Olanrewaju Durodola vs. Dmitry Kudryashov rematch set for May 20

[nikos6]

How did Duradola get hurt so quickly after tagging up Dmitry early in the first round? That same punch could easily have put him away, so that also speaks to Duradola's weak defense prior to staggering back into the ropes from the Dimitry bomb. If a slow plodding horribly defensively flawed fighter can land that quickly and hard on him, he also has to be weak or slow defensively.

I agree Kudrya looked overwhelmed in the second round, but it seems like he was hurt and was just surviving and holding on. In many of his fights I have seen very good upperbody movement on defense. He has some decent feints and tricky movements when he decides to use them. Also has a decent jab and devastating left hook that puts people to sleep INSTANTLY. His problem on defense seems to be he doesn't move his feet when hes hurt. He sort of sits in the pocket with his gloves up loosely trying to dodge punches (when already buzzed). It might help if he moves his feet, or quickly clinches when hurt, or put up a tighter guard with intent to throw back.

Granted he is not Mayweather in his reflexes, but he does make decent attempts to move his head and waist while firing back power shots. He did knock out Santos in 4 rounds, the same fighter Bellew finished in 5 rounds, so its not like he hasn't showed some skills against OK competition.

I could be wrong about Dimitry's skillset and chances to win this fight, but Duradola seems to be flawed as well.

Dura to me is a little stiff in his movements and doesn't seem have that much head movement. He has quick straight shots after his jab, powerful punches, and maybe good work-rate -- Does he have much nuance though? He didn't show much craftiness against Maires Briedis IMO, despite forcing him to clinch a lot in the early rounds, due to his straight punching speed and power. He has good attributes: power, speed when throwing straight punches, endurance and work rate - what else?

Is Duradola known to be a decent defensive fighter (I have only seen him vs Briedis and Kudryashov)? Does he throw good combinations against non-hurt opponents? Does he have gears and trickery to his attacks?

[GalenBadBoyBrown]

Durodola is a huge puncher but also is there to be hit and his chin isn't great but he can punch with the top of the division for sure. He will always be in the fight against anyone he comes in shape always, gonna be a great fight again while it last both guys can knock each other out so there will be a ko again

[diddy]

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