Can Juan Carlos Gomez still be a force in the HW Division?

I remember seeing this guy easily outbox sinan samil sam, and i thought at that time, this guy might make it all the way, but he then suffered a shock loss to a guy he should have beat if he had of took the fight serious. he has since had a good win over defiagbon, and is fighting later this month. not many guys in the heavyweight division have the sort of boxing ability gomez has, and if he shows the sort of form he had aganist samil sam, i still think he's one of the top heavyweights out there, what do you guys think?

Comments (20)

Fareastwarrior

Gomex brings nothing special to the heavyweight division. He cannot change anything in that divison nowadays, especially if he only fights in Europe where the opposition is not the same as in USA.

21y ago

paul750

Gomez is a cute heavyweight that will play the "hit and don't get hit" game to perfection. I can see him winning a boring fight, but I can't see him taking out a serious contender. I agree that Gomez would have been a better test than Diaz. maybe he can get a fight with someone like sam peter in the future and prove he is much better than the diaz fight, he needs to be 100% focused to get to the very top

21y ago

tri4ben2

21y ago

AintGottaClue

bryd dont move his legs ..u must not box..he stands there movin upper body..and gomez can hit whast does u must not box have to do with byrd? byrd can move he uses his legs to get away.

21y ago

paul750

for the record i think gomez would be a much tougher opponent for sam peter than diaz was, peter is a big slow guy, and i think if gomez is fully focused and on his game, he could possibly outbox peter over twelve rounds so long as he dosn't get caught by a bomb

21y ago

paul750

bryd dont move his legs ..u must not box..he stands there movin upper body..and gomez can hit yes thats correct, bryd mostly uses his upper body reflexes, that's what he was trying to do with ike ibeabuchi when he was sitting on the ropes using his upper body reflexes when ibeabuchi landed that uppercut which knocked him senseless

21y ago

realheavyhands

bryd dont move his legs ..u must not box..he stands there movin upper body..and gomez can hit

21y ago

AintGottaClue

used hes feet better the any heavyweight klits cant handle that..longer jab too...rahman would be his biggest weakness cuz he a beast and a good athlete klits cant handle feet movment, guess u didnt see the byrd fights

21y ago

paul750

Al cole is pretty god damn old now, when did JC ko cole-it wasn't that long ago in comparison with Rock and Kirk. no he beat Al Cole long before Rahman stuggled to beat him over twelve rounds

21y ago

guru

having only seen JCG vs Sam, i didnt think he could accomplish very much in the division

21y ago

realheavyhands

first off i used to think wlad was da truth ..but he aint shit but a big ass goof...stop with wlad he is ruined ..he had all that potential but now he softer then baby food

21y ago

Neuraxis

most underrated heavyweight easy ...was off a long ass time before diaz..gots plenty power.. most complete heavyweight in the division LOL, this coming from a Wlad hater. This just in he was KO'd by Diaz. That makes Wlad's chin look like Ray Mercer's.

21y ago

realheavyhands

JC Gomez is the new millenium's version of Jorge Luis Gonzales: a phenom as an ameteur, but now a professional with an amateur style and work ethic, who won't go very far in the pro game....that slapping style will get JC points victories vs. cruiserweights but he'd get crushed by any top 10 heavyweight HE HITS HARD 37 wins 31 ko's....tyson and rahaman can beat him nobody else...he was inactive n was in contract dispuits and court battles before his 1 loss great chin never been down

21y ago

scap

i agree he must have a shaky chin, but he has pretty good power, he knocked out Al Cole in 5 rounds,the likes of Rahman and kirk johnson couldn't do that Al cole is pretty god damn old now, when did JC ko cole-it wasn't that long ago in comparison with Rock and Kirk.

21y ago

SacTown1

21y ago

realheavyhands

used hes feet better the any heavyweight klits cant handle that..longer jab too...rahman would be his biggest weakness cuz he a beast and a good athlete

21y ago

ejk22

Against Diaz he looked to be out of shape and very arrogant showing no respect towards Diaz. He took alot of shots from Diaz but showed he would not be able to take hard shots from fighters like Rahman, both Klits, Tyson, Toney, etc etc

21y ago

realheavyhands

most underrated heavyweight easy ...was off a long ass time before diaz..gots plenty power.. most complete heavyweight in the division

21y ago

paul750

against Sam, Gomez looked to be a fine boxer but he appeared to have zero power in his shots, couple that with a shaky chin that was on display against Yanqui and you have another fucked up heavyweight. i agree he must have a shaky chin, but he has pretty good power, he knocked out Al Cole in 5 rounds,the likes of Rahman and kirk johnson couldn't do that

21y ago

scap

21y ago