Nah. Blocker was as non-descript a titleist as they come. Judah has him covered, at least on his best night.
Blocker was a great boxer... he lacked durability and serious power, but he was 10 feet tall, had a a long gorgeous jab and good legs... I can't see Judah being able to get to him or figure him out... he'd become frustrated and he'd spend the second half of the fight posing and complaining
Yeah, I think Blocker outboxes Zab. Zab KO's Breland though. Breland's chin made Zab's look like Hagler's.
True but Breland could crack and he fought tall very well. It depends on who lands their bomb first. And I agree with the consensus, Mo Blocker would have beaten Judah. Trinidad and Norris iced him but he took some good shots from Brown before folding and his jab, activity and boxing allowed him to squeak by Starling. I've never seen the Honeyghan fight, how did he beat Blocker? Did Honeyghan's power or unorthodox style give Blocker more problems?
More his unorthodox style. It was a pretty good fight actually. Though Honeyghan won clearly, Blocker was comeptitive and gave a very good account of himself. Definitely a fight worth seeing.
Really? As a professional? The legendary Breland power was not a carryover from his amateur days. He was almost the complete opposite of what Hearns was. Hearns was an amateur without any pop, but a pro who had devastating power. Breland was a knockout artist amateur who's power wasn't anything prodigious in the pro's. Aaron "Superman" Davis walked through Breland's power then knocked him out; so did Marlon Starling.
Davis didn't walk through Breland's power. He hurt Breland early and then got rocked and was busted up but he hung on and finally broke down and stopped Breland with a bomb that he walked right into. He was cautious in there the whole time. Starling fought more aggressively so he could get inside Breland's jab and dig in those hooks but he wasn't eating flush right hands. Breland was a very, very poor man's Hearns but he could crack. Unfortunately he was as durable as a wet paper towel.
Aaron Davis had a great chin, never off his feet Starling also was very sturdy in the chin department and called Breland the hardest hitter he ever faced, saying his jab was harder than most guys right hands I think Lloyd Honeyghan would also disagree, considering what Breland did to him Breland was as fragile as a doily, but he could definitely crack
Going by his amateur success in the knockout department, I would have expected a little more Tommy Hearns or even just a little Julian Jackson. Those are the kinds of guys, who in their prime, glancing blows produced knockouts.
I'd say it's just a TAD over the top to use Hearns and Jackson as a barometer for punching power If you are going to say that "If you don't hit like Hearns or Jackson, you aren't a big hitter" than essentially, you are left with maybe 6 or 7 actual hard punchers in the history of boxing You could hit half as hard as those two and you'd still hit like a bastard... Mark Breland could absolutely punch
:laugh11:shut your mouth in all seriousness, if somebody wanted to know how to throw a jab, you could do FAR WORSE than Maurice Blocker as your exhibit A
I stated how I EXPECTED him to be more like Jackson or Hearns based on his amateur knockout rate. I did not say if you do not hit like those two guys....
it happens... Sean Mannion stunned Mike McCallum... Dick Tiger suffered the first knockdown of his career off of Emile Griffith bottom line is that Aaron Davis got hit plenty of times in his career and he never hit the deck, he had a terrific chin
