Tyson Fury vs. Dr. Steelhammer: Can Fury shock the world?

Tyson Fury vs. Dr. Steelhammer: Can Fury shock the world?

By M.DeTyrone

I hardly if ever write about the heavyweight division due to various reasons. However, this fight between the two physical giants Klitschko and Fury is an attention-grabbing one. Mark your calendars on October 24, Fury will be facing the 6’6” 39-year-old “Dr. Steelhammer” Wladimir Klitschko who hold a professional record of 64-3 and 53 KOs  in Germany for the WBO World heavyweight title, WBA Super World heavyweight title, and the IBF World heavyweight title. Tyson Fury is a 26-year-old, 6’9” heavyweight with a reach of 85” that has a pro-boxing record of 24-0 with 18 KOs and if you listen or read Fury’s pro-wrestling type comments, he believes himself to be the Gods gift to the heavyweight division and boxing overall. This might be one of the reasons many boxing fans dismiss him as possible live underdog among the various other factors, which include his not so great chin.

Nevertheless, Klitschko isn’t invincible. He was TKO’d in five by Lamon Brewster in 2004, in 2003, TKO’d in two by Corrie Sanders, and in 1998, TKO’s by Ross Puritty in 11 rounds.  Can Fury be the next Brewster, Sanders, or Puritty? On the other hand, will he be just another of the long list of Dr. Steelhammer’s victims? The consensus and odds are that Klitschko will KO Fury.

In my opinion, either Fury gets KO’d in less than two rounds or he puts on a valiant fight and goes 5 or 6 rounds vs. Klitschko and gets TKO’d in the process or pulls an upset with a 5^th round TKO or late round TKO victory.

The problem is that Fury’s chin isn’t the greatest and he’s been dropped by lesser quality opponents. The question is Fury that crazy, does he have the heart, does he have the will,  and does truly want to be the heavyweight champion of the world or is he all talk. Fury will have to have will power, use his intelligence, height, and reach advantage vs. Klitschko something you hardly ever say about Klitschko opponent that’s what makes this fight a bit interesting and Fury might be underestimated due to his attitude, comments etc… Fury is no dummy and he knows what’s what will be in front of him in October, and let’s see if prepares in conscious for this fight. If he wants to defeat Klitschko, it will have to be on pure sheer will of power and it’s one of the ways to break down Klitschko down.

KOs by Rounds

ROUND 1: Klitschko 11 KOs | Fury 3 KOs

ROUND 2: Klitschko 11 KOs | Fury 2 KOs

ROUND 3: Klitschko 6 KOs | Fury 3 KOs

ROUND 4: Klitschko 5 KOs | Fury 2 KOs

ROUND 5: Klitschko 2 KOs | Fury 4 KOs

ROUND 6: Klitschko 6 KOs | Fury 0 KOs

ROUND 7: Klitschko 4 KOs | Fury 1 KO

ROUND 8: Klitschko 3 KOs | Fury 1 KO

ROUND 9: Klitschko 1 KO | Fury 1 KO

ROUND 10: Klitschko 2 KOs | Fury 1 KO

ROUND 11: Klitschko 1 KO | Fury 0 KOs

ROUND 12: Klitschko 1 KO | Fury 0 KOs

As you can see, Klitschko has an outstanding KO record.

Now if I were looking to see Klitschko score, a KO victory it would be in the rounds 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7. Now if I were looking for Fury to score a KO then I would say the fifth round or a mid-rounds TKO. I would like nothing more than a Fury upset in the heavyweight division, and will be looking to see if Fury is truly all that he claims to be.

Chavez Jr. the Privileged Brat/Bully of Boxing

Chavez Jr. the Privileged Brat/Bully of Boxing

By M.DeTyrone

It’s beyond comprehension how any self-respecting boxing fan can follow Chavez Jr. or call him a legitimate boxer. I have no respect for the unfairness, the unethical acts, the lack of sportsmanship and the lack of dignity displayed by Chavez Jr. and his team it’s not something that anyone that cares for the sport should accept. Unless you’re truly, out there on the fringes of boxing and are blindly loyal to this clown’s actions. 

