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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - It all depends on what you like.
If you’re a fan of arrogant chest-thumpers who aren’t bashful about calling out foes and claiming lofty places on the world stage, you’re probably better off forgetting Daud Yordan.
Because, while the 25-year-old Indonesian surely has the chops to warrant a spot among the world’s best featherweights, it’d be a cold day in hell before he’d say it all himself.
“I like to think I fight like my boxing idol Miguel Cotto, who is a warrior always attacking in the ring and a gentleman outside the ring.
“They are all great fighters and any fighters can win on any given day. I am not an arrogant person. I cannot say I’m the best. All I can do is train as hard as I can and put on the best performance I can and then the fans can judge who is the best.
“There are many great champions, I respect them all.”
Not exactly the stuff of Mayweather and Broner, right?
Yordan joined the championship fraternity himself on May 5 in Singapore, where he rose from a first-round knockdown to score two of his own in the second en route to a quick stoppage of previously unbeaten Lorenzo Villanueva for the vacant IBO title belt at 126 pounds. [Click Here To Read More]
If you’re a fan of arrogant chest-thumpers who aren’t bashful about calling out foes and claiming lofty places on the world stage, you’re probably better off forgetting Daud Yordan.
Because, while the 25-year-old Indonesian surely has the chops to warrant a spot among the world’s best featherweights, it’d be a cold day in hell before he’d say it all himself.
“I like to think I fight like my boxing idol Miguel Cotto, who is a warrior always attacking in the ring and a gentleman outside the ring.
“They are all great fighters and any fighters can win on any given day. I am not an arrogant person. I cannot say I’m the best. All I can do is train as hard as I can and put on the best performance I can and then the fans can judge who is the best.
“There are many great champions, I respect them all.”
Not exactly the stuff of Mayweather and Broner, right?
Yordan joined the championship fraternity himself on May 5 in Singapore, where he rose from a first-round knockdown to score two of his own in the second en route to a quick stoppage of previously unbeaten Lorenzo Villanueva for the vacant IBO title belt at 126 pounds. [Click Here To Read More]
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