Boxing x UFC Brandun Lee, Fire Dad! Conor v Max

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Brandon Lee? In his case, unfortunately for him, his father does not know best. Brandon was undefeated at 30 and 0 heading into his matchup with Kane Sandoval on the Zufa boxing card. His father, Bobby Lee, has trained Brandon since the very beginning of his amateur career as a young child. However, it's not simply because of that loss that I'm saying his father doesn't know what he's doing. The immediate evidence to that was the corner advice or lack thereof that Bobby Lee gave to his son during the final few rounds of that fight. First off, as the head cornerman, Bobby Lee did not know that it was the ninth round they were heading into. On the stool, while his son was on the stool between eight and nine, Mr. Lee kept asking, is this the last round? Is this the last round? Now here's the thing. He should know by now, seeing as this is his 30 pro fight, that the referee will come to your corner between the penultimate round and the last round, and they will tell you this is the last round, you know, coming up or 10th and final round or whatever it is. Most referees just do that as a matter of fact. So the fact that the ref didn't come over should have indicated to Bobby Lee that this was not the last round. But in all honesty, he should have been keeping track anyways. So there's error number one. But the bigger problem, it's not just an error, it's a problem, is that he had no clue what to tell his son between rounds eight and nine and then nine and ten. All he said to him is something like, I want this, right? This is the bloodline. Just completely zero technical advice on what he should his son should do, try to turn the tide. It was a close fight. Now, Mr. Lee was accurate in that Brandon needed to win rounds nine and ten, but he didn't tell him how to go about that. I think maybe he said something about the jab, but that was it. He didn't say anything about cut angles or, you know, stay far out or try to close the distance or he didn't address any of that. He didn't, you know, I don't know what Brandon Lee's go-to combinations are, but dad didn't point to how he could set those up. So I really only tuned into the Zufa boxing card because I was very curious about the state of Brandon Lee. His name first came across my radar several years back because he was being pushed and promoted by, I believe it was PVC boxing at the time. They say Al Heyman is, in quotations, his advisor. That means he's it I mean advisorslash promoter, but because of the Muhammad Ali Act, Al Heyman's not allowed to be a promoter, but he is the de facto promoter. So I come across a few videos on social media. They're trying to play up Brandon's backstory. You know, his mom is Mexican, his dad is Korean, so that gives him a unique ethnic background and an interesting story. And then when he fell off the radar and reappeared on Zufa, that made me interested in just seeing what was up. Now I understand that at some point Brandon parted ways with Al Heyman and was then advised by Frank Warren, I think since 2024. But now he's suddenly appearing on a Zufa boxing. So I was wondering why, and I think I understand why now. Preface this by saying I have no absolute evidence or insider information, but I s suspect that Brandon fell out of fell off of PBC with Al Heyman, fell out with maybe Frank Warren, probably because of his father. In effect, unfortunately for Brandon, his father is gonna hamper his career. It's so apparent that he doesn't know what he's doing in the corner and that Brandon has made it as far as he has simply on his own work ethic and I won't say natural ability, but he's gotten as far as he has, not really any thanks to his dad. The big telltale sign here is that Brandon fought as an amateur until he was 16 years old and then decided to turn pro at 17. So whose decision was that? I strongly suspect it was his dad salivating, you know, watching people like Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia and figuring, well, hey, you know, if they can do it, they can just go pro after they only fight as a junior. Then my son can do it too. Look, he's got a great backstory. How cool is this? But the problem with all of these guys who are, you know, they say I'm like 15 times national champion. Yeah, in the kitty pie division, you never won a national championship as a grown adult, which means not only did you not ever face a grown man in the ring, you just never developed the skill set that you'll need. As a professional, there's no kiddie pie division professionals. At least there isn't yet. And the fact that Brandon Lee turned pro too soon at the age of 17 was apparent in his performance last night. Brandon has plenty of heart, he has enough stamina, but he did not have the skill set. He has basically what you need to win a junior amateur fight, which is, again, stamina conditioning, the ability to throw punches non-stop. But Brandon did not have enough defensive skill, he didn't understand how to pace himself, and his punches were too wide. He did he didn't have a variety of punches, he could not, he did not throw straight punches. That sort of high output swarm and smother your opponent will work when you're a junior. It will not work when you're an adult. I didn't see any fainting on Brandon's part. I really didn't see him using the jab to set anything up. I didn't see anything being set up. It was just high double guard, wait for the other guy to punch, and then I'm gonna try to swing hard and counter him. Again, that might get you some success at the kitty pie level, but it will not work at the adult level. So the fact that his father is not perceptive enough to realize that his son's skill set is severely lacking for him to be a true contender as a professional fighter. I mean that that's egregious. Now, was that a close fight with Kane Sandoval? Yes, it was. You know, Kane was coming off loss, so I don't know if the Lee team just figured, well, we're undefeated, this kid's got a loss already, we got this. But Kane Sandoval came in terrific shape. He had a game plan, he works out at wild card. I don't think he trains directly with Freddie Roach because it was Freddie's assistants in the ring with Kane Sandoval, Marvin Simodio and uh Eddie Zavala. Or is it Ernie Zavala? My bad. But one thing is for sure at wildcard boxing, they don't take any fighters who don't have a work ethic. They don't take in any fighters who just are inconsistent or irresponsible and can't show up when they're supposed to show up. Because there's such a huge stable at wildcard gym, then you better show up at your assigned time because there's somebody training before you and someone training after you, you miss your spot. In any case, I think Brandon Lee and Bobby Lee are the classic example of when a father-son duo does not pan out over time, and when a fighter who's done really well as a kid turns pro too early and does not step up their game. So, bottom line, Brandon Lee, if you want to have any further success as a professional boxer, you need to find a new trainer. Period. You gotta lose daddy. Father does not know best in this case. Although Connor is the older man, he's 37 and Max is 34. Max has so much more mileage on him. Max has put in close to 120 rounds in the professional MMA cage. Connor, the first and second round knockouts, Connor's only put in around 40-something rounds in there. So McGregor so Max Holloway has almost three times as much time in the cage than Connor McGregor. Will Connor McGregor be able to push Max Holloway just past his expiration date and get him out of the ring? Or will Max Holloway be able to capitalize on Connor McGregor's cage rust and uh and break right now? I feel like it's a fifty fifty fight between Max and Connor. Who do you think wins this fight? Let me know in the comments. Thank you.