The truth about Xander Zayas: Top Rank Matchmaking creates exaggerated fighter jets?

Xander Zayas says his ring IQ and boxing skills are too much for Jorge Garcia tonight in the vacant WBO junior middleweight title fight at Madison Square Garden Theatre in New York City.

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Despite having no exceptional amateur background, Zayas has been treated like a top rank since becoming a pro in 2019. They carefully matched him with a particular person to build his record without actually testing him. Now they chose the right guy for Xander to succeed.

This is the perfect situation for Zaya. Because if he was fighting for another title at 154, this could not have happened. WBO rankings helped him a lot. Without that, Zayas’ chances of winning the world title would be zero for candidates like Isler Madrimov, Jaron Ennis, Virgil Ortiz Jr. or Serhii Bohachuk.

“He doesn’t have the boxing skills I have. I’m really fighting sharp fights and long distances,” Xander Zayas told Ring Magazine. channelL, downgrades Jorge Garcia ahead of tonight’s fight.

Xander is wrong. He’s not a better fighter than the inner Jorge Perez. Perez is a much better fighter than Zaya. The top-ranked habit of matching Zaya with fewer fighters like Surawa Spomer, Damian Sosa and Patrick Teisheira blows up his ego.

It’s the same thing that Edgar Berlanga saw when he had top rank. They matched him weakly, like they were doing with Zaya, and he began to resonate the same way, thinking he was actually good.

Zayas is a boxer and has undoubtedly better skills than Garcia. He is also a bigger fighter in terms of how much weight he packs in rehydration. Zayas is essentially a middleweight division that reduces to 154. He can still escape with it, but not long. He must move to 160 soon, as he is already deadly at his metering.

Without an increase in punching power, Xander’s career would end when he was forced to compete in middleweight. Top ranked Bob Alm said he wanted to match Zayas with IBF and WBO middleweight champion Janibek Alimkhanuly, but he’s hooked on doing so. He is not physically equipped to fight such a person.

“Conwell didn’t have that. He came with one game plan. It was the perfect game plan for Jorge Garcia. He fights most in short range,” Zayas said.

Conwell tried to fight Jorge Garcia from the outside, but was unable to keep him away. Garcia continued walking and made him fight inside. Charles is not a mover like Xander, so he couldn’t run around the ring to avoid Garcia.

“I feel my feet, my speed, my IQ is on a completely different level when it comes to fighting. I show that. I knew where I was in 2025. I knew I was going to fight for the World Championship,” Zayas said.

If Garcia locks up Zaya, he might knock him out because he’s much tougher than Zaya. When Zayas is still, he is a very average fighter and gets hit. It’s only the advantages of his feet and weight that kept Top Rank not overwhelmed by the can that consistently matches him.