Each Thursday right here at Struggle Hype, we make an area among the many video content material for , old school written phrase cash shot from the depths of my bulbous, bulging sack. So, prepare for a few of that notorious Magno-rific gooey, salty, typically NSFW reality. This week, we now have feedback/questions concerning Canelo-Charlo, Ellerbe-Tank, and Massive Bang Zhang.
Canelo vs. Charlo
Hey Magno.
Okay, gun to go time. Who wins this Saturday– Canelo Alvarez or Jermell Charlo? And the way does he win? No cop outs, both. Inform us like you must put cash on it. Break it down for us.
– DJ
Hey DJ.
I see legit paths to victory for each guys. However, gun to go, I’d choose Canelo by late stoppage. Charlo has the flexibility and the talent set to do every thing Dmitry Bivol did to Canelo– and he’s proven bits and flashes of with the ability to do that– however he’s by no means executed that centered of an effort, over the course of a whole combat. It’s an enormous leap of religion to imagine that he’ll out of the blue have the ability to do this towards the most important and greatest fighter he’s ever confronted. Simply watching the video of his first combat with Brian Castano and the best way Castano discovered methods to get inside to land large photographs ought to give anybody actual doubts as to Charlo’s probabilities.
However, like I stated, Charlo has every thing to be ABLE to beat Canelo. If he places within the effort of his lifetime, he can win and I actually wouldn’t be all that shocked. The issue is that I feel Canelo will probably be further sharp coming into this bout after three straight lackluster outings and gained’t permit Charlo to get into his groove.
By the best way, I don’t suppose measurement will probably be a deciding issue within the combat. Charlo could also be transferring up two divisions for this combat, however everybody fights under their “strolling round” weight lately and I’d be prepared to wager that Charlo is a real-life 180-pounder anyway. Not having to drop down so low under his pure weight is a profit for a 30-plus-year-old fighter. Alvarez, in the meantime, has most likely maxed out on his preventing weight and is preventing as heavy as he efficiently can.
I like Canelo-Charlo, although, and I feel it ought to make for a compelling watch.
Massive Bang Zhang
Hello Paul.
I feel I actually underestimated Zhilei Zhang. Hell, I picked him to lose twice towards Joe Joyce. I’m increasingly liking his probabilities towards the highest names within the heavyweight division and I feel he can beat any of them on any given evening. He’s large, sturdy, and all the time centered. How do you see him matching up towards guys like Fury, Usyk, Joshua, and Wilder?
– Simon
Hey Simon.
I’ve slept on Zhang, too. He’s an enormous man with legitimately heavy arms and surprisingly clean punch supply. It additionally doesn’t harm that he’s a southpaw. I haven’t seen it talked about wherever else, however being a southpaw within the heavyweight division is an enormous plus. There aren’t an entire lot of high-end lefties among the many large guys. Joe Joyce, for instance, had solely confronted one southpaw as a professional earlier than assembly Zhang– Lenroy Thomas manner again in 2018. There simply aren’t that many southpaws on the market and never even that a lot when it comes to high quality southpaw sparring. This helps Zhang to a major diploma.
However we additionally should put issues into perspective right here. Previous to assembly and beating Joyce, Zhang’s solely primary stage declare to fame was a comparatively shut loss to Filip Hrgovic final yr. Earlier than that, he wasn’t even preventing high quality journeymen. He had a draw with Jerry Forrest in 2021 and had high-water mark wins towards B-team journeymen Andrii Rudenko and Devin Vargas in 2019 and 2020, respectively. It’s too early to definitively say that his domination of Joyce wasn’t merely attributable to having the correct type on the proper time towards the correct opponent.
Having stated that, although, he’s an enormous man with a punch and legit self-confidence. That makes him able to beating anybody on any given day. The entire prime heavyweights proper now are dripping with actual, exploitable weaknesses– aside from Tyson Fury, who doesn’t appear all too desperate to combat any actual boxer anytime quickly.
On the very least, Zhang will probably be an entertaining contender.
Ellerbe-Tank, What’s Up?
Hello Paul
Hopefully this e-mail finds you effectively…I need to ask a easy query that I don’t have a transparent reply for.
What’s Leonard Ellerbe’s function in Tank’s promotion? With Tank’s latest announcement of him delaying his return to 2024, Ellerbe nonetheless has issues to say akin to he isn’t preventing Shakur or Haney. Final I heard, he was not Tank’s promoter, however he retains speaking about plans for him.
P.S. This man annoys me large time for the reason that Mayweather period.
Greatest Regards.
— Miguel
Hey Miguel.
I actually don’t know to what extent Ellerbe and Tank Davis are nonetheless working collectively. I used to be below the impression that there wasn’t something greater than a pleasant casual adviser-ship in the intervening time. I noticed the video you have been referring to, the one about not preventing Shakur or Haney. What I feel occurred there was that Ellerbe was requested about these potential matchups for Tank and he gave what he stated was his private opinion. The best way the clip was reduce and posted on social media, it gives the look that he was talking in a way more formal capability. However he clearly says that he’s merely giving his private take.
Video with out context, shared on social media, particularly by these with some form of agenda, is the bane of my existence as somebody who tries to deal in fact and actuality. However, what are you able to do?
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