The One and Only Terry Norris

Ok he's a running gag on here but he was fun to watch.



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I love the combinations.

 

REED Looooved Norris' ZEST for COMBAT...U Knew that Norris was Coming to FIGHT...



REED:bears:

 

Terry Norris, the Ante-Hopkins.

Very fluid, very fast, not much of a chin. Screwed up big when he failed to land a purported $4.5m payday, which he had definitely earned, vs Oscar. Would have destroyed Chavez. Norris was one of these guys, a bit like Wlad, who found a way to lose or have a tough night with guys he was really a lot better than.

 

Talented, a good puncher, excellent combinations

But I hated him and always will... he was happy to let the hype machine build him up while he feasted on used up welterweights and the no-hopers of the weak division he found himself a titlist in... he was a dirty fighter as well... he avoided every threat possible and even then it backfired on him quite memorably against a fading Simon Brown... He never sought out the challenging fights because he knew he'd get knocked out with his girl chin

All That said, even with his crystal chin, he'd kick the shit out of every single welterweight and junior middleweight on Earth right now

 

Stylewise i'd favor Pacquiao before Floyd against Norris.

 

most definitely, I agree

 

norris wouldve gave whitaker a whipping had they fought.

 

Nah, Norris would probably beat Whitaker @ 154 by close-ish decision but it wouldn't be a whipping. (unless it's the version that fought Tito you're speaking of)

 

a whipping. whitaker who faced vasquez.

 

Horseshit

 

Whitaker doesn't match up well with Norris. Neil is probably right.

 

Don't see that as a whipping, but I agree that Whitaker would win. We already did this in MM a couple months back..

 

merchant asked whitaker after the vasquez fight if he was willing to fight norris and whitaker pretty much said no. i think norris would've beaten him down.

 

Norris was a dummy

He's not beating Whitaker

It's the same as when Whitaker was fighting... Half the guys he fought, you'd hear the same shit form people before the fight: "How's Whitaker gonna keep him off??? how's he gonna get his respect?? this guy is going to walk through hsi punches... blahblahblah" but every time it was the same thing: the guy would find himself surprised that it actually did hurt to get punched in the face repeatedly by Whitaker, that it really was THAT hard to consistently land anything on him, and that he really was a tough, surly little bastard who was far stronger than he looked, especially on the inside... Norris would find out, too, but then again that would have meant facing a top fighter at or near that fighter's prime, so of course Norris wouldn't be taking that fight

 

get real, norris wouldve jumped on a fight with whitaker if it was ever offered.

 

yes, his big history of risk taking surely supports such a claim

Norris and big fight are mutually exclusive concepts

chickenshit bully

 

yes im sure he was terrified of a welterweight with a knockout percentage lower than his typical blood/alcohol content.

 

Norris was terrified of any opponent who could beat him

and he would be beaten

 

was he also scared of chavez?

 

Chavez wasn't a welterweight champion and he did not carry the weight well... Whitaker was and did

Norris was too stupid to beat Whitaker

 

whitaker was a money fight, a smaller guy who didnt have the power to hurt norris. if you truly believe he wouldve passed on facing him you are delusional.

 

everybody had power to hurt Norris:nono:

If you think he would have beaten him, it is you who is delusional

 

i think he wouldve beaten the perico out of pernell.

 

yes because he was so great:scratcher:

and because so many others had success attempting to do that:notallthere:

 

right. i guess norris wouldnt be able to hit the guy.

because norris fought how many guys he had trouble landing his best shots against?

 

because Norris fought WHO again?

 

2 B Fair, Don King Held Terry Norris Back...

Based PURELY on his STYLE of Fighting, REED Seriously Doubts that Norris was RELUCTANT to Fight ANYBODY, Especially SMALLER Guys that Would've Gotten him LARGE Paydays...

Norris Would've JUMPED @ the Chance to Fight Pernell Whittaker, but Don King DIDN'T Have Options on Whittaker & Especially when U Consider that Whittaker had All but Taken Julio Cesar Chavez's "0" from him, King was Probably LEERY of Matching Whittaker & Norris...King RARELY Matched his Guys Against Fighters he Didn't ALREADY have Under Contract...This is why Roy Jones Never Fought Nigel Benn or Gerald McClellan, for Example...

REED Isn't Sure WHO Would've Won btwn Norris & Whittaker, but it'd have Been Amongst THE TOUGHEST Fights Sweet Pea EVER had...Norris' SIZE, STRENGTH, YOUTH & ATHLETICISM would've Made for an INTERESTING Contrast to Whittaker's Experience, Counterpunching & Defensive Prowess...



REED:kidcool:

 

norris sparred hundreds of rounds against his brother who was a fucking cruiser/heavy. doesnt sound like a guy who was scared to fight anyone

 

He had no problem rematching Brown, though, and I thought he won every round of the rematch. Giampa's 116-112 card in favor of Norris was one of the worst scorecards I've seen.

Whatever criticisms there are to be aimed at Norris, ducking guys who could beat him shouldn't be on the list, imo.