I happened to catch the Sulecki fight and he seemed game for a round or 2 but ended up looking every bit of a veteran fighter who is fading on the downward trend of his career. His opponent, heavily hyped Pacheco, didn’t look like a fighter with world class potential, but in the end he was able to stop Sulecki with a pretty good body shot.
Yes this sums up the fight as the Pole has seen better days and was fighting a division up from his prime division. As for Pachecho he will be going from the shallow end of a pool to the ocean without any life vests if he fights anything close to a prime Alvarez in a mandatory fight. He still has not had a chin check or had his stamina tested.
PS Monster Inoue fights on Tuesday morning and he fighting Irish veteran TJ Doheny in a 122 pound undisputed title fight in Japan. This is a tough assignment for the Irishman based out of Australia as nobody has seriously hurt or been competitive with the Japanese sensation but in the last fight of Inoue he suffered a flash knockdown before he pummeled his opponent in submission.
There has been talk of an Inoue vs Tank fight as the crown prince of Saudi Arabia has proposed the bout but this similar to Crawford fighting Alvarez seems more fantasy than reality as Inoue would have to jump 3 divisions to fight Davis as 135 pounds.
Updating the Inoue fight and once Inoue had a feel for his Irish opponent it was largely one way traffic until Doheny retired due to back spasms early in the 7th round.
Similar to Tank and many other fighters he will throw away rounds while gauging his opponents tendencies and then slowly start breaking down his opponents.
During the broadcast the announcing team pitched Bam Rodriguez for Inoue and this makes more sense then Inoue jumping to make a super fight with Tank Davis as the Mexican American star will only be going up 7 pounds and judging by the size disparity from Tuesday morning, Inoue could meet Bam at a catchweight around 120 quite comfortably.
Purse demands should not hold up this fight as a Saudi backed fight would set a record for weight divisions in the range of this proposed fight.
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