reservoirdogs
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Isley was nice, puts together his shots very well, despite his opponent going the distance he seems to have solid power as well. Fights well on the inside too, gets physical, what he needs to improve imo is not throwing every one of his shots hard, it gives them away a bit and possibly it will tire him down the stretch in longer fights. Very young and has a good team so no reason why couldn't he improve further.
Tucker was good too, mean intentions, good punch placement, the fight didn't last long enough to get to know anything that we didn't know before. Probably he will need to do less of the "hands down" approach as he will face more dangerous opponents though like someone from the commentator team said it as well.
Nova was looking good as well, got buzzed in the first round coming in cold but other than that he really did nice work. He's sometimes reckless with his shots but doesn't have a problem with fighting at any distance and throws all kinds of punches in the book. Navarrete might be too big of a bite for him but actually, I don't dismiss Nova's chances there either. He legit can punch, has technique, Navarrete is the kind of offensive dynamo that doesn't care much about defense but banks on being the bigger guy and eating some shots. Nova is about the same size as him or even bigger than him and if he has enough power to hurt Navarrete I can see him winning too.
As for the main fight... Smith did what he was expected to do against a late replacement opponent who's far outside any top 10, 20, etc lists...
Tucker was good too, mean intentions, good punch placement, the fight didn't last long enough to get to know anything that we didn't know before. Probably he will need to do less of the "hands down" approach as he will face more dangerous opponents though like someone from the commentator team said it as well.
Nova was looking good as well, got buzzed in the first round coming in cold but other than that he really did nice work. He's sometimes reckless with his shots but doesn't have a problem with fighting at any distance and throws all kinds of punches in the book. Navarrete might be too big of a bite for him but actually, I don't dismiss Nova's chances there either. He legit can punch, has technique, Navarrete is the kind of offensive dynamo that doesn't care much about defense but banks on being the bigger guy and eating some shots. Nova is about the same size as him or even bigger than him and if he has enough power to hurt Navarrete I can see him winning too.
As for the main fight... Smith did what he was expected to do against a late replacement opponent who's far outside any top 10, 20, etc lists...
