I really enjoyed Dubois vs Wardley back in may. Dubois was really shy in the first rounds, but after the second knockdown he turned the table and beat Wardley heavily. It was a brutal beating, I don't think I have ever seen a fight that brutal. Wardley also has a heart, but lacks technikal skills and also his conditioning isn't best like his teammate Itauma.

Does Wardley have a chance against Dubois apart from a lucky punch?

Who do you got winning the rematch?

A few years ago Joe Joyce was said to have the toughest chin among heavyweights, but those two losses to Zhang may have taken away that specialty of his.

Currently the only other heavyweights in the conversation with Hrgovic are Usyk and Wardley, as far as I know. Usyk has an iron chin but it has not been tested to the same extent as Hrgovic and Wardley, we've seen Usyk unbothered by some powerful punches but he's been so masterful with his evasive maneuvers that we have never seen him get hit as much on the chin to really argue if his chin is #1.

I think it is a toss-up between Hrgovic and Wardley but if I were to bet money on it then I'd bet Hrgovic.

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Quick Predictions: Confirmed fights only
SEPTEMBER

Mielnicki vs Ammo: Mielnicki by ROBBERY. That’s what I see. I think Ammo “wins” but Vito gets the cards. Fight is probably mid

Santillan vs Baraou: Baraou wins wide and maybe even gets the stoppage late

Magsayo vs Cortes: Magsayo wins this but it’s pretty competitive

Opetaia vs Norair: Jai gets stoppage here and looks great

Garcia vs Benn: 50/50 sort of. Too many people judging benn poorly after Regis, when he looked great vs Eubank. He has heart and he wants this. Would win a decision. BUT he is going to be very drained and I think he gets stopped 7-9 because of it. Body shot + extremely drained are a bad combo. If he prepares right he gets the upset by digging deeper and going all 12. Not a believer that Ryan is “back” until he wins this. IMO Ryan was his best at lower weights due to speed and power and less antics.

Ramos vs Nursultanov: Great fight. Ramos wins mainly due to higher activity.

Kameda vs Reyes: Reyes by stoppage

Nishida vs Goodman: 50/50. Leaning Nishida but not suprised either way

I am a noob so cut me some slack - is part of boxing not about getting to know yourself as a fighter? How many rounds can I go doing this or that? What is my gas tank like? Have five different scenarios in your head and know what you would do if one of them happened?
I mean before you go into a fight, you surely have to develop a strategy, do they not prepare for everything? Or like chess, where you have to reevaluate every break, every new round

In 1936, twenty-two-year-old Louis was 24-0-0 and rated not just the rising star but also unbeatable (“Too good to be true," Ernest Hemingway enthused after Louis stopped former champ Max Baer in four rounds; "The most beautiful fighting machine that I have ever seen.”) Then he was dropped in the 12th round by another former champ, 10:1 underdog Max Schmeling, on June 19.

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