There were many times Duarte came near and even cornered Ryan but the problem was his speed. Duarte's not known to be fast but he became too slow with the added weight. Ryan trained with a coach whose fighters are slick and technical so Duarte was the perfect pick.
But for me, I think Ryan picked the wrong coach or the wrong technique. He can't fight like that if he wants to become a world champion. He has to be honest with his natural fighting style. If he wants to retain James as his coach then at least they need to enhance his normal fighting style and not emulate something too unusual to him. Because the moment he's under pressure, he will surely return to his old style.
I agree with you, that Ryan Garcia is not used to using the Philly Shell yet, or maybe you are right about his natural technique I think he is still not used to the Philly Shell, and he looks really clumsy while doing it, and plus the running for sure I want Ryan Garcia to be in his old ways and for sure just take that running and be more technical and that was it,
He needs to adjust as that new fighting tactics seems not to be fit with how fans knew and expect from him, and like what you mentioned it's possible that once Ryan got cornered, he might dwell and returned to what he originally know in terms of strategy, both him and his coach needs to find that right tune of adjustments after this fight, they need to work on it if they are planning to challenge big names and a real champ from the division where they want to succeed.
For sure the fans don't like the new Ryan Garcia that much and for sure many are booing him while he runs away or gives his back on Oscar Duarte, for sure it was really surprising for Ryan Garcia to do such things and for me, I really don't like the way he gets his back to Duarte which I think even with the minus points on Duarte Oscar Duarte is still punching the crap out of Ryan Garcia for sure Ryan Garcia doesn't care much when Duarte punching him on the back of his head,
This is quite an interesting fight as Devin Haney vs Regis Prograis meets for the WBC super lightweight title.
Of the two boxers, it can be seen in various promotions and also on social media that Devin Haney is more striking or he is more enthusiastic and full of confidence to win and can overwhelm Regis Prograis in facing him.
With his achievements as boxer who previously held the undefeated lightweight world title and has record (30-0, 15 KO) he looks very confident in his ability to be able to hold this WBC title.
But if you look at the performance of both of them, Devin Haney will be more agile and faster than Regis Prograis because in terms of age alone, the two of them have difference of around 9 years.
Who knows who will be the winner in this fight but making Devin Haney the favorite is also the right choice.
Quite interesting right as for sure Devin Haney is still undefeated, while Regis Prograis has 1 and it was from Josh Taylor but sure Devin Haney is the more agile one for sure and right now Prograis is fighting to defend his title belt the WBC title defense, and this is quite interesting for sure,