Garay is Green's mandatory!

[waynesmale]

Newly crowned WBA light heavyweight champion Danny Green was officially informed on Wednesday that he will have to face official challenger Hugo Garay from Argentina no later than April 16, 2008. Green captured the WBA Light Heavyweight title after defeating Croatia’s Stipe Drews last December 16th in Australia.

Hugo Garay record: won 30 (KO 17) lost 3 - LOST one by DQ

[SOULS 04]

good record... anyone heard anything else about him?

[Marcus]

I havent seen him fight, what style does he have?

Would Green beat him ?

[Dr Gonzo]

this should be a good fight

this dude had 2 cracking fights with Zsolt Erdei about 2 years or so ago for the WBO LHW title; he lost both times but only by MD i think. I watched one on ******* and the other on youtube. Worth a look if you can find them :)

[Hmmm]

What? He's from Argentina and doesnt drive cabs??? you for real??

or maybe he's just a really good cab driver...

[Dr Gonzo]

What? He's from Argentina and doesnt drive cabs??? you for real??

or maybe he's just a really good cab driver...

he is a really good cabbie :yep one of those silver service ones where they wear a tie and drive a statesman :lol:

[Kegsy]

This will be a very decent fight for Green.
Should be much harder than Drews was.

[Dr Gonzo]

This will be a very decent fight for Green.
Should be much harder than Drews was.

"They call him the spiderman, right? Well im going to hit him high, hit him low, hit him with a bit of the old PeaBo"

:lol: i only just remembered Green saying that - it was a crack up

[Kegsy]

"They call him the spiderman, right? Well im going to hit him high, hit him low, hit him with a bit of the old PeaBo"

:lol: i only just remembered Green saying that - it was a crack upYeah that was pretty clever.:lol:
Garay aint no slouch, aint no taxi driver as well.
Is definite top 12 at Light Heavy, prob borderline top 8 to 10.
Ring Mag have him at 10.:deal

[Dr Gonzo]

Yeah that was pretty clever.:lol:
Garay aint no slouch, aint no taxi driver as well.
Is definite top 12 at Light Heavy, prob borderline top 8 to 10.
Ring Mag have him at 10.:deal

good chin and pretty aggressive from what i can remember - should be a good scrap. Danny should win on points but it will be a tough fight no question

[Daft P]

Garay is a very strong pressure fighter, non-stop action and power punching through 12 rounds... just like Green :good He fought Erdei twice, I saw both... as far as I remember Garay could prepare only 3 or 4 weeks before the first one (the original opponent for Erdei was someone else). That was a close fight, Erdei controlled it for 9 rounds but then he ran out of gas and Garay won the last 3-4 rounds. I had it 116-112 for Erdei.

The following year there was a rematch which was even closer. I had it a draw, but many people gave it to Garay, since he was more active, still, with less clean shots. Erdei's defence is the best in the divison I think, so that is no surprise. But he pressed the action all night long... in the USA Garay could have won the fight.

All in all, Garay is a strong fighter, with very good handspeed and very high workrate, he is surely one of the most underrated fighters in the divison. He would beat Woods and maybe Erdei as well now. Green must be 200% to beat him, it will be a huge fight, a slugfest.

[Marcus]

Thanks Daft p, sounds like its goin to be a ripper of a fight!!

So banker said Garay has a good chin. Do you agree? Have you seen him rocked or wobbled before?

Id like to bet on this fight when it happens, odd should be good for both fighters.

[one in a million]

Yeah this sounds good, a challenge Mmmmmmmm got to love a challenge. I hope Danny tones down the Green theme a bit for his next fight, he was looking a bit like a milo tin when he came out to fight Stipe :hi:

[Marcus]

Its gone from green to lime, but u better watch out Mel, lots of people love Milo.

[one in a million]

Its gone from green to lime, but u better watch out Mel, lots of people love Milo.
The mohawk thing with the Mundine fight :barf Now the milo look alike, what next for the Green Machine?

[Axe]

Yeah that was pretty clever.:lol:
Garay aint no slouch, aint no taxi driver as well.
Is definite top 12 at Light Heavy, prob borderline top 8 to 10.
Ring Mag have him at 10.:deal

Good summary of the ratings, but Garay recently suffered a DQ loss, so I would have him around 12-15. He is a good fighter though and most poeple think he deserved to win one if not both the Erdei fights. His one deficieny is power, otherwise it should be a tough night for Green, though a very winnable fight. :good

[Kegsy]

Good summary of the ratings, but Garay recently suffered a DQ loss, so I would have him around 12-15. He is a good fighter though and most poeple think he deserved to win one if not both the Erdei fights. His one deficieny is power, otherwise it should be a tough night for Green, though a very winnable fight. :goodYeah fair enough Axe.:good
I never seen footage of that recent DQ loss. So i cant comment on it.

