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Fonfara is one of the most under-rated boxers right now

I’ve been a big fan of this guy ever since I saw him enter the ring in a Polish hussaria armor (so fucking awesome). He doesn’t seem to get much attention at all though. Whenever I’ve asked people who watch Boxing about him they say they’ve never heard of him. At first I thought “That’s fair enough, he hasn’t really had many big fights/wins” but that’s just not true. He’s fought all of the biggest names at super-middle and light-heavyweight (except for canelo because Fonfara had already moved up in weight when Canelo became a big name). He beat Chad Dawson in his prime. He beat Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. with a TKO. He made him quit on the stool, which is quite an achievement if you ask me considering Chavez Jr. is a proud, Mexican warrior who only had one loss on his record going into that fight. He also beat Nathan Cleverly after a great fight. His record is 29-4 right now which, admittedly isn’t amazing in Boxing. He also has two losses to fairly unknown fighters early in his career, but in the last five years or so he’s only lost to Joe Smith Jr. and Adonis Stevenson, who are both world-class boxers. He wasn’t completely out-classed in either of those fights which tells me he should be ranked right up there with the best at the moment. He’s 6″2, but his movement and technique is so good for a tall guy. His fight IQ is very high, he’s incredibly smart in there and always sticks to his gameplan. He doesn’t fight on pure instinct, he’s more of a professor, which I think is part of the reason why he doesn’t get the credit he probably deserves. He’s also not a KO-artist, stopping his opponents 17 times out of 29 wins. I have to think that this is the main reason why he doesn’t get regarded as one of the best because let’s not kid ourselves - unless you’re Floyd Mayweather and nobody can beat you or even knock you down then you’re going to have to have something special going for you to make people take notice. Whether that be putting people to sleep or just being incredibly fast and almost untouchable like Lomachenko, you have to have something. Unfortunately great all-rounders and smart fighters such as Andrzej Fonfara will be put to the side by most boxing fans. He definitely has my respect and support, and I’m sure other fighters respect his abilities too. Hopefully he wins his rematch with Adonis Stevenson and gets some more recognition, because he sure deserves it. At 29 years of age he still has a few years in the game, so let’s see if he can leave it and be remembered as a great or forgotten by all but the Polish Boxing community.

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Joanna "Champion" Jedrzejczyk vs Jessica Andrade UFC 211 Recap

This was a very interesting fight. I was really impressed with both fighters. Let’s start with the challenger. Jessica Andrade was easily Joanna’s toughest opponent in my opinion. She just kept coming forward with no hesitation, no matter what was coming her way. She was getting caught with lightning punches and kicks all fight long, but kept advancing. As far as skills go, I’m afraid to say she just did not belong in the same octagon as the champion. Her body shape was too squared, her punches were too slow and wild, and her rare kicks were almost useless against a top fighter. One thing she certainly does have though, is a ridiculous amount of strength for the 115lb weight-class. She must cut a lot of weight to make it. I’m guessing she gets tested just like everyone else, but her build simply does not look natural (although I would love to be wrong on that). She picked up and threw Joanna to the floor quite easily a few times, but just could not keep her down, JJ kept jumping up like a spring. I think Andrade can get far with her toughness, but she definitely needs to put in a lot of hard work on her skills, because all she can do against top-level opposition is press forward and hope for a big shot to land. That’s just not good enough to leave behind a noteworthy legacy.   As for champion, I’m not even sure where to start. What an athlete! She is a great role-model for not only young women, but young people in general. She has possibly the greatest attitude in top-level combat sports. She works like a challenger at all times, never settles down and just keeps learning. She is humble, but confident. She rejects many people’s claims that she is the best pound-for-pound fighter in MMA, which I can’t imagine many other fighters doing. Most would say “Oh I know I’m the best!” but not her. Her striking is a beautiful sight. So fast, so crisp, perfect in terms of technique. Her movement is top drawer. She comes in with such a strong plan, but can adapt to what her opponents bring to the fight.   In this fight, Joanna caught a few very strong punches at the very start of the first round, which left her with a big welp on the forehead. She adjusted very quickly though, and started landing big leg-kicks. This slowed the progress of Andrade. She was no longer able to land those wide-swinging punches. Joanna was in control from then on. I saw many people on the internet complaining about Joanna, saying she was “running” from Andrade. To those people I say learn a thing or two about the sport of MMA before you comment. MMA is not a street fight on World Star. Movement and not being hit is a massive part of combat sports, it’s not all about standing and swinging. Take a look at the stats and you’ll see that Joanna landed around three times the amount of punches Andrade did in every single round. This fight was a surgery performed by the Polish champion.  

