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Maravilla said:
Obviously it'd be a massive risk given how good a body puncher Canelo is but his best best is probably to make it a messy sort of fight and try and make his size and weight advantage tell on the inside. Might open him up to the body attack but there isn't a chance in hell that he's going to be able to outbox him from distance even with his physical advantages

Think Canelo will stop him late either way
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Fielding obviously can bang a bit but he's no way a bigger puncher than GGG, even at a bigger weight. Cant see him keeping Canelo at bay, especially after 4/5 rounds.
 


Keith S30S said:
I know it is about levels but I'm hoping the size difference negates the levels which it should do to some extent. Obviously Canelo is rightly a big favourite but bar being bullied and caught cold by Callum Smith, an even bigger super middleweight, Fielding has an unbeaten record albeit at a lot lower level.
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I see this as a chance for Alvarez to fight with an easier weight cut tbh. In terms of strength and durability, I can't see him giving much away
 
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Titus said:
I see this as a chance for Alvarez to fight with an easier weight cut tbh. In terms of strength and durability, I can't see him giving much away
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I see him as a natural middleweight at best. How many 5' 9" super middleweights are there? Not many, 6 foot is about there stamp.

He may come in bang on the weight but Rocky is still the much bigger man.
 
Keith S30S said:
I see him as a natural middleweight at best. How many 5' 9" super middleweights are there? Not many, 6 foot is about there stamp.

He may come in bang on the weight but Rocky is still the much bigger man.
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Canelo is the very definition of elite right now, and a former (at least) ped user. Don't get me wrong, he's not going to try and dominate SMW but I can't see Fielding's potential advantages translating in to anything practical
 
Keith S30S said:
I know it is about levels but I'm hoping the size difference negates the levels which it should do to some extent. Obviously Canelo is rightly a big favourite but bar being bullied and caught cold by Callum Smith, an even bigger super middleweight, Fielding has an unbeaten record albeit at a lot lower level.
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He was pretty fortunate to get the decisions against Ryder and Rebrasse as well IMO

Captain Slackbladder said:

Ring magazines fight of the year........20 years ago :eek:

Everyone recalls the Gatti Ward fights...........this was equally as good. What a warrior Gatti was.
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The amount of wars he was in throughout his career was beyond the pale really:

Rodriguez
Ruelas
Manfredy
Robinson x 2
Fights 1 and 3 with Ward

Took horrendously one-sided beatings from De La Hoya and Mayweather as well. Factor all of that in along with him drinking heavily and being a massive cokehead and it's astonishing that he was able to operate at or around world level for a decade.
 
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Titus said:
I see this as a chance for Alvarez to fight with an easier weight cut tbh. In terms of strength and durability, I can't see him giving much away
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I’ve seen the size difference but I just can’t see anything but Camelot doing what he wants how he wants

Levels and levels above.

Keith S30S said:
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I see him as a natural middleweight at best. How many 5' 9" super middleweights are there? Not many, 6 foot is about there stamp.

He may come in bang on the weight but Rocky is still the much bigger man.
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Sort of irrelevant, Canelo is not a super middleweight,

he’s a world class light/middleweight taking on a European level at best super middle.

Captain Slackbladder said:

Ring magazines fight of the year........20 years ago :eek:

Everyone recalls the Gatti Ward fights...........this was equally as good. What a warrior Gatti was.
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superb fight , and ruelas.....
Although ward 1 can’t be beat.


As posted on here check out the podcast by tris Dixon life stories, a great one with pat lynch talking about his time with Arturo gatti.
 
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Motor City Cobra said:
I’ve seen the size difference but I just can’t see anything but Camelot doing what he wants how he wants

Levels and levels above.


Sort of irrelevant, Canelo is not a super middleweight,

he’s a world class light/middleweight taking on a European level at best super middle.
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We don't know Rocky's level really. He beat an unbeaten German in Germany to win a junior title. He's only been beaten by someone who is IMO easily the best super middleweight in world but time will tell on that too.

If he's schooled over a few rounds and stopped I'll hold my hands up. If my bet comes up they'll be humble pie all round :)
 
Keith S30S said:
We don't know Rocky's level really. He beat an unbeaten German in Germany to win a junior title. He's only been beaten by someone who is IMO easily the best super middleweight in world but time will tell on that too.

If he's schooled over a few rounds and stopped I'll hold my hands up. If my bet comes up they'll be humble pie all round :)
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Not exactly showing he was world class against some other British/euro level fighters mate, controversial split decisions
And I can’t take the Zeuge fight seriously ..

I literally can’t think of anyway he could in my wildest dreams win this, it’s a little warm up keep busy in New York fight for canelo....almost feels patronising :)

Maravilla said:
Aye it'd be the biggest upset win by a British fighter of my lifetime but can't see any way Fielding can realistically win this. Canelo's at least a couple of levels above
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Cracking shout for the tris podcast

Done around 18 hours driving this week commuting so listens to
Billy graham - class
Dave Allen - good
Amid khan-good
Arturo gatti/pat lynch-good
Adam booth-excellent
John Murray - excellent
Glenn mcrory-excellent
Mike Costello- excellent

Gave up on Paul Williams as he seems to have a real chip in his shoukder and audio was shit

Same with Nigel Collins , poor audio.
 
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Motor City Cobra said:
Not exactly showing he was world class against some other British/euro level fighters mate, controversial split decisions
And I can’t take the Zeuge fight seriously ..

I literally can’t think of anyway he could in my wildest dreams win this, it’s a little warm up keep busy in New York fight for canelo....almost feels patronising :)


Cracking shout for the tris podcast

Done around 18 hours driving this week commuting so listens to
Billy graham - class
Dave Allen - good
Amid khan-good
Arturo gatti/pat lynch-good
Adam booth-excellent
John Murray - excellent
Glenn mcrory-excellent
Mike Costello- excellent

Gave up on Paul Williams as he seems to have a real chip in his shoukder and audio was shit

Same with Nigel Collins , poor audio.
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Got the Costello one downloaded but haven't listened to it yet. The Graham, Booth and McCrory ones were brilliant
 
Dennis said:
Lemieux fight off, he's been hospitalized for dehydration
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Aye saw that, hope he's OK. I like Lemieux so would have been nice to see him and that looked the best and most competitive fight on the card. U/card has taken a bit of a hit from my perspective. You now have a quick turnaround tune up defence for Farmer, a battle of 2 gatekeepers and Katie Taylor as well who I assume is at least 1/50 again.
 

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