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Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑08 Apr 2018, 07:27

BitPlayer wrote: ↑08 Apr 2018, 04:42 I thought Degale looked really bad, just done. I think the likes of Groves would beat him very easilly.

He started well.. The cut in round 3 was bad for him, it got him on the backfoot.. He performed much better than December and wasn't hanging against the ropes. Truax on the other hand just didn't try as harder to win..

jamamb wrote: ↑08 Apr 2018, 07:34 though groves has thrown around 1000 punches multiple times

imo truax being so competitive again, showing its no big fluke, is bad . degales almost done

truax is c+ level really, i really dont think hes better then he showed in being outclassed and stopped by jacobs or dirrell, or in scraping to a draw with ossie duran

i think a guy like caleb plant would have less problems with truax then degale did

jamamb wrote: ↑08 Apr 2018, 07:45 it was like a 1 point fight, it was still highly competitive and truax won the first more convingly then degale won this, between the 2 fights theyvs basically been the same level as each other

handsofstone wrote: ↑08 Apr 2018, 08:31 116-111 Hurd on my card, really good fight, best that Lara's been involved in for a while and while he had some lazy spells he showed urgency down the stretch. he had a great 1st round, landed some quality jabs and straight lefts through the guard of Hurd but after that Hurd took over and walked Lara down, he wasn't putting much on his punches early on but Lara was struggling with the sheer pressure and volume and he was bullied up close

I couldnt believe the size of Hurd he's massive, fvck knows how he makes SWW, he got to work a lot earlier than ive seen him, I thought Lara would've built up more of a lead but Hurd got to work straight after the 1st, Lara doesn't have the legs to move anymore and had fight to keep Hurd off him, Lara to his credit had a good surge late on but the KD in the last just cemented the win for Hurd IMO, lovely knockdown, right uppercut/left hook, textbook and a combination Ali used to love

Deserved win for Hurd IMO, best ive seen him and I was surprised the decision was split or even close

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑08 Apr 2018, 09:05 Punch Stats

PUNCHES----HURD----LARA
Landed-------217------176
Thrown------824------572
Percent------26%------31%

As you can see,

Over the final four rounds
Hurd outlanded Lara 106-71,
including 96-58 in power shots.

Scorecard



Hurd is the seventh unified world title holder in 154-pound history, joining Hall of Famers Terry Norris, Felix Trinidad, Oscar De La Hoya and Winky Wright, as well as Floyd Mayweather and Canelo Alvarez.

stujones wrote: ↑08 Apr 2018, 13:00 Not seen the fight yet, but should DeGale do the honourable thing and get the rubber with Traux or did he show superiority beyond a 3rd fight?

Incidently, where does Traux rank in terms of shortest reigning champions - not counting those who were stripped for Drugs / Mandatories. Cannot think of too many shorter reigns - obviously Randolph Turpin.

stujones wrote: ↑08 Apr 2018, 16:28 Tony Tucker must have also been similary short.

bigjack wrote: ↑08 Apr 2018, 17:16

stujones wrote: ↑08 Apr 2018, 16:28 Tony Tucker must have also been similary short.

2 months.

stujones wrote: ↑08 Apr 2018, 13:00 Not seen the fight yet, but should DeGale do the honourable thing and get the rubber with Traux or did he show superiority beyond a 3rd fight?

Incidently, where does Traux rank in terms of shortest reigning champions - not counting those who were stripped for Drugs / Mandatories. Cannot think of too many shorter reigns - obviously Randolph Turpin.

jamamb wrote: ↑08 Apr 2018, 23:43

stujones wrote: ↑08 Apr 2018, 13:00 Not seen the fight yet, but should DeGale do the honourable thing and get the rubber with Traux or did he show superiority beyond a 3rd fight?

Incidently, where does Traux rank in terms of shortest reigning champions - not counting those who were stripped for Drugs / Mandatories. Cannot think of too many shorter reigns - obviously Randolph Turpin.

the rematch was still very close and degale didnt win as convingly as truax won there first fight . in other sports when teams or ppl split matches like that 1-1 youd never settle for anything other then a rematch and you wouldnt act like one guy clearlys superior to the other just because he won the last match

but tbh its not really something id want to see again, id prefer them in with different ppl, maybe degale can fight the interim ibf champ uzcategui and truax can fight someone like benavidez or caleb plant

degale will do very well to beat any world class fighter again, i think hes gonna lose again soon