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Joanna "Champion" Jedrzejczyk vs Jessica Andrade UFC 211 Recap

This was a very interesting fight. I was really impressed with both fighters. Let’s start with the challenger. Jessica Andrade was easily Joanna’s toughest opponent in my opinion. She just kept coming forward with no hesitation, no matter what was coming her way. She was getting caught with lightning punches and kicks all fight long, but kept advancing. As far as skills go, I’m afraid to say she just did not belong in the same octagon as the champion. Her body shape was too squared, her punches were too slow and wild, and her rare kicks were almost useless against a top fighter. One thing she certainly does have though, is a ridiculous amount of strength for the 115lb weight-class. She must cut a lot of weight to make it. I’m guessing she gets tested just like everyone else, but her build simply does not look natural (although I would love to be wrong on that). She picked up and threw Joanna to the floor quite easily a few times, but just could not keep her down, JJ kept jumping up like a spring. I think Andrade can get far with her toughness, but she definitely needs to put in a lot of hard work on her skills, because all she can do against top-level opposition is press forward and hope for a big shot to land. That’s just not good enough to leave behind a noteworthy legacy.   As for champion, I’m not even sure where to start. What an athlete! She is a great role-model for not only young women, but young people in general. She has possibly the greatest attitude in top-level combat sports. She works like a challenger at all times, never settles down and just keeps learning. She is humble, but confident. She rejects many people’s claims that she is the best pound-for-pound fighter in MMA, which I can’t imagine many other fighters doing. Most would say “Oh I know I’m the best!” but not her. Her striking is a beautiful sight. So fast, so crisp, perfect in terms of technique. Her movement is top drawer. She comes in with such a strong plan, but can adapt to what her opponents bring to the fight.   In this fight, Joanna caught a few very strong punches at the very start of the first round, which left her with a big welp on the forehead. She adjusted very quickly though, and started landing big leg-kicks. This slowed the progress of Andrade. She was no longer able to land those wide-swinging punches. Joanna was in control from then on. I saw many people on the internet complaining about Joanna, saying she was “running” from Andrade. To those people I say learn a thing or two about the sport of MMA before you comment. MMA is not a street fight on World Star. Movement and not being hit is a massive part of combat sports, it’s not all about standing and swinging. Take a look at the stats and you’ll see that Joanna landed around three times the amount of punches Andrade did in every single round. This fight was a surgery performed by the Polish champion.  

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Fonfara is one of the most under-rated boxers right now

I’ve been a big fan of this guy ever since I saw him enter the ring in a Polish hussaria armor (so fucking awesome). He doesn’t seem to get much attention at all though. Whenever I’ve asked people who watch Boxing about him they say they’ve never heard of him. At first I thought “That’s fair enough, he hasn’t really had many big fights/wins” but that’s just not true. He’s fought all of the biggest names at super-middle and light-heavyweight (except for canelo because Fonfara had already moved up in weight when Canelo became a big name). He beat Chad Dawson in his prime. He beat Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. with a TKO. He made him quit on the stool, which is quite an achievement if you ask me considering Chavez Jr. is a proud, Mexican warrior who only had one loss on his record going into that fight. He also beat Nathan Cleverly after a great fight. His record is 29-4 right now which, admittedly isn’t amazing in Boxing. He also has two losses to fairly unknown fighters early in his career, but in the last five years or so he’s only lost to Joe Smith Jr. and Adonis Stevenson, who are both world-class boxers. He wasn’t completely out-classed in either of those fights which tells me he should be ranked right up there with the best at the moment. He’s 6″2, but his movement and technique is so good for a tall guy. His fight IQ is very high, he’s incredibly smart in there and always sticks to his gameplan. He doesn’t fight on pure instinct, he’s more of a professor, which I think is part of the reason why he doesn’t get the credit he probably deserves. He’s also not a KO-artist, stopping his opponents 17 times out of 29 wins. I have to think that this is the main reason why he doesn’t get regarded as one of the best because let’s not kid ourselves - unless you’re Floyd Mayweather and nobody can beat you or even knock you down then you’re going to have to have something special going for you to make people take notice. Whether that be putting people to sleep or just being incredibly fast and almost untouchable like Lomachenko, you have to have something. Unfortunately great all-rounders and smart fighters such as Andrzej Fonfara will be put to the side by most boxing fans. He definitely has my respect and support, and I’m sure other fighters respect his abilities too. Hopefully he wins his rematch with Adonis Stevenson and gets some more recognition, because he sure deserves it. At 29 years of age he still has a few years in the game, so let’s see if he can leave it and be remembered as a great or forgotten by all but the Polish Boxing community.

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ON THIS DAY: In 2009, Cristiano Ronaldo scored one of the greatest Champions League goals of all time.

