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Watching Ben Whittaker last night, his talent is very obvious, but I suspect his showboating is masking flaws that will be found out later in his career. He is able to do that against opponents that have no place in the ring with him, and I find it distasteful, but exposing his chin against someone like Beterbiev would, I suspect, see him unable to beat the count. We shall see.
 
oldius said:
Watching Ben Whittaker last night, his talent is very obvious, but I suspect his showboating is masking flaws that will be found out later in his career. He is able to do that against opponents that have no place in the ring with him, and I find it distasteful, but exposing his chin against someone like Beterbiev would, I suspect, see him unable to beat the count. We shall see.
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The guy is a bellend. Nas used to showboat like that but could back it up by knocking you out in an instant. As you say this guy will get found out.
 
oldius said:
Watching Ben Whittaker last night, his talent is very obvious, but I suspect his showboating is masking flaws that will be found out later in his career. He is able to do that against opponents that have no place in the ring with him, and I find it distasteful, but exposing his chin against someone like Beterbiev would, I suspect, see him unable to beat the count. We shall see
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He reminds me of Paulie Malignaggi, style wise. All the skills in the world, but no pop in his punches.
Will be interesting to see if he has Paulie's heart.
 
oldius said:
Strange. I had it 10-2 for the champion.
It felt, to me, that something was wrong with Riakporhe. Not to take anything away from Billiam-Smith, but it was quite an easy fight for him, and he is a good fighter, but he's not a great. I suspect that Riakporhe struggled to make weight - he looked significantly bigger than Billiam-Smith, but ponderous and lacking snap and stamina. Still, well done to Billiam-Smith who avenged his only loss and can go on to big fights and earnings.
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Like you, I was expecting a much closer fight. Riakporhe looked beaten early on and (like you said) lacked snap.
Even when he was told to go for the KO he never looked like he was capable.
No combinations just single punches; so when he did catch Billam-Smith it was easy to deal with.
 
I do t think anyone dodging Whittaker, but if he's not careful he's going to be a hard sell for promoter's. As has been said Nas was a showboating knockout artist. Whittaker is quick, luckily he may just miss the current group of light heavy champions
 
VOOMER said:
I do t think anyone dodging Whittaker, but if he's not careful he's going to be a hard sell for promoter's. As has been said Nas was a showboating knockout artist. Whittaker is quick, luckily he may just miss the current group of light heavy champions
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