WHILE EVERY IS PATIENTLY WAITING FOR GGG TO DESTROY CANELO ALVAREZ, WHEN THEY FINALLY MEET LATE THIS YEAR, THERE ARE SOME REALLY INTERESTING FIGHTS COMING UP THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. TWO OF THOSE FIGHTS HAPPEN NEXT WEEKEND ON SATURDAY THE 27TH....

MARTINEZ VS SANTA CRUZ

THIS FIGHT SHOULD BE GOOD. I LIKE SANTA CRUZ IN THIS FIGHT, HE HAS A PRESSURE FIGHTING STYLE, AND BACKS UP HIS OPPONENTS WHILE CUTTING OFF THE RING. AFTER HIS SPECTACULAR PERFORMANCE AND WIN AGAINST ABNER MARES, LEO SANTA CRUZ HAS PROVEN HE CAN GO TOE TO TOE, AND BE A FAN FAVORITE. TEDDY ATLAS, KEPT CALLING OUT ABOUT SANTA CRUZ SHAKING HIS HAND, AS IF HE BROKE IT, BUT, IT'S A TICK THAT SANTA CRUZ HAS ALWAYS HAD IN EVERY FIGHT. THERE'S SPECULATION WHY HE DOES THIS, BUT, MY THEORY IS THAT HE'S SETTLING THE GLOVE ON HIS HAND. SO, WHEN YOU WEAR BOXING GLOVES, SOMETIMES YOUR HAND MOVES AROUND IN THE GLOVE ITSELF, AND CREATES SPACE. I THINK HE DOES THIS HAND SHAKE/TICK THING TO SETTLE THE GLOVE AND ALLOW FOR BETTER IMPACT WHEN HE THROWS HIS PUNCHES. MARTINEZ IS A COME FORWARD FIGHTER, SO THESE TWO WILL DEFINITELY GO AT EACH OTHER, BUT, I THINK MARTINEZ TIRES FASTER, AND SANTA CRUZ'S BOXING IS JUST SUPERIOR. I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW IF SANTA CRUZ IS CAPABLE OF KNOCKING OUT, MARTINEZ. MAYBE IN THE LATER ROUNDS, WHEN MARTINEZ IS WORN OUT, HE MIGHT HIT THE DECK FROM ONE OF THOSE BODY SHOT COMBINATIONS, SANTA CRUZ LIKES TO THROW. IF NOT, I SEE A DECISION WIN FOR SANTA CRUZ. EITHER WAY, SANTA CRUZ IS BECOMING A FAN FAVORITE, AND IF HE CAN BEAT MARTINEZ IN A SPECTACULAR FASHION, WE MAY BE SEEING SOME GOOD CHALLENGING MATCH UPS FOR THE KID.

LUNDY VS CRAWFORD

THIS FIGHT, HAS CRAWFORD WRITTEN ALL OVER IT. LUNDY IS NO WALK IN THE PARK FOR SURE, BUT, I SEE A BREAK DOWN AND EVENTUALLY THE KO. DULORME, WAS ABLE TO DROP LUNDY, AND ENDED UP GETTING THE DECISION WIN OVER LUNDY. CRAWFORD IS TALLER, CRAFTIER, AND HAS THE ABILITY TO PUT LUNDY DOWN EASY. LUNDY'S LAST FIGHT IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN ENDED IN AN ACCIDENTAL HEADBUTT, SO I CAN'T REALLY SAY, THAT LUNDY HAS IMPROVED, BECAUSE IT ONLY WENT 5 ROUNDS. IT WILL BE A CHALLENGE HOWEVER, FOR CRAWFORD, BECAUSE LUNDY IS A BIT SLOPPY. IF CRAWFORD ISN'T CAREFUL, HE COULD EAT SOMETHING FROM LUNDY THAT COULD SEND HIM SPINNIN, BUT, CRAWFORD IS SMART AND CRAFTY. HE'S GOT REACH, AND PURE BOXING TALENT, SO THERE'S NO QUESTION HE HAS THE ABILITY TO DOMINATE THIS FIGHT. HE HAS A GOOD CORNER, THAT GIVES HIM GOOD TIPS IN THE FIGHT. ALL OF CRAWFORD'S RECENT FIGHTS, HAVE BEEN A GREAT DISPLAY OF HIM, FIGURING OUT HIS OPPONENTS, AND THEM PUTTING THEM AWAY. I SEE CRAWFORD WINNING THIS, VIA BOXING CLINIC. CRAWFORD WILL USE HIS RANGE, SPEED, AND INTELLIGENCE, TO FRUSTRATE LUNDY, AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, LOOK FOR CRAWFORD TO BRING THE POWER AND PUT LUNDY DOWN. MY PREDICTION? KO, IN THE 8TH ROUND AND CRAWFOR GOES ON TO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS.

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