You want a poster child for the deterioration of boxing and its constant scrapping of the gutter. Look no further than Chavez Jr. who is a privileged brat and a bully of the vilest kind. A man that grew with privilege and seeks to play boxing in front of his legendary boxing daddy and the thousands of ignorant fans that follow him aided by managers, promoters, networks, the WBC, and countless of Mexican and Mexicans in the USA. Yes, boxing is a business whether fans accept it or not and it’s understandable the exploitation of Chavez Jr. and an ethnic demographic for financial gains. That’s a given nevertheless when will these networks and promoters realize that this glorified tough man carnival freak show headline by Chavez Jr. needs to stop because it’s making a mockery of the sport.

Chavez Jr is nothing but a bully that can’t make weight, selects undersized opponents, caught with performance enhancement drugs and marijuana in his system etc… When Chavez Jr. faced a talented opponent not affected by his massive weight advantage in Andrzej Fonfara. What happened to Chavez Jr. he was beat up and dropped leading him to quit when he knew Fonfara was going to beat the living hell out of him. Add that’s he and his team have been living of a 12^th round knockdown of Sergio G. Martinez in 2012 when Martinez was fighting for his WBC world middleweight title. When the WBC decided at all cost through their politics to make Chavez Jr the first Mexican born middleweight champion.

The drama and Chavez Jr’s bullsh’t is well known by the boxing fans regardless still there’s a section of these so-called fans are so loyal or stupid that they buy tickets to his fights and cheer on his abuse. Shamelessly ESPN Deportes promotes him and even gives him airtime to make up ridiculous excuses and what looks to be many times boxing addiction interventions making them also accomplices of this clown’s actions. Who f’cking cares who trains Chavez Jr the reality is that he has no skills and no dedication to the sport of boxing. His boxing is what I call Frankenstein boxing a cheap version of some carnival tuff man that walks down especially selected undersized opponents after gaining over 20 lbs. after the weigh in. Knowing that they will not hurt him without any boxing skills and only lands an occasional jab but the majority of his punches are left or right hooks to the body or head.

The abuse of undersized boxers will continue to the detriment of the sport of boxing as long as the boxing business keeps exploiting the Chavez Sr. past by using his son. The only thing that will stop this is if Chavez Jr. quits boxing or is killed or nearly killed in the ring. He will continue to play boxing by taking calculated risks without any respect ethic or fairness all to satisfy his ego or some psychological daddy issues, which he may have. 

Cotto vs. Canelo: Round by Round KOs

Cotto vs. Canelo: Round by Round KOs

By M.DeTyrone

I will compare Round by Round, Cotto’s 33KOs in 44 fights (75%KO) and Canelo’s 32KOs in 47 fights (68%KO). Cotto has 18 KOs in the super lightweight division, 9 KOs in the welterweight division, 4 KOs in the super welterweight division, and 2 in the middleweight division. Canelo has two KOs in the super lightweight division, 20 KOs in the welterweight division, 8 KOs in the super welterweight division, 2 KOs in the middleweight division.

ROUND 1:

Canelo has five KOs

1.      Carlos Leonardo Herrera TKO’d in the welterweight division

2.      Antonio Fitch TKO’d in the welterweight division

3.      Raul Pinzon TKO’d in the welterweight division

4.      Axel Rodrigo Solis TKO’d in the welterweight division

5.      Pedro Lopez TKO’d in the welterweight division

Cotto has one KO

   

      1. Jason Doucet was TKO’d in the super lightweight division.

ROUND 2:

Alvarez has seven KOs.

