handsofstone wrote:Boxing porn again this weekend as Golovkin and Gonzalez on the same card, Gonzalez defending his WBC Super Flyweight title against former holder Rungvisai(also known as Wisaksil Wangek) don't know anything about him but he lost the title on a TD to Cuadras who Gonzalez just won the title against, ive read that this could be the toughest fight of Chocolatito's career but I'm sure Boxing Prospect can shed more light on this fight
Gonzalez coming off the great win against Cuadras to become a 4 weight champ, that was an excellent all action fight and Roman had to be at his best to win as Cuadras can fight too and he looked massive compared to him
I'm not up on Rungvisai's style but I assume like most guys down that way its aggressive all action from the start, Gonzalez doesn't mind having a look for the 1st couple of rounds before getting to work, that's a trait a lot of elite fighters have, don't mind giving away a couple of rounds before turning up the heat, Gonzalez's combination punching and footwork are up there with the best of all time IMO
Cant wait
Firstly...never refer to Thai's by their "surnames" it just causes confusion, always use their first name
so "Srisaket"...
Anyway...Srisaket is an out and out pressure fighter, heavy hands, good work rate, a tough chin and a real grit to him. Like many Thai's he has got a padded record but she he's stepped up in the past he has proven to be genuine (with wins against Yota Sato, Hirofumi Mukai, Jose Salgado and he seemed to be getting to Cuadras when that bout was stopped). He's genuinely heavy handed and fights like a bit of a limited smaller Golovkin. As with Golovkin one could question his stamina but he seemed to be coming on stronger in the second half against Cuadras.
He's not the smoothest but like most Thai's he's rugged and has rarely been backed up (Cuadras seemed happier to run in an Olympic sized swimming pool ring than to ever engage in much of a fight).
When Gonzalez first spoke about moving to 115 properly (as opposed to having a stay busy fight) I said Srisaket was going to be a nightmare for him stylistically, and I think that's still the case. Especially with the issues involving Gonzalez's camp (particularly this being his first bout since Obando's death). Gonzalez is by far the more skilled and technically able fighter in there, but he's coming up against a brutish Super Flyweight. They may "technically" be the same size but the reality is that Srisaket is the bigger man and that Gonzalez is a guy who is looking small at Super Flyweight, and looked chubby at times at Flyweight (the weigh in against Fuentes was far from flattering).
Gonzalez will be up against a man who will engage in a war, won't back away and will instead look to instill his will on the Nicaraguan, something we haven't really seen Gonzalez up against. Given that Viloria hurt Gonzalez with a body shot, and that Cuadras swelled his face...lets just say this will be interesting
MANY people considered Gonzlaez as number 1 p4p. Does this win alone make him the greatest fighter ever out of Thailand ? And one of the greatest out of Asia ? How many have beaten and taken the 0 of the regarded p4p number 1 and also out of the continent?