Soko started out much like Houston Alexander did. Now I think he is a better fighter who will stick or much longer than Houston did, but the fact that he got some good wins against some good guys doesn't convince me yet. He oesnt have the track record yet to substantiate the hype around him. Don't get me wrong, i like him, quite a bit actually, but I am also realistic and not swinging off his short and curlies here. He has to earn his keep just like everyone else. Sometimes i feel for guys who come in last second into a fight with a top guy, surprise him, beat him, and then get an enormous amount of expectation heaped onto them. Some guys like this have the potential to be the tops some day but once they set the precedent and are forced to fight only other top guys this early in their career they dont learn how to win, they learn how to lose.
We put kids into age appropriate leagues for sports so that they can be competitive. If they were to go up against teams all the time that were exceedingly better than them they would not learn how to improve their game, they would just flounder until they quit. I really hope they dont do that to Soko and as a fan I want to voice it because it seems to me that a lot of this online stuff is watched to see what fights we want to see and what fights we will pay for.
I will pay for this fight when it is TIME for this fight. Dont waste Soko, develop him first and let him be an investment.
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