1.         Marat Khuzeev KO’d in the welterweight division 

2.         Sean Holly KO’d in the super welterweight division (catchweight in 2007)

3.         Jesus Abel Hernandez KO’d in the welterweight division 

4.         Daniel Martinez KO’d in the welterweight division 

5.         Juan Hernandez KO’d in the Jr. Welterweight division 

6.         Pablo Alvarado KO’d in the welterweight division 

7.         Cristian Hernandez KO’d in the welterweight division 

Cotto has five KOs.

1.         Rocky Martinez KO’d in the super lightweight division

2.         Sammy Sparkman was TKO’d in the welterweight division.

3.         Joshua Smith was TKO’d in the welterweight division.

4.         Arturo Rodriguez KO’d in the super lightweight division

5.         Jacob Godinez was TKO’d in the welterweight division

ROUND 3:

Alvarez has two KOs.

1.         James Kirkland KO’d in the middleweight division (catchweight)

2.         Brian Camechis KO’d in the welterweight division

Cotto has Two KOs.

1.         Delvin Rodriguez was TKO’d in the super welterweight division. 

2.         Carlos Alberto Ramirez KO’d in the super lightweight division

In the first three rounds Canelo 14KOs 44% of his 32KOs & Cotto 8KOs 24% of his 33KOs the most notable KOs are Canelo’s KO of James Kirkland and Cotto’s KO of Delvin Rodriguez. To his credit, Delvin Rodriguez has challenged twice for a world title versus Austin Trout and Erislandy Lara. Has Kirkland been a better boxer Rodriguez? Kirkland has fought in spurts better opposition; however, he’s been a dangerous KO artist only when Anne Wolfe, trained him. At any rate, Kirkland never lived up to the promise of being a great boxer.

ROUND 4:

Cotto has four KOs.

1.         Daniel Geale was TKO’d in the middleweight division a catchweight of 157 lbs.

2.         Victoriano Sosa TKO’s in the super lightweight division.

3.         Joel Perez TKO’s in the super lightweight division.

4.         Rudolfo Lunsford TKO’s in the super lightweight division.

Alvarez has three KOs.

1.         Victor Marquez KO‘d in the welterweight division

2.         Ivan Illescas KO’d in the welterweight division

3.         Abraham Gonzalez KO’d in the Jr. Welterweight division

ROUND 5:

Cotto has a total of Five KOs.

1.         Michael Jennings was TKO’d in the welterweight division.

2.         Alfonso Gomez was TKO’d in the welterweight division.

3.         Carlos Quintana was TKO’d in the welterweight division.

4.         DeMarcus Corley was TKO’d in the super lightweight division.

5.         Justin Juuko TKO’d in the super lightweight division.

Alvarez has three KOs.

1.         Josesito Lopez TKO’d in the super welterweight division

2.         Kermit Cintron TKO’d in the super welterweight division

3.         Fransico Villanueva KO’d in the welterweight division

ROUND 6:

Alvarez has three KOs.

1.         Alfonso Gomez TKO’d in the super welterweight division

2.         Carlos M. Baldomir KO’d in the super welterweight division

3.         Luciano Leonel Cuello TKO’d in the super welterweight division

Cotto has two KOs. 

1.         Randall Bailey was TKO’d in the super lightweight division.

2.         Kelson Pinto was TKO’d in the super lightweight division.

ROUND 7:

Cotto has four KOs.

1.         Ricardo Torres TKO’d in the super lightweight Division.

2.         Demetrio Ceballos TKO’d in the super lightweight Division.

3.         Ubaldo Hernandez KO’d in the super lightweight Division

4.         Juan Angel Macias was TKO’d welterweight Division.

From rounds four and seven Cotto 15 KOs 45% of his 33KOs & Canelo 9KOs, 28% of his 32 KOs the most notable fact is that, seven of Cotto’s KOs were in world title fights vs. Geale was Cotto’s first WBC World middleweight title defense, Cotto vs. Quintana was for the vacant WBA World welterweight title in 2006. Cotto vs. Gomez was Cotto’s fourth WBA World welterweight title defense in 2008, Cotto vs. Corley was Cotto’s second WBO World super lightweight title defense; Cotto vs. Kelson Pinto was for the vacant WBO World super lightweight title. Cotto vs. Randall Bailey was Cotto’s first WBO World super lightweight title defense and Cotto vs. Ricardo Torres was Cotto’s fourth WBO World super lightweight title defense.   Three of Canelo’s nine KOs were in WBC world super welterweight title fights vs. Alfonso Gomez, Josesito Lopez, and Kermit Cintron all three returned to the welterweight division after their fight vs. Canelo.

