This prospect will be the goods!

[the ollie reed fan club]

(06-26-2017 09:03 AM)and the NEW Wrote:  On the undercard to Pac vs Horn:

Salamov has a wild card test coming up against Damien Hooper. Hooper was a terrific amateur, at just 19 he went neck and neck and only lost 14-13 to the great Cuban Julio Cesar La Cruz, who won gold at Rio and is a 3 time amateur world champion. At 20, he only lost 19-13 to Egor Mekhontsev at the London Olympics, who was the eventual gold medal winner. Hooper, like Khan though, is chinny. Unlike Khan, however, he has a terrible work ethic, not professional at all between fights from all sources. But if you can't catch his chin, Hooper could cause all types of problems for Salamov for a few rounds.

Toussaint also fights Shane Mosley Jr and is favourite to give Jr his second loss. He is a southpaw that is fundamentally sound and, like Errol Spence, can apply pressure well which is unusual for a southpaw. It is a style most guys struggle with because you can't find many of them to spar with and you definitely don't fight many in competitions.

I've been in with both Hooper and Toussaint sparring and you can't sleep on either of them.

Thanks for the heads-up ATN. Umar is going well by all accounts, he beat the shit out of Shumenov last time they sparred, but apparently Hooper was the one that actually requested this fight! I'll watch it with interest. What do you feel he did well against you in sparring?