Mormeck.....Exposed ?

[jabsRstiff]

I'm thinking the reason Mormeck had looked like such a monster before Saturday night.....was because he faced Braithwaite, whom he outweighed by ten lbs.....& Virgil Hill, a washed-up lt. heavy.

He was able to bull them around while easily taking their punches.
Against Bell, he was actually the lighter guy. He couldn't really hurt Bell, who was supposed to have a weak chin. He became fatigued very quickly, which was probably because he was trying to push around someone as big/bigger then himself.

[Super_Lightweight]

hmm

It's possible that he undertrained, feeling he was such a badass with his recent successes. I mean, who the **** does an online poll asking for a nickname right before a big fight?

Hill gave Mormeck loads of trouble but didn't have the power to stop him like Bell did. I suppose Mormeck had the stamina to compete with a older guy like Hill who doesn't hit hard at 190, but Bell was a different story.

All very interesting as it seemed Bell was lucky in one of his recent fights vs a Canadian cruiserweight...maybe that Canadian is one badass mofo. Dale Brown I think it was...

[RiverCityMike]

I don't know about exposed. What you say is true, but Bell fought the fight of his life too. I'd seen quite a few of his fights before and he never looked as 'loose' as he did in this fight. I don't know if it had so much to do with Mormeck as it had to with Bell really stepping up for the occasion.

[pr20]

His opponet the other night took a lot of great punches. you have to give the guy credit for his Beard. He was hit with some good shots that I think would have rocked some lesser oponents

[scap]

I'm thinking the reason Mormeck had looked like such a monster before Saturday night.....was because he faced Braithwaite, whom he outweighed by ten lbs.....& Virgil Hill, a washed-up lt. heavy.

He was able to bull them around while easily taking their punches.
Against Bell, he was actually the lighter guy. He couldn't really hurt Bell, who was supposed to have a weak chin. He became fatigued very quickly, which was probably because he was trying to push around someone as big/bigger then himself.

The fans and the experts really had been overrating Braithwaite for a long time and when he was beaten by Jean Marc he definately got elevated to a status that he probably had not earned quite yet.

Geurillmo Jones and Steve Cunningham are the 2 best crusiers in the world right now and when Cunnigham squares off against Bell you can morgtage your home on it.

[Bombardier]

I think Mormeck landed some mega-shots, though. Bell just has a granite chin, but his head was spinning with some of those connects.

Where Mormeck was killed was in his endurance, he simply ran out of gas, Vivian Harris-style. The thing is that he pulled the same stunt before, coasting for the last 4-5 rounds of his fight with Braithwaite, which made the score a lot closer than it should have been. Maybe he just doesn't have it in him to go