ROUND 8:

Cotto has two KOs.

1.         Gianluca Branco was TKO’d in the super lightweight division.

2.         Carlos Maussa was TKO’d in the super lightweight division.

Alvarez has one KO.

1.         Javier Martinez KO’d in the welterweight division

ROUND 9:

Cotto has three KOs.

1.         Yuri Foreman was TKO’d in the super welterweight division.

2.         Antonio Margarito was TKO’d in the super welterweight division.

3.         Muhammad Abdullaev TKO’d in the super lightweight division.

Alvarez has three KOs.

1.         Francisco Villanueva TKO’d in the welterweight division

2.         Jose Miguel Cotto TKO’d in the super welterweight division

3.         Jeferson Luis Goncalo KO’d in the welterweight division

ROUND 10:

Alvarez has two KOs.

1.         Michel Rosales TKO’d in the welterweight division

2.         Alfredo Angulo TKO’d in the middleweight division (catchweight)

Cotto has one KO.

1.         Sergio Gabriel Martinez was TKO’d in a 159 lbs. middleweight catchweight.

From rounds eight to ten Cotto 6KOs 19% KOs of his 33KOs & Canelo 6KOs, 18.75% of his 32 KOs. Five of Cotto’s six KOs were world title fights vs. Branco it was Cotto’s fifth WBO world super lightweight title defense; Cotto vs. Abdullaev was Cotto’s third WBO World super lightweight title defense, and vs. Sergio G. Martinez, it was for the WBC world middleweight title. The only significant Canelo KO was vs. Alfredo Angulo.

ROUND 11:

Alvarez has one KO.

1.         Euri Gonzalez TKO’d in the welterweight division

Cotto has three KOs.

1.         Oktay Urkal was TKO’d in the welterweight division.

2.         Zab Judah was TKO’d in the welterweight division.

3.         Cesar Bazan was TKO’s in the super lightweight division

ROUND 12:

Alvarez has two KOs.

1.         Ryan Rhodes TKO’d in the super welterweight division

2.         Gabriel Martinez TKO’d in the welterweight division

Cotto has only one KO.

1.         Ricardo Mayorga was TKO’s in the super welterweight division.

In the championship rounds, Cotto has 4KOs of his 33 KO & Canelo 3KOs of his 32 KOs. Cotto has three of the four KOs in world title fights vs. Yuri Foreman a WBA World super welterweight title bout, vs. Ricardo Mayorga it was Cotto’s first defense of WBA Super World super welterweight title. Versus Oktay Urkal, it was Cotto’s first WBA World welterweight title defense, vs. Zab Judah it was Cotto’s second defense of the WBA World welterweight title. Canelo has one world title KO vs. Ryan Rhodes in his first WBC super welterweight title.

Canelo’s Power: Is it Overrated?

Canelo’s Power: Is it Overrated?

By M.DeTyrone

Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has a pro record of 32KOs in 47 fights with a professional boxing record of 45-1-1 (32KO) with a 68 % KO. If you break down his KO record, it’s been against subpar opposition. He hasn’t KO’d or TKO’d an elite ex or current world champion unless you believe the 39-year-old Carlos Baldomir at 153.5 lbs. and the psychological damaged and washed up Kermit Cintron were elite boxers.

