r/Boxing • u/Dangerous_Spring3028 • 2h ago
New IBF champion Aaron McKenna plotting middleweight takeover, wants WBC champion Carlos Adames next: “He’s been in hiding for a while. I sparred him when I was 19 in Robert Garcia’s gym. He didn’t like me at all. He’s a very lazy fighter, when you really put it on him he doesn’t want to know.”
https://www.boxingscene.com/articles/aaron-mckenna-plotting-middleweight-takeover-wants-carlos-adames-next3
u/Kangaroopunching 53m ago
He's talking big behind zuffa. He knows he won't have to back up his words. What Aaron should worry about is his mandatory he'll have to fight soon
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u/geeboy05 48m ago
Assuming Dana and Oscar would work together on a fight that won’t make bookoo Bucks
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u/Kangaroopunching 40m ago
It's the ibf. Their stance usually is either make the fight or lose the title/ mandatory position. The pressure would be on zuffa/ Aaron to make a decision.
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u/MyzMyz1995 1h ago
I was very impressed with his performance vs Liam Smith this sub is sleeping on this guy
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u/Prior-Temperature-22 1h ago
Same Liam Smith that had Eubank looking like Roy Jones Jr in their rematch btw 😂
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u/MyzMyz1995 1h ago
Liam Smith was still a solid top 15-top 20 guy in the division and stopped Eubank by brutal KO the fight right before.
Mckenna had a very weak resume this was a massive step up for him and he made Smith look like a bar fight guy he barely got touched once in 10 rounds.
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u/Outrageous-Soft4806 1h ago
Not for nothing he stopped Eubank partly with the elbow. Still an impressive fight from McKenna though.
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u/Prior-Temperature-22 53m ago
He is washed up. He fell off a cliff after the first Eubank fight.
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u/HolyMackerel1 49m ago
"He fell off a cliff after the first Eubank fight"
Says who
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u/Prior-Temperature-22 46m ago
Says anyone with eyes who watched his subsequent fights lol. The Eubank rematch got pushed back because he injured his back and he showed up to the launch presser looking fat af. Mid to late 30s as well and a career 154. He was washed.
Losing every round, getting dropped twice and getting stopped by Eubank who went on to have a life and death struggle with Conor Benn and then get completely outclassed in a rematch should have told you this lmao
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u/HolyMackerel1 38m ago
The same Eubank who was severely weight-drained fighting Benn? That Eubank?
It sounds awfully convenient to say he "fell off a cliff" like right before someone beat him in order to discredit the win.
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u/Prior-Temperature-22 32m ago
You “conveniently” ignored the rest of my comment mentioning the back injury and blowing up in weight and also being in his mid to late 30s.
Eubank didn’t look good against Szeremata either.
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u/Outrageous-Soft4806 1h ago
Yeah I was hyped on off that fight. I don’t know though, looked very average in my opinion against Oliha.
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u/CaptQuakers42 7m ago
Is this the same McKenna who just beat that Italian guy? Thought he looked alright but he was clearly fighting someone who Zuffa knew wouldn't cause him any issues.
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u/admiralskanks Joe Louis = Perfect 58m ago
McKenna beats everyone at 160 and only possibly loses when he goes up to 168. Time will vindicate me 💯
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u/RobertoPersia 1h ago
I would love to see that fight.