Ray Leonard-Tommy Hearns II Terry Norris-Meldrick Taylor (purely because Taylor to psyche Norris out with those "leopard colors") Pacquiao-Cotto What are some other great catchweight fights
Roy Jones Jr. vs. John Ruiz...Arguably THE BIGGEST Fight in Boxing Messageboard History... HUNDREDS of Posters (INLUDING the Likes of Double L, Free Ike, Orion, BoxerDog, Special K, KO Curt & Others) BOLDLY Predicted that Roy Jones would NEVER EVER Go Thru w/Such a Fight...Even AFTER Roy SIGNED the Contract AND Showed Up @ the Press Conferences, Many of those SAME Roy Haters Said "I WON'T Believe Roy's Going Thru w/the Fight UNTIL I See him Walking to the Ring".... In HINDSIGHT, 4 of the Aforementioned Names have Flat Out DISAfuckingPPEARED from Boxing Messageboards, CHILDISHLY Blamed Jay Nady for HOW the Fight Transpired &/or the Other 2 CONVENIENTLY FORGET All the Pre-Fight Excrement they Spewed.... REED::
Ruiz was a bum. Why would anyone think Roy will not fight him ? That was a perfect chance to get a heavyweight belt. Fighting one of the weakest champions ever.
Add me to that list. I didn't think Jones would go thru with it either. I don't know if this qualifies but Carlos Zarate and Alfonso Zamora were both bantamweight titleholders but both fought above 118 for no title. Pacquiao-DLH was at a catchweight, no? that's gotta be one of my favourites... considering the result hehe.
yeh that's wht i thought if it was in fact at catchweight then Roy should get even less credit for the fight :stir:
Pretty much so. Hopkins....in years to come, will be met with a barrage of revisionist history which exposes him for the snaggle-toothed cheat he was and is.
If people are talking about Jones vs Ruiz...perhaps I don't know what a "catchweight" means in this context.
:: indeed but Cmon Reed buddy I'm not trying to pick on Roy here I'm just saying it was a calculated risk on his part. Chill out
Uuuuuh, ALL Boxing Matches R "Calculated Risks", Aren't They???...The FACT is, Roy Jones was OUTWEIGHED by 33 Lbs Against a YOUNGER, STRONGER, BIGGER Man...& Ruiz was a LEGITIMATE Top 5 Heavyweight in his Era... REED:hammert:
I don't think RJJ could've won that fight without Nady's peculiar and unusual treatment of the action. At the first sight of any close quarters action, Ndy immediately stopped the action and broke the fighters.
