Though there are exceptions, fighters -- especially those in the upper-tier of competition -- tend to stick to canned-ham answers when it comes to event promotion. They’re coming to win. They’re prepared. They’re at 100 percent. (And by sheer coincidence, none of those statements usually hold up in a loss: They were injured. They were at fifty percent. No one is ever, ever just outclassed.)
"Let's be honest, this fight is going to be a train wreck,” he said. “It's two guys going out there to bang, and it's not going to take three rounds to do it, either.”
No. No, it won’t. The under/over on this thing should be roughly 75 seconds. And that includes ring entrances. But Lashley’s candid comments are a welcome diversion from the norm.