11/15/2025 Top Rank Classics on Tubi: Rafael Espinoza vs Arnold Khegai (WBO Featherweight Title)

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You think Rafael loses to Bruce?

Yupp I do. Only me and @Knicksman20 think so

For someone like Espinoza, he has leaky defense on top of his long arms leaving alot of openings. Espinoza throws alot of punches from weird distances that just begging to be countered. And that type of fighter is susceptible to a counter puncher with pop like Shu Shu. On top of that, Shu Shu is a very good inside fighter with decent strength. He does great body work, which works well against tall lanky fighters. On top of that, even though Espinoza is tall as hell, Shu Shu has decent height at 5'8. And lastly, Shu Shu does have the work rate to keep up with Espinoza's pace
 

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Yupp I do. Only me and @Knicksman20 think so

For someone like Espinoza, he has leaky defense on top of his long arms leaving alot of openings. Espinoza throws alot of punches from weird distances that just begging to be countered. And that type of fighter is susceptible to a counter puncher with pop like Shu Shu. On top of that, Shu Shu is a very good inside fighter with decent strength. He does great body work, which works well against tall lanky fighters. On top of that, even though Espinoza is tall as hell, Shu Shu has decent height at 5'8. And lastly, Shu Shu does have the work rate to keep up with Espinoza's pace
I don't see it but we shall see.
 

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I don't see it but we shall see.

There's a reason Espinoza ducked Shu Shu when he had a chance to fight him this year. Now Top Rank and him are trying to get a Angelo Leo unification right after this fight. Nick Ball also pretends Shu Shu doesn't exist. When will my boy get a title shot :francis:
 

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Yupp I do. Only me and @Knicksman20 think so

For someone like Espinoza, he has leaky defense on top of his long arms leaving alot of openings. Espinoza throws alot of punches from weird distances that just begging to be countered. And that type of fighter is susceptible to a counter puncher with pop like Shu Shu. On top of that, Shu Shu is a very good inside fighter with decent strength. He does great body work, which works well against tall lanky fighters. On top of that, even though Espinoza is tall as hell, Shu Shu has decent height at 5'8. And lastly, Shu Shu does have the work rate to keep up with Espinoza's pace
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I don't even think Shu has to keep up with that pace. Being a natural counter puncher with some pop, that style naturally slows down volume guys. And if Espinoza & his team are smart, they won't crank out as much volume as they usually do against him. They'd be better off trying to fight at long range
 

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There's a reason Espinoza ducked Shu Shu when he had a chance to fight him this year. Now Top Rank and him are trying to get a Angelo Leo unification right after this fight. Nick Ball also pretends Shu Shu doesn't exist. When will my boy get a title shot :francis:

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I don't even think Shu has to keep up with that pace. Being a natural counter puncher with some pop, that style naturally slows down volume guys. And if Espinoza & his team are smart, they won't crank out as much volume as they usually do against him. They'd be better off trying to fight at long range
I'm very confident that Divino beats and probably stops Carrington. I'd be willing to do a avi bet. El tren is a counter puncher with pop and we see what Divino did.
 

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I'm very confident that Divino beats and probably stops Carrington. I'd be willing to do a avi bet. El tren is a counter puncher with pop and we see what Divino did.
Biggest differences is El Tren fights in spurts & isn't NEARLY as skillful as Shu on the inside. And Shu is way more defensively responsible

If Espinoza fights him on the inside, he's gonna make it a lot harder than it has to be. Shu will dice him up with his shorter & more crisp shots
 

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Biggest differences is El Tren fights in spurts & isn't NEARLY as skillful as Shu on the inside. And Shu is way more defensively responsible

If Espinoza fights him on the inside, he's gonna make it a lot harder than it has to be. Shu will dice him up with his shorter & more crisp shots
Shoulder roll will not work against a longer puncher with volume. Carrington wants to think in there and he won't have time to do that.
 

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Shoulder roll will not work against a longer puncher with volume. Carrington wants to think in there and he won't have time to do that.
Except your boy likes to give up his height way too much which will make it an exciting fight.

We'll see how much volume he throws when he's either eating clean counters or watching them just miss & fly by his head lol. Find me the tape where Espinoza fights tall all fight like he's Tommy Hearns lol
 

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Except your boy likes to give up his height way too much which will make it an exciting fight.

We'll see how much volume he throws when he's either eating clean counters or watching them just miss & fly by his head lol. Find me the tape where Espinoza fights tall all fight like he's Tommy Hearns lol
What? He doesn't crouch that much. He uses his height more than say Sebastian Fundora. Not only that be he pumps his jab a lot.
 
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