And let's get one thing straight ... Holyfield technically lost to Valuev as well. We all know that the decision was a joke, but I saw Ruiz' two "losses" to Valuev too and they weren't really losses.
Shawn,
I agree with you wholeheartedly. I am a sterngth & conditioning coach and have worked with fighters. Looking at Margarito's frail structure and knowing Shane's power-lifting background, I think Shane should take full advantage of that and try to wear down Antonio on the inside. That's just common sense and any competent trainer should know that. Kudos to you for your astute observation!
Did you ever see his knockout loss to Mike McCallum? That was hard to watch. His quick demise reminded me a little bit of Meldrick Taylor. Great promise, sad ending...
Cintron is not from CT. I forget where he's from but I thought it was somewhere in the South.
WTF do I need to do to get my profile pic to appear with these posts?
Thank you for the previous post because I wanted to start my morning off with a good laugh. I said in my original post that Connecticut is full of nobodies and pansies. Scully is both.
I think you need to delete your last post before people laugh you right off this board.
Ah, Silencers knows his stuff...an intelligent poster in here. Good to have a colleague along the same level of intellect. :o)
I'd say Starling was the last decent fighter from Connecticut. He has wins over Mark Breland and Simon Brown and that's good enough for me. Bravo.
Hey guys...I'm kinda new in here. How do I get my profile picture to show up when I post? It's in my profile, but when I post messages, it doesn't appear below my name. There's gotta be some place where I can select this setting, but I don't know where...
And what's Scully gonna do? Hit me with his pocket book? LOL!
I can tell you an inteesting story aout Scully from about ten years ago. He's a comlte pansy.
You're absolutely right. Willie Pep was one of the all-time greats...that's kind of why I started this thread. Pep is an old-timer, but name one guy from 1980-and-on who has been any good???
Snoopy...
Why are you asking Scully his opinion? Scully is a third-rate fighter and a third-rate trainer. His opinion and a dollar might get you a token on the subway...
Mosley's victory was paramount in that it kept afloat the last man standing from the elite stars of the mid-90's. Oscar, Jones, Jr., Vargas, Trinidad - all those guys are shadows of their former selves. Bernard can still bang a little, but Floyd has moved onto better things. Shane might be the last superstar of years past who can keep the spotlight on our beloved sport. His win over Margarito was a thing of beauty.
Son, there is no need to lay a fowl tongue, young man. I'll have you bounced right off this forum.
As for John Scully, if he was a somebody in boxing, he wouldn't be wasting his time in forums, trying to impress a bunch of nobodies. I am far more respected in the boxing community than he is, trust me on that. Get your facts straight, son.
Ahhhhh....and out comes Scully's alter egos, jumping to his defense. This happened at the ESPN forum too. People got sick of Scully's crap and he started creating all of these alter egos to fight his battles. The webmaster at ESPN had it pinned within minutes. Nice try, Skullee...
Lex:
Scully is a second-rate fighter from the 90's who was the whipping post for some of the legitimate guys coming up. He shows up on a lot of boxing forums, posing as some sort of guru. LOL! I'm not surprised that you've never heard of him. Neither have people in his own family.
Contenders,
My family was living out in Seattle and I went out in '93 to visit. My friend, who is in the Army, went with me. When we were there, we drove out to Yakima to visit one of his Army buds. It was a cool town, beautiful area. Walla Walla has a maximum security prison, doesn't it?