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damn...jaws is getting worse by the day. :doh:

 

To an extent I would agree with that, but then there are guys like Ray Lampkin, who Duran put into a coma for 3 or 4 days. They might argue that he had one-punch power.

Actually, I once read that guys who are really considered punchers are the ones who carried their power to the late rounds and were still able to get knockouts. Sometimes guys can get overwhelmed early, but late-round KOs were indicative of real punching power.

Look at Manny Pac, he gets the KO early or late, but sometimes he just doesn't get it. I thought Duran's power decreased as he went up, but he definitely stopped a lot of people at lightweight. DeJesus beat him the first time, and then Duran came back and got him the second time by decision and in the third bout by KO.

There aren't too many devastasting punchers out there for sure, but Duran was pretty heavyhanded...just not usually a one-and-done-type puncher!

Guys like Julian Jackson and Gerald McClellan are a rarity indeed.

 

Jaws is THE Most EASILY RATTLED Poster Since MOB...


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No, Duran KO'd de jesus in the 2nd and 3rd fights.

 

Hopkins was ranked higher than Jones, of course Hopkins was a completely different fighter and had a completely different style when Jones fought him......Jones wouldn't have been able to slip and counter Hopkins, he was much too slow to do that when Hopkins was prime.

 

Hopkins was ranked by the Ring in the top 10.

I think Hopkins was green and still improving as a fighter when Roy beat him, but then again, so was Roy.

 

Sigh. Another topic down the drain.:doh:

How 'bout we get back to talking about boxing??

 

That is true. It's not like Jones was a long time champion when they fought. Sometimes folks try to make it sound like Jones was an established veteran with a history of big fights and Hopkins was a complete novice. It was the first "big" fight for both of them.

 

fighting for a gold medal was a bigger fight than facing an unproven hopkins.

 

But that DOESN'T Mean Roy's Gold Medal Opponent was BETTER than an "Unproven" Hopkins...

That 1st Professional WORLD Title Fight is BIGGER than ANY Ammy Medal Fight, N REED's Opinion...

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No way. Hopkins was better than any of Jones' Olympic opponents and fighting for a Pro World Title on HBO is a bigger deal than any amateur title.

 

I don't know about that...honestly. An Olympic gold is harder to come by than a professional world title. Anyway, semantics. Neither guy was who they became and it doesn't carry the same weight as their names suggest.