Russell Garcia Taylor

Josh was given a great gift tonight, of course he was at home. We would not have expected such a strong opponent, and a Taylor so out of his boxing box. Not able to get inside (he lacked timing) his best weapon at least until last night. He landed a left jab in the first round that he did not see (in our opinion) and this set off all his plans especially in the head, he was no longer able to handle the situation, really a bad show, at a boxing level and the victim of such a sacrifice was Catterall who in another environment would have taken away the match without a doubt. Taylor has also suffered a knockdown as evidence of a certain physical superiority of the English boy, who sin perhaps has not been able to make a match too correct; many calls to both by the referee, clinch phases that have followed the attacks, few times an open face boxing without resorting to expert traps to stop the actions. Too bad because the first defeat is the show, the credibility of a man who until last night has done really great things, in fact we were talking about a good session of gloves, but so it certainly was not, indeed. Josh will have to work on the head factor but the Top Rank machine is big and can carry anything.

Same story or rather, worse for the good Cris the phenomenon until last night Colbert, that we gave winning against Garcia; it would have been enough (easy to say but not to do) to dispute the shots like the first two minutes of the fifth; shots and movement dodging the strong Garcia (which we knew solid but did not think so much) and in our opinion here really came out the limit of the kd punch of Cris that where you have seen entering spectacular combinations, he took deadly blows, he also went down and then continued to fight stoically, highlighting in fact, all its limits of cin and power, where in front of a real fighter qualce Garcia, everything came out, and the result was merciless for the young American, a net defeat on points that touches revise all its plans to this category. .

Another match of the evening was Russel against Postol (a man who after the match took a plane and will try to return home to his wife and children). Russel won the match he is younger, stronger, has a good punch he made Postol count, a really solid boxer, and here the referee has decreed the end of the match in a passive defense of the Ukrainian guy, who however was vigilantly present and active, who complained so much to the referee, because in our opinion he could have let him continue and watch what would have happened after a few moments, we repeat that this does not invalidate the clear victory of Russell, only that it paints it in a different way, since we arrived at the tenth it seemed inappropriate his intervention.

It would be nice to see at this point a match between Russel and Taylor who has been seen to suffer the southpaws in a way (if we are not talking about a bad day or better night for the champion) but we are sure that there will be a mega fight offer now we know that Russel can really give him a hard time, he is solid, fast and hungry.

The matches of last night have highlighted, as if there was a need, that boxing is really ruthless as a sport; Taylor has taken a punch and was no longer able to make his match has jumped every order inside the head, disappeared that guy with great timing and a deadly being, thanks also to his opponent who can mirror and keep his eyes up. Cris who stoically resisted to a strong man, but that none of the experts including us would have expected, who dominated him so far and wide, this means being there and see how they do the sparring boxers, as well as see them live, Garcia has shown to be a true fighter, even if in the previous match had gone down promptly got up. And finally Viktor, a boxer of a unique solidity surely damaged by his opponent, but to whom the referee gave a substantial hand.

Merciless, great show the boxing.bello.entusiasmante compelling. when the technique if it is not combined with the power and the cin is not enough at certain levels.

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