[Sapphire]

I think Paul Briggs was supose to fight this guy, but Briggs pulled out due to health problems.

[sean]

his best fight lakatos a tough fighter garay beat in spain and his 2 against erdei

his d/q loss means nothing v a journeyman according to boxing rec he already had his opponsnt down twice and took a cheap shot at him after a bell and i presume a bit of theatrics occured and the cab driver could not continue and garay was d/q.

garay is a pressure fighter /6.0 looks a bit taller to me/heavy handed power and not 1 shot ko power /quite fast hands//switches it up to head and body, but he does a lot of body work for a light heavy/likes to fight in the trenches/very fit and sets a high tempo./quite good skillset inside/can be outboxed if you keep it long/feet are a bit sluggish/good chin/


sort of like an argentinian glen johnson stylewise.

IMO will give green a long hard gruelling fight unless green can plant his feet early and let rip with some bombs to make garay worried about engaging.

garay does let his hands go everytime i have seen him and is not worried about taking a shot to give a shot, quite compact punching style and does keep his chin tuckedin while letting go combos to body and head.

i had garay edging both erdei fights as while erdei landed cleaner shots, they had no sting on them and garay threw twice as many and landed especially to the body a lot more shots in the fight.

green and garay styles will gell well and it will be a good fight but i predict a hard one for green unless his power can turn the balance.

i dont think garay can ko green and expect a hard tough slog for both fighters in an australian fight of the year.

[Daft P]

I have seen Garay rocked only once, against Alejandro Lakatus. (Lakatus could hurt even Dariusz Michalcewski) The Garay-Lakatus fight was also a nice one :)

Erdei does not have serious punching power, he did not hurt Garay. Erdei had trouble with him, because Erdei's most effective weapon is his very quick straight left, which he could not use as comfortable as usual since Garay's handspeed is also great.

I had seen a few other Garay fights as well, his best performance (by far) was the second contest with Erdei. He is not always that accurate. This fight depends on the shape of Garay. If he comes in top shape, Green will have a long long night....

[Daft P]

i had garay edging both erdei fights as while erdei landed cleaner shots, they had no sting on them and garay through twice as many and landed especially to the body a lot more shots in the fight.



I had Erdei winning the first fight. Garay could not hit the Hungarian clearly at all. He was outboxed for 8 rounds. However, we all know he did not have enough time to prepare.

The reason for the rematch was that Garay remained mandatory challanger at WBO. Erdei was more passive in the second fight, Garay pressed the action even more, but as far as I remember Erdei could still land the cleaner shots. I scored a draw or 115-113 to Garay.

[sean]

i did the round by round on esb for both erdei v garay fights and it is a case of what you prefer.

a few potshots from the outside that landed clean on garay`s head but which never troubled him and he walked through, or garays constant work some of which got through some which did not but thrown with greater authourity and tired erdei out.

my own preference on those fights were for garay.

i score rounds for the aggressor if he is letting his hands go even if the defensive fighter is blocking them , if he does no work at all himself then the fighter throwing punches wins the round for me.

erdie had to many of these type of rounds.

[Kegsy]

Thanks for the analysis on Garay boys.:good

[Darien]

Daft P and Sean has given a good a picture of Garay, I would only add that Garay has a better workrate than Green has, but he's less accurate. He mixes his punches well hits to the body and to the head. His conditioning is amazing but his defence is not that great. Relentless pressure fighter. This should be a very good fight and Green is in for a very tough night.

[PowerPuncher]

I watched both Garay-Erdie fights and had Garay winning both, the crowd boo'ed the decision

[*BOX_FAN*]

Erdei vs Garay I had draw but II Garay won no doubt. If Garay vs Green fight will happen I pick Garay by decision.

[Daft P]

The crowd booed the decision when Winky Wright won against Sam Soliman.... that is all, the Erdei-Garay contests were the same. First one clear cut win for Erdei (actually, the first decision was not booed...). Second one close for Garay.

Crowd sees the amount of punches only, not the clean shots... from which Garay had very few.

[Peterp]

this division must be one of the weakest in boxing