chisora or Price.

Povetkin gets introduced to the UK public as a proper fighter who KO'ed someone they might have heard of, and it sells the next fight more.

Hearns knows Price is done, he's just using him to the end. And if he's wrong, then its even better. Makes perfect business sense.

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01-18-2018 , 11:58 AM

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I feel for Price. He has to know deep down that he is going to get knocked out, possibly in the first round. I'd expect it to look like this.

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01-18-2018 , 12:33 PM

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01-18-2018 , 12:56 PM

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vs. Erkan Teper

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01-18-2018 , 02:27 PM

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Phil Edwards allowed Price to take way more punishment than Carlos Takam was allowed to take ....

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01-20-2018 , 10:24 PM

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Fortuna missed weight before his fight with Easter.

Pretty eventful I suppose. Fortuna throwing wild and not hitting much. Easter throwing but isn't landing those eye-pleasing shots.

Got it 57-56 Fortuna

Hell of a round 6. Easter drills him with a right and Fortuna bounces back to hurt Easter.

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01-20-2018 , 10:58 PM

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Pretty disappointed with Easter. Seems like a severely flawed fighter. Guy fights like a 5-footer when he's nearly 6 feet tall. I could see this being close on the cards but I think Fortuna pulled it out by outboxing late on the inside.

115-112 Fortuna

WTF @ Easter winning by 3 points on a card.

Pretty ridiculous Easter acting like he's the ****. Completely unaware of the booing crowd.

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01-20-2018 , 11:17 PM

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well shoot. ive been posting about fortuna for probably 6 or 7 years, guy is my dude. close fight i don't think horrendous decision but damn i wanted him to pull that one out. he fought really well. just annoying as hell that some of these fighters get these close decisions every damn time. v good fight tho. easter gets demolished by garcia...who knows with linares given linares could lose to anyone

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01-20-2018 , 11:20 PM

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Fortuna is a solid fighter but appears to be a bit of head case.

Easter resembles Paul Williams: an incredibly large, lanky fighter for his division with some great power who didn't fight his size.

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01-20-2018 , 11:48 PM

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Doesn't look Lamont stands any chance of going the distance. Those body punches by Spence are brutal.

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Down goes Lamont!

Fought well getting up though. But he doesn't have power to stop Spence. Spence's chin is severely underrated.

Finally! Lateral movement by Peterson!

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Too late though as Peterson's corner stops the fight. Based on the talk in the corner, it was clear that Peterson didn't want to go back out but also didn't have the willingness to quit himself. So his trainer did for him in order to save face.

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01-21-2018 , 01:46 AM

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Spence, wow

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01-21-2018 , 02:20 AM

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I'm pretty sure Spence wipes out Thurman in their eventual superfight. I don't remember seeing the type of power Spence has from Thurman.

We also saw how formidable Spence's chin is. He took some really solid shots and they did nothing to him. I think that's a very underrated part of his fighting because we focus so much on his body punching and overall power.

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