Vernon Forrest vs Pipino Cuevas

Does Forrest take Cuevas apart, or would Cuevas blast Vern out?

 

forrest, although cuevas the legend k him tfo

 

Cuevas wouldn't get under his skin the way Mayorga did so I think Forrest wouldn't do anything stupid here and thus he'd beat Cuevas by comfortable decision

 

Forrest should be able to outbox Cuevas cleanly.

 

Agreed on the 'should' part. I would favor Vernon, but Cuevas had huge power at welter and i could see him flattening Forrest all the same.

 

huh?

 

I could see Cuevas spooking Vernon and chasing him out of the ring a la mayorga 2 except more convincingly

 

I believe that what he's saying is that realistically Forrest wins this fight (which I agree with) but if we get caught up in the recent legend of Cuevas (Xplosive's creation :: ) then Cuevas wins by knocking him out easily.

 

ah gotcha.

 

cuevas punched hard w/ both hands and also knew how to land with frequence. forrest would be in trouble here. i doubt he lasts against the mexican.

 

WTF? When the hell have I ever hyped Cuevas?

 

actually i think it's Tam Tam who started the legend of Cuevas. but i could be wrong. so Tam Tam, if you're there, and you read this, and i'm wrong, please don't lash out at me. i'm not sure if i could handle it.

 

Cuevas was a tough bastard, and he'd walk through everything Vernon would throw at him. Cuevas by KO in 10.

 

Forrest loses and gets KOed with one punch by a pug like Mayorga...and he outboxes Pipino Cuevas? Gimmie a break. Cuevas would knock him out before round 8, while behind in the fight.

 

well, when u put it "that" way - except cuevas not durable like mayorga

 

Please. Before Hearns, Pipino was durable as fuck and fought a BUNCH of quality fighters in an elite welterweight division. Mayorga didn't and like Pipino, has been chinny since his first crushing loss.

When Oscar De La Hoya stops you @ 154, you're chinny as hell.

 

What's frequence? Is that French?

 

Cuevas KO in four or Forrest decision. I lean towards Cuevas

 

I'll answer my own question: Cuevas by KO. Forrest wasn't Hearns, and he wasn't Duran. Cuevas would catch him, and take him out inside of 5.

 

Lean towards Pipino by knockout

 

I would only give Cuevas a puncher chance, and Forrest had a pretty good chin, so it would be a slim one.

 

He did? That's news to me.

Forrest had a pretty average chin. It wasn't terrible, but I don't think it was sturdy enough to handle Cuevas' firepower.

 

What puncher did Vernon face that was from the same planet as Cuevas?

 

Mosley (yeah i done-said it).

 

Cuevas was a great puncher in the same way that Lemieux is a great puncher (to a lower degree obviously). Their power looks devastating against b level fighters, yet, as soon as they up the level of opposition, that huge power seems to dissapear.

Not to say that he didn't had dynamite in his hands (he obviously had), but having great power and being able to use it against great opposition is two completely different things

 

Word. Also, did Forrest ever go down apart from the first Mayorga bout that was prematurely stopped?

 

I'd love to see an example of Cuevas's power "disappearing" against someone

Someone mention the completely washed up Cuevas that Roberto Duran beat

 

Why would he be completely shot against Duran ??? While he got hit a lot, and he started boxing at an anormaly young age,, he was 25 years old when he faced Duran. Let's be serious for a few seconds.

 

That is insane

 

He had been boxing professionally since he was 14:giggle:

What does biological age have to do with anything? Was Wilfred Benitez in his prime at age 25, too?