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The original elastico

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Joanna "Champion" Jedrzejczyk vs Jessica Andrade UFC 211 Recap

This was a very interesting fight. I was really impressed with both fighters. Let's start with the challenger. Jessica Andrade was easily Joanna's toughest opponent in my opinion. She just kept coming forward with no hesitation, no matter what was coming her way. She was getting caught with lightning punches and kicks all fight long, but kept advancing. As far as skills go, I'm afraid to say she just did not belong in the same octagon as the champion. Her body shape was too squared, her punches were too slow and wild, and her rare kicks were almost useless against a top fighter. One thing she certainly does have though, is a ridiculous amount of strength for the 115lb weight-class. She must cut a lot of weight to make it. I'm guessing she gets tested just like everyone else, but her build simply does not look natural (although I would love to be wrong on that). She picked up and threw Joanna to the floor quite easily a few times, but just could not keep her down, JJ kept jumping up like a spring. I think Andrade can get far with her toughness, but she definitely needs to put in a lot of hard work on her skills, because all she can do against top-level opposition is press forward and hope for a big shot to land. That's just not good enough to leave behind a noteworthy legacy.   As for champion, I'm not even sure where to start. What an athlete! She is a great role-model for not only young women, but young people in general. She has possibly the greatest attitude in top-level combat sports. She works like a challenger at all times, never settles down and just keeps learning. She is humble, but confident. She rejects many people's claims that she is the best pound-for-pound fighter in MMA, which I can't imagine many other fighters doing. Most would say "Oh I know I'm the best!" but not her. Her striking is a beautiful sight. So fast, so crisp, perfect in terms of technique. Her movement is top drawer. She comes in with such a strong plan, but can adapt to what her opponents bring to the fight.   In this fight, Joanna caught a few very strong punches at the very start of the first round, which left her with a big welp on the forehead. She adjusted very quickly though, and started landing big leg-kicks. This slowed the progress of Andrade. She was no longer able to land those wide-swinging punches. Joanna was in control from then on. I saw many people on the internet complaining about Joanna, saying she was "running" from Andrade. To those people I say learn a thing or two about the sport of MMA before you comment. MMA is not a street fight on World Star. Movement and not being hit is a massive part of combat sports, it's not all about standing and swinging. Take a look at the stats and you'll see that Joanna landed around three times the amount of punches Andrade did in every single round. This fight was a surgery performed by the Polish champion.  

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Fonfara is one of the most under-rated boxers right now

I’ve been a big fan of this guy ever since I saw him enter the ring in a Polish hussaria armor (so fucking awesome). He doesn’t seem to get much attention at all though. Whenever I’ve asked people who watch Boxing about him they say they’ve never heard of him. At first I thought “That’s fair enough, he hasn’t really had many big fights/wins” but that’s just not true. He’s fought all of the biggest names at super-middle and light-heavyweight (except for canelo because Fonfara had already moved up in weight when Canelo became a big name). He beat Chad Dawson in his prime. He beat Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. with a TKO. He made him quit on the stool, which is quite an achievement if you ask me considering Chavez Jr. is a proud, Mexican warrior who only had one loss on his record going into that fight. He also beat Nathan Cleverly after a great fight. His record is 29-4 right now which, admittedly isn’t amazing in Boxing. He also has two losses to fairly unknown fighters early in his career, but in the last five years or so he’s only lost to Joe Smith Jr. and Adonis Stevenson, who are both world-class boxers. He wasn’t completely out-classed in either of those fights which tells me he should be ranked right up there with the best at the moment. He’s 6″2, but his movement and technique is so good for a tall guy. His fight IQ is very high, he’s incredibly smart in there and always sticks to his gameplan. He doesn’t fight on pure instinct, he’s more of a professor, which I think is part of the reason why he doesn’t get the credit he probably deserves. He’s also not a KO-artist, stopping his opponents 17 times out of 29 wins. I have to think that this is the main reason why he doesn’t get regarded as one of the best because let’s not kid ourselves - unless you’re Floyd Mayweather and nobody can beat you or even knock you down then you’re going to have to have something special going for you to make people take notice. Whether that be putting people to sleep or just being incredibly fast and almost untouchable like Lomachenko, you have to have something. Unfortunately great all-rounders and smart fighters such as Andrzej Fonfara will be put to the side by most boxing fans. He definitely has my respect and support, and I’m sure other fighters respect his abilities too. Hopefully he wins his rematch with Adonis Stevenson and gets some more recognition, because he sure deserves it. At 29 years of age he still has a few years in the game, so let’s see if he can leave it and be remembered as a great or forgotten by all but the Polish Boxing community.

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What you can expect

So, the first post! I should start off by letting you know some of the stuff I’m into, so you can get an idea about what you will see here in the future. Firstly, Im definitely a stoner. I also enjoy psychedelics every now and then. I will be going on a truffle trip soon so expect to read about that ;) I’ve never done DMT  but I hope to soon. On the other end of the spectrum, I also love watching all kinds of sports. I’ve played and watched football my entire life (although I’m only 21 so not that long lol) so I will probably post about that a little bit. I love watching Boxing and some MMA so expect some ill-informed posts about those as I’ve never done them myself. As you can tell by my avatar, I’m a JRE fan so I may post about some of that too, sharing my views on Mr Rogan’s guests and the points expressed in the episodes I watch. Expect some rants on politics too bitches!