Combat Talk Radio

Hopefully it's clear now why we've called him Bumlanga.

It's not because he's a bum.

It's because he's a bum beater.

Steve Rolls was not supposed to make this guy look basic - but he did.

That's a symptom of Bumlanga being excessively protected and only fighting C-levels.

Highlight of the night was Tim Bradley calling him the "Phony One".

Because Rocha has NEVER performed like that before. Ever. Not that good.

It also seemed like Cobbs' strategy was flawed from the get-go.

Either way, kudos to Rocha for pulling it out the way he did and getting the exposure he deserves for it. And this was a fight WELL WORTH watching (which is good because rest weren't that good).

We expect Cobbs to rebuild and readjust - hopefully with a new trainer, because every time these guys train with Roach, they take an L. Srisaket, Khan, Manny, now Cobbs.

Blair 'The Flair' Cobbs is getting his chance to prove he's the star that he presents himself to be, after an unfortunate finding with Vergil Ortiz forced Ortiz to withdraw from his scheduled match against McKinsson.

Alexis Rocha will not be an easy opponent for him...but we suspect Cobbs knocks out or stops him.

Either way, these two guys are not going to bore the fans once that bell rings. They both know that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get bigger fights in the future.

As expected, these two guys didn't disappoint. If you didn't catch the fight we highly recommend it. Very similar to Cheeseman/Eggington.

Conlan has nothing to be ashamed of. He put up a good showing and sounds like he's okay after the knockout.

Both guys should go on to great things in the future.

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Choco looked stylistically good. But he was in there against a guy with weight issues, hand issues and apparent stamina problems - and STILL couldn't get him out of there.

So Martinez will not join the Flyweight kings.

We'll just say this: Keep Choco the HELL away from Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, especially if Srisaket goes back to eating grilled rat and training in jungles.

Estrada? That rubber match is a tossup and one we'd like to see next so we can really know who's the superior. Right now, it's not guaranteed Choco beats Estrada - and if he can't beat Estrada, he damn sure isn't beating Srisaket. We think Srisaket leaves him looking like Amir Khan again.

The return of Chocolatito is going to be the more exciting fight - but we expect Pedraza and Ramirez to have a good showing.

We're not really excited for Ramirez/Pedraza because we already have answers for those guys. We don't have answers for Choco.

We also talk about Eubank Jr., Benn, Brook, Spence, Ugas and Crawford, among others to come in the 2nd quarter of 2022.

Some felt it was a premature stoppage.

However you cut it, slice it or weigh it, Russell got it done.

Russell is a solid fighter that is still developing. Time will tell where he goes from here.

For Postol, well wishes to his family.

Well...we told you this was a likely outcome. Happens every time these fighters talk about other fights and lose focus on the hungry opponent in front of them.

This one was arguably worse than Teo taking an L to 'CM Punk' Kambosos though. Many felt that Taylor came off like a B-level fighter rather than the P4P he's been called multiple times. At least Teo was mostly in the fight - it can be argued that Taylor dropped the first seven or eight rounds. It ultimately devolved into a dirty fight - it really needed Mark Nelson (who reffed Pac/Horn) to avoid the points deductions; then we think Catterall would have gotten his hand raised.

Our recommendation is that he stay far away from Tank and Crawford - and he should seriously consider leaving 140, because if Teofimo comes in, we think Teo destroys him, too.

The Ukraine situation is problematic all around.

Just learned that Usyk is also back out there.

Tomorrow's lineup should be exciting, but never forget that some of these guys are real warriors and not just feuding on Twitter.

Took him less time than we predicted, but we figured that'd be the outcome just based on styles.

Khan seemed completely unprepared for Brook's timing, despite (as expected) looking halfway decent early on.

Clearly, his punch resistance is completely gone, and it's even worse that Crawford couldn't spark Khan off the chin and had to toss a low blow to get him out of there.

Regardless, Brook is basically done at the upper level, and should maybe take one or two more fights before considering retirement.

Khan? We think it's time, dude. Take the money and hang them up.