After the KO of James Kirkland in the third round in a middleweight catchweight, fight on May 9, 2105 there’s much talk of Canelo’s power and his ability to KO opponents all thorough the web by Canelo fans, the Mexican nationalist fans, boxing media, and the boxing commentators. According to them Canelo’s on the rise after the KO of James Kirkland and TKO of Alfredo Angulo in middleweight catchweights.

Canelo’s KO record is full of subpar boxers, which he defeated in Mexico and in the welterweight division. Canelo’s KOs in the welterweight division is 20, which is a 62.5 % of his 32 KOs. All versus the boxers Carlos Leonardo Herrera, Antonio Fitch, Raul Pinzon, Axel Rodrigo Solis, Pedro López, Marat Khuzeev, Jesus Abel Hernandez, Daniel Martínez, Pablo Alvarado, Cristian Hernández, Brian Camechis, Victor Márquez, Ivan Illescas, Fransico Villanueva, Javier Martínez, Francisco Villanueva, Jeferson Luis Goncalo, Michel Rosales , Euri Gonzalez, and Gabriel Martínez. Sorry, but I can’t find a true talented boxer within that list of 20 boxers, however the Canelo fans seem to have the ability to find them.

In the super welterweight division, Canelo has eight KOs, which is 25% of his 32 KOs versus the boxers Sean Holly, welterweight Josesito López, welterweight Kermit Cintron, welterweight Alfonso Gómez, 39-year-old former welterweight Carlos M. Baldomir, Super Welterweight Luciano Leonel Cuello, Lightweight / welterweight José Miguel Cotto, and super welterweight Ryan Rhodes.

Twenty-five of Canelo’s 32 KOs have been in Mexico that’s 78% of his KOs. Outside of Mexico, a total of three of Canelo’s 32 KOs have been in Las Vegas that’s 9.5% of his KOs and four of Canelo’s 32 KOs have been in California, Florida, and Texas that’s 12.5% of his KOs.

Let’s look at his KO record of 32 KOs round by round and see whose he KO’d.

Round 1: Alvarez has five KOs.

1.      Carlos Leonardo Herrera TKO 1 in the welterweight division

2.      Antonio Fitch TKO 1 in the welterweight division

3.      Raul Pinzon TKO 1 in the welterweight division

4.      Axel Rodrigo Solis TKO 1 in the welterweight division

5.      Pedro Lopez TKO 1 in the welterweight division

All of Canelo’s first round KOs have occurred in the welterweight division vs. subpar opposition. This is normal for a boxer moving up the ranks his last first round KO was in 2009 in the welterweight division.

Round 2: Alvarez has seven KOs.

1.      Marat Khuzeev KO 2 in the welterweight division 

2.      Sean Holly KO 2 in the super welterweight division (catchweight in 2007)

3.      Jesus Abel Hernandez KO 2 in the welterweight division 

4.      Daniel Martinez KO 2 in the welterweight division 

5.      Juan Hernandez KO 2 in the Jr. Welterweight division 

6.      Pablo Alvarado KO2 KO 2 in the welterweight division 

7.      Cristian Hernandez KO 2 in the welterweight division 

Canelo has five KOs in the welterweight division, one in the super welterweight division, and one in the Jr. Welterweight division. All of his seven KOs have been versus subpar opposition.

Round 3: Alvarez has two KOs.

1.      James Kirkland KO 3 in the middleweight division (catchweight)

2.      Brian Camechis KO 3 in the welterweight division

Overall, from round one to round three Canelo has a total of 14KOs, which are 44% of his 32KOs. Eleven of those 14 KOs were in the welterweight division. His most significant KO was against the two-year inactive and a no Anne Wolfe, James Kirkland.

Round 4: Alvarez has three KOs.

1.      Victor Marquez KO 4 in the welterweight division

2.      Ivan Illescas KO 4 in the welterweight division

3.      Abraham Gonzalez KO 4 in the Jr. Welterweight division

Round 5: Alvarez has three KOs.

1.      Josesito Lopez TKO 5 in the super welterweight division

2.      Kermit Cintron TKO 5 in the super welterweight division

3.      Fransico Villanueva KO 5 in the welterweight division

Josesito Lopez a blown up welterweight given an opportunity to challenge for the WBC Super Welterweight title, and lost due to a sizable weight disadvantage. Since the Canelo fight Lopez has gone down back to the welterweight division and has been TKO’d in six by Andre Berto, was TKO’d in five by Aaron Martinez and TKO’d in six by Marcos Rene Maidana.

Round 6: Alvarez has three KOs.

1.      Alfonso Gomez TKO 6 in the super welterweight division

2.      Carlos M. Baldomir KO 6 in the super welterweight division

3.      Luciano Leonel Cuello TKO 6 in the super welterweight division 

In 2011, Alfonso Gomez not a true super welterweight given a WBC World super welterweight title and was TKO’d in six rounds. Since that defeat, he returned down to the welterweight division and lost to Shawn Porter via UD. In 2010, the 39-year-old Carlos Manuel Baldomir former world champion fought Canelo at 153.5 lbs. and KO’d in six by Canelo.

From the round, four to round seven Canelo has a total of 9KOs, which is 28% of his 32 KOs.

The only significant KO victory was against Kermit Cintron a former welterweight champion, and since the Canelo fight has been fighting in the welterweight division vs. dismal opposition.

The last TKO victory by Canelo was versus the welterweight Alfonso Gomez and his last KO victory in the sixth round was versus the 39-year-old Carlos Manuel Baldomir.

Round 8: Alvarez has one KO.

1.      Javier Martinez KO 8 in the welterweight division

Round 9: Alvarez has three KOs.

1.      Francisco Villanueva TKO9 in the welterweight division

2.      Jose Miguel Cotto TKO 9 in the super welterweight division

3.      Jeferson Luis Goncalo KO 9 in the welterweight division

The last ninth round TKO by Canelo was versus the lightweight/welterweight journeyman Jose Miguel Cotto in 2010 in a super welterweight catchweight fight. Cotto was the last boxer to badly hurt Canelo.

Round 10: Alvarez has two KOs.

1.      Michel Rosales TKO 10 in the welterweight division

2.      Alfredo Angulo TKO 10 in the middleweight division (catchweight)

From the eighth round to the tenth round, Canelo has a total of 6KOs, which is 18.75% of his 32 KOs. Four of those six KOs were in the welterweight division. None of those six KOs has been versus significant boxers outside the known name of Alfredo Angulo that was coming of periods of inactivity and TKO defeats at the hands of Erislandy Lara and James Kirkland.

Round 11: Alvarez has one KO.

1.      Euri Gonzalez TKO 11 in the welterweight division

Round 12: Alvarez has two KOs.

1.      Ryan Rhodes TKO 12 in the super welterweight division

2.      Gabriel Martinez TKO 12 in the welterweight division

Only three KOs out of 32 KOs were in the Championship rounds. Two of which were in the welterweight division. The most significant TKO was in 2011; Ryan Rhodes was TKO’d in 12 by Canelo and was later in 2012 TKO’d in seven by Sergey Rabchenko.

Canelo has power to KO and TKO but it has been versus subpar opposition that tends to be sluggers or boxers with limited footwork and defense. When he’s stepped up in competition versus pure-boxers or boxer-punchers with good footwork, he couldn’t TKO or KO. Examples are welterweight Matthew Hatton, super welterweight Erislandy Lara, welterweight Floyd Mayweather Jr. super welterweight Austin Trout (he hurt Trout but could not finish him), 39-year-old Shane Mosley, 39-year-old welterweight Lovemore Ndou, and lightweight Miguel Vasquez twice.

Yes, Canelo’s KO powers overrated by his fan base and by many in the boxing media. Canelo is no one punch KO artist and majority of his KO’s have been versus opponents, which he outweighed by nearly 20 lbs. after the day weigh in, and they have no true footwork or defense.