Recap: Sometimes it’s not about the opponent not showing up, but rather showing up without a plan. That description pretty much describes O-Red to a tee here in this rematch against JC on a URL Genesis card. Whether it was attempting to get off on a slower, pronounced flow in round 1 that went nowhere what with mostly pedestrian bars or trying to mano-a-mano with JC in regard to who could dish better sport bars or resident name flips that were mostly ho-hum or even a Translation utterance that fell flat, when it came to angles and executions, Red just seemed to be going in circles. And that’s not a good look especially in light of an top tier adversary who was clearly more motivated to win this battle. Indeed for 3 rounds, JC nuanced with the set-ups and coming down hard on the punches, flexing with the gun bars/name flips, spouting some piercing personals and ever bullish with the wordplay, had an easy time of it here against an opponent who at times looked like he couldn’t wait to leave the stage.
Verdict: JC (W) 3-0
Favorite line: JC – “Six years ago I would of left this bitch as the best to write, I punched with Tyson Fury and I don’t expect you to be any Wilder in the 2nd fight!”
