Never seen Pernell Whitaker but a quick Youtube v Chavez - nice boxer!
Roy Jones was like that for me. No doubt a great (shouldn't have moved up though) but so hard to actually catch on TV.Was hard to catch in terms of tv, however, i always managed to get a vhs off the lads in the gym.... he won't be everyone's cup of tea but defensively, nobody comes close, that includes money. He was also robbed by the WBC, as per, in a couple of his fights, the Chavez one was a disgrace, however you'd expect nothing else from the Mexican cartel who run the body
Roy Jones was like that for me. No doubt a great (shouldn't have moved up though) but so hard to actually catch on TV.
An enigma was Jones, to move through the divisions, especially from light middleweight, all the way through to Heavyweight champion, is kind of ridiculous and showed up the division somewhat following the golden period of the 90s.. Taking nothing away from the guy, a superb boxer, however, to reach his goal he was juicing his ass off
This, for me, is why Calzaghe is probably the UK's greatest, alongside Lewis.. sure he was avoided for many years, and who wouldn't after he annihilated Lacy, however, if there is a better in fight tactician, I'm yet to find him!
Lennox LewisLooking back, who were your 5 favourite fighters in your lifetime?
For me.. (37 years old)
Calzaghe
Hatton
Mayweather
Naseem Hamed
Eubank (Sr)
There was a midweek show on around 10-11 pm in the 80s and 90s with Reg Gutteridge and Jim Watt that used to show the big fights from around the world from the previous week.Roy Jones was like that for me. No doubt a great (shouldn't have moved up though) but so hard to actually catch on TV.
There was a midweek show on around 10-11 pm in the 80s and 90s with Reg Gutteridge and Jim Watt that used to show the big fights from around the world from the previous week.
All the greats like Whittaker,Chavez and Jones were regulars on it.Was probably my favourite programme of that era.