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I'm not saying he's on PEDS because anyone can be & especially at the top level. But I don't know how I'd feel about VADA testing me while I'm on vacation with my fam. They can come test pretty much anytime during the early day or late evening & I don't know if I'd want to deal with that while on vacation after a fight & training camp
Yeah exactly. I agree fully. He just tested clean last month for his fight. Flew out of the country to fight. Now you want a break after training so hard.

Rest and Recovery are important for fighters.

To me it comes off as a reason to pull out of the fight or hopefully just a promotional stunt.
 

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Had one of the best left hooks in the biz, had a poor motor/getting in gear at times, hurt him on the big stage imo/got robbed a couple of times too:francis:
i rooted so hard for him to win a title...he was too gotdamn talented to not pick up a strap
 

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Had one of the best left hooks in the biz, had a poor motor/getting in gear at times, hurt him on the big stage imo/got robbed a couple of times too:francis:

The first Barrera fight was close. I can’t remember how I scored it.

Juarez was one of those guys where I’d imagine it was frustrating being a fan of. You’d be screaming at the screen “let your hands go!”

But he had a poor motor as you said. Or was very concerned about the openings it would leave when he let them go.

His left hook was beautiful.

 

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The first Barrera fight was close. I can’t remember how I scored it.

Juarez was one of those guys where I’d imagine it was frustrating being a fan of. You’d be screaming at the screen “let your hands go!”

But he had a poor motor as you said. Or was very concerned about the openings it would leave when he let them go.

His left hook was beautiful.


he beat barrera to me and he should have beaten chris john the first time around
 

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Norman Jr. seems like the new Errol Spence

Errol Spence and Paul Williams may be the most unsung tragedies in the sport this century. These men literally lost multi-million dollar futures and are going to live modest lives because of mistakes on the road

Hopefully they can get some podcast or commentary opportunities, a shame

It’d be like the NFL losing a whole contending team

Errol Spence had the most fanboys on here too, he was supposed to be the world beater version of Mayweather

The one that walks you down and beats you

Weren’t they calling him Terminator or something?

lol you about to make people mad for pointing out that the car accident fukked Spence up
 

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I'm not saying he's on PEDS because anyone can be & especially at the top level. But I don't know how I'd feel about VADA testing me while I'm on vacation with my fam. They can come test pretty much anytime during the early day or late evening & I don't know if I'd want to deal with that while on vacation after a fight & training camp
I can understand this point of view obviously, but thats what VADA is, they know that athletes are cheats, so they have to be consistently random, irrespective of sentimentality.

I'll put it another way, your'e Terrence Crawford, you're moving up to 168, by gradually increasing weight over 8-10 months, but you're fighting Canelo Alvarez, a known drug cheat and part of a known drug cheat stable of boxers. If you sign up to VADA, Alvarez is going to have a hard time gaining more of an advantage by trying to cycle testosterone, sarms or steroids, straight after his Scull win. Traditionally, boxers usually cycle the most in the lead up to or beginning of a legit camp.
 
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