Brewster is my favorite heavyweight fighter. The only thing is that Brewster is beatable by any boxer with a decent chin. If Brewster jumps on Lyakhovich I think he can score a 1st round KO, but if Lyakhvich's chin holds up, I think he will take Brewster to the later rounds, but still Brewster wins by TKO 10.
Although I said the same thing that Brewster would do the same to Meehan. And Meehan almost stopped him and got robbed of a decision.
I get your point, but the thing is the 217 lbs. Toney looked better than the 237 lb version, for instance.
True. Toney probably would've whipped Rahman had he come in at 217. But not training and looking like a slob ala Kirk Johnson in the Vitali fight, any heavyweight will be at a disadvantage. You definitely have to train 12 rounds and prepare for a big fight.
How about Frank Bruno or Evander Holyfield? ;)
Undefeated, Toney should have lost that fight.
Good physiques, but not bodybuilders. Ken Norton is another one. Basically, what I'm saying is, what a person looks like means nothing in the sport. Training and preparing for a fight is completely different than trying to get your muscles pumped up.
Like Undefeated said, Fat Toney made a close fight when Rahman came in at the best shape of his life.
I agree. Buddy Magert (however you spell his last name) makes a good trainer. Teddy Atlas was a good trainer. I wish Teddy would train more fighters.
Nah, Teddy Atlas is a good announcer, but as a trainer, he is horrible. His style only works with certain fighters. If you call that a style. The tough guy, talking your head off, belittleing style is good for some fighters, I guess.
And I don't really know much about Teddy's boxing credentials. A lot of people say that there is no record of Teddy acutally fighting, let alone winning the golden gloves.
But anyway. The best fighter/now trainer is Freddy Roach. Eddie Futch trained him when he was a fighter (Freddy was acutally pretty good). And now you could see all the great fighters he trains. His style is great. I wish he could train me one day.
who knows what judges are thinking? But I do have say that you get a whole different perspective of a fight while you're sitting at ring side. Rather than watching it on television.
I have a very close friend who does some work for a pretty repsected boxing website and he has gotten to be pretty tight with Andre Ward...
I told my friend I wanted him to ask this exact question to Andre "level with me Andre how many times you been iced in sparring?" (obviously my freind would never ask that but I love flipping him shit about his boy)
The kid has a disconnect with his head/chin...he is no dominant future world champion-at least from this cult fans point of view.
I think so, too. Ward is being hyped up as the next champion, but he will probably be knocked out once he fights a top guy.
Plus they always hyping his gold medal, when the amateur game is basically slap fighting and running around the ring for points.