"Starting To See What @mr. smoke weed Sees In Mikey" Garcia v Lipinets SHOWTIME 3/10 Fight Thread

[yawn]

When I look at these P4P list's I see real talent

But I also see questionable resumes littered with squash matches

Mikey Garcia doesn't have that problem

Mikey has the talent and 3 division championship resume that stands out

Yet he's left off or placed low on those paid for "P4P" lists

All of those lists are and will be rendered worthless if Mikey becomes a 4 division champ

And here's why

I was in person for Mikey v Broner

Broner spent the fight on the backfoot vs the smaller man which had me

Spoiler

Broner rarely pressured Mikey but when he did body shots did visible damage making Mikey give some ground

Clearly hurt to the body vs a bigger man Mikey responded by letting his hands go making Broner hold his own hands

Now after having a weakness exposed Mikey could've decided to face someone who doesn't have a great body attack

Mikey could've followed other 'p4p' fighters and face someone 2 divisions smaller

But he's not

Mikey is facing an undefeated IBF champion who offense starts and ends at the body

That's some P4P #1 shyt right there @mr. smoke weed




SHOWTIME Championship Boxing Presents: Policia vs Cамурай

Mikey Garcia 37(30KO) - 0 - 0

VS


Sergey "Samurai" Lipinets 13(10KO) - 0 - 0

Plus a rematch of a great fight and for the WBA 140 title


Rances "Kid Blast" Barthelemy 26(13KO) - 0 - 0

VS


Kiryl Relikh 21(19KO) - 2(0) - 0

 

[patscorpio]

@yawn

 

[patscorpio]

this is too soon for lipinets...and the unfortunate thing for him is he got a belt..i thought he was a decent prospect until i saw him fight lenny zappavigna at usc center

ive said this before and ill say it again..showtime should have aired this fight on TV....not facebook because this was a fukking bloodbath (@HeruDat and @JDee323 can cosign me on this again)

lipinets struggled way more than i expected...i mean even with the knockdowns he scored, it was a majority draw on the cards

then he faced hondo for the title and again got into a tougher than expected fight..especially when hondo start rallying late

i expect mikey to knock dude out whenever


meanwhile i hope relikh rights the wrongs and realizes he has to ko barthelemy this time around..dont leave it up to the judges

 

[malbaker86]

Im here for this!

 

[Skip b]

Mikey Garcia is too big a name to be wasting time on nothing matches

 

[HeruDat1]

Mikey wins, dont think much of Lipinets.

Kid Blast better be smarter, iirc he clearly lost the first fight...and was eating all kind of unnecessary shots

Regis

edit: this win is not solidifying Mikey as P4P for me, not with all the talent around and fights he could make. this aint that fight.

 

[mr. smoke weed]

Mikey on his P4P steez....going to new division and taking their belts. The new Mr. Gimme That Zero, reppin #SmokeSquad

 

[patscorpio]

Mikey on his P4P steez....going to new division and taking their belts. The new Mr. Gimme That Zero, reppin #SmokeSquad

smoke i only need the valdez-quigg thread now to sticky

 

[Skip b]

Mikey on his P4P steez....going to new division and taking their belts. The new Mr. Gimme That Zero, reppin #SmokeSquad

140 is a waste of time if he could move up and be the main name; 140 is a division for bytch nikkas to hide at in 2018

 

[Skip b]

Truth be told Im annoyed with Mikey, you cant be calling out loma, Spence Swift, Thurman; yet always settle for b/c class options; naw nikka his weight class doesnt excuse his talk, nikka probably has been fighting grown men since a teen.....Its put up or shut up time; with how many times Broner hadd his ass whooped, how long does he expect to not step up

Mikey on his P4P steez....going to new division and taking their belts. The new Mr. Gimme That Zero, reppin #SmokeSquad

 

[mr. smoke weed]

Truth be told Im annoyed with Mikey, you cant be calling out loma, Spence Swift, Thurman; yet always settle for b/c class options; naw nikka his weight class doesnt excuse his talk, nikka probably has been fighting grown men since a teen.....Its put up or shut up time; with how many times Broner hadd his ass whooped, how long does he expect to not step up

are you talking about with the second half of your post?

 

[Skip b]

are you talking about with the second half of your post?

Garica has to fight some real fukking names if he sit his ass on the shelf juelzing about who he can beat or who he trying to fight.....Shyt is disgusting Garcia with his retirement and all should have had bodies on his resume

 

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

I will NOT miss this fight, got damnit

 

[mr. smoke weed]

Garica has to fight some real fukking names if he sit his ass on the shelf juelzing about who he can beat or who he trying to fight.....Shyt is disgusting Garcia with his retirement and all should have had bodies on his resume

Since his return he had one tuneup, one undefeated champ which people went to him fighting, then jumped up in weight to fight AB.

 

[patscorpio]

Weights for Garcia-Lipinets, Barthelemy-Relikh Doubleheader

By Keith Idec

There wasn’t a significant size difference between Sergey Lipinets and Mikey Garcia as they stood face-to-face Friday afternoon in San Antonio.

Moments earlier, both boxers made weight for their 12-round fight for Lipinets’ IBF junior welterweight title Saturday night at Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio.

Lipinets officially weighed 139¾ pounds, just below the division’s limit of 140 pounds. The heavily favored Garcia got on the Texas Department of Licensing & Regulation’s scale at 139½ pounds.

Garcia, 30, will attempt to become a world champion in a fourth weight class against Lipinets. The Oxnard, California, native is listed as between a 15-1 and 20-1 favorite over the undefeated Lipinets, who’ll make his first defense of the IBF 140-pound championship.

Garcia (37-0, 30 KOs), a former featherweight and super featherweight champion, still owns the WBC lightweight title and could move back down to the 135-pound division after challenging Lipinets. In his last fight, Garcia convincingly defeated former four-division champion Adrien Broner (33-3, 24 KOs, 1 NC) in a 12-round, 140-pound fight July 29 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Lipinets, 28, won the then-vacant IBF junior welterweight title by out-pointing tough Japanese contender Akihiro Kondo on November 4 at Barclays Center. The newly crowned champion went the distance for just the third time in his career in that bout, but Kondo (29-7-1, 16 KOs) has never been knocked out.

Showtime will air Garcia-Lipinets as the main event of a doubleheader scheduled to start at 10:15 p.m. ET.

Rances Barthelemy and Kyril Relikh, who’ll square off in the opening fight Saturday night, also made weight Friday for their 12-round, 140-pound rematch.

The Cuban-born Barthelemy, 31, officially weighed in at 139½ pounds for a bout that’ll be contested for the vacant WBA super lightweight title. Belarus’ Relikh, 28, stepped on the Texas commission’s scale at 140 pounds.

Relikh (21-2, 19 KOs) will attempt to avenge a 12-round, unanimous-decision loss to Barthelemy (26-0, 13 KOs, 1 NC) on May 20 in Oxon Hill, Maryland.

Barthelemy came back from getting hurt by Relikh’s left hook in the fifth round, when referee Kenny Chevalier counted a knockdown against Barthelemy because the ropes helped hold him up. Relikh took a knee late in the eighth round once Barthelemy blasted him with a right to his midsection.

Las Vegas’ Barthelemy also hurt Relikh with back-to-back left hands to his body during the 11th round. Barthelemy won that WBA elimination match by bigger margins than the action suggested (117-109, 116-110, 115-111), which led the WBA to call for an immediate rematch.

Barthelemy and Relikh will fight for a title Terence Crawford gave up when he moved up to the welterweight division last year.