A Prime Vernon Forrest vs Zab at 147

[loangunZ]

he is injured right now or was, he is coming back in june I think

[dino]

forest would do judah the same way he did mosley...and forest beat mayorga in the 2nd fight and got ripped off i might add

[mic573]

Is he? ...I could have sworn he hasn't fought for 18 months now...

Just because he hasn't fought in awhile doesn't mean he isn't in his prime. I'd pick Forrest by decision.

[guru]

forrest by KO... he's much bigger, has the power to take zab's weak chin out and he knows how to deal with speed....

[mic573]

forrest by KO... he's much bigger, has the power to take zab's weak chin out and he knows how to deal with speed....

I wouldn't say Judah's chin is the best but I wouldn't say it was weak either. Outside of the Tszyu fight the only times Judah was knocked down was because of him being off balance or standing with his feet together like in the Spinks fight. The Tszyu fight was the only time I seen him hurt.

[guru]

I wouldn't say Judah's chin is the best but I wouldn't say it was weak either. Outside of the Tszyu fight the only times Judah was knocked down was because of him being off balance or standing with his feet together like in the Spinks fight. The Tszyu fight was the only time I seen him hurt.

he's been down against millett, spinks and bergman that I know of... all 3 times were from one punch and none of those guys are huge punchers... i dont think he takes a good punch and forrest hits hard enough to put him out...

[mic573]

he's been down against millett, spinks and bergman that I know of... all 3 times were from one punch and none of those guys are huge punchers... i dont think he takes a good punch and forrest hits hard enough to put him out...

That's because he was off balance or squared up. He was never hurt from those punches. Forrest does have enough power that could hurt Judah but I'm just saying that his chin isn't as weak as people make it out to be.

[guru]

i think oscar, shane and forrest would all beat zab.... and i'd certainly give mayorga, cintron, and mragarito a good punchers chance...

i still think zab's chin is weak, he's been on the canvas too many times against too many different opponents, off balance or not...

[boxernyc]

Tszyu, Millett, and Bergman are the only people to floor him.
That is better than the 8 fighters who knocked Trinidad down.


Even at that, they were mostly pushes.

Good point about Tito. I haven't seen Forest fight yet. What fights should I see to get the best impression of his skill and style? When I read the thread title I thougt to myself, did I miss Vernon Forest's prime? Wow, that was a short prime! I think the poster meant in shape and injury free Forest. Prime refers more to point in their career, i.e. learning, in prime, in decline and then sometimes you have the shot fighter.

[guru]

Tszyu, Millett, and Bergman are the only people to floor him.
That is better than the 8 fighters who knocked Trinidad down.


Even at that, they were mostly pushes.

spinks also put him down, also tito hasn't been one punched KO'd either like zab.... or suffered 2 knocdowns from one punch....