One of the fastest handed fighters of all time, and always came across as a very down to earth, good guy. Rest easy.
Gold Medalist @ the '76 Olympics and Member of Arguably THE Most Talented U.S. Men's Boxing Team Ever, Along with Ray Leonard, Michael Spinks, Leon Spinks, John Tate and Leo Randolph... Had a Very Good Pro Career that Fell JUST Short of Winning a World Title, Back when Belts were LESS Plentiful than they Are Today...Lately, Davis was IMPROVING the Hands of Severeal MMAists, if REED Isn't Mistaken... REED:mj:
Warren, for all his faults, was sincere in stating that Christie was the best 'boxer' he'd ever seen.... :dunno:
Best in the era of splintered titles Best ever? No way, not as long as Charley Burley existed (and several others) He had fantastic handspeed and good skills but just couldn't get over the hump... That Rosario fight was the closest he got... A late flash knockdown ruined it for him RIP
Just shows you, you need power in this business. Everything doesn't make up for not having any power, but power can make up for not having a lot of the rest.
Especially when it comes to getting noticed and put on TV/PPV. More often than not boxers beat punchers, but the punchers sell tickets and generate the most interest. There will be always be more room on an undercard for a Matthysse than an Algeiri as an example.
Rosario knocked him twice: in the second and in the twelve. <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KhJdhSPgFa4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Yeah what Clogg is saying is that one of the knockdowns cost him, he could have suffered one and won, but two was one too many, relative to the cards which were split and one of them had him losing by 1 point. Avoid the 12th round KD, and he wins the fight. It's a testament to those fighters in particular and that era in general that both men were still swinging with seconds left............today they would be posing and faking and then demanding rematches on the basis that "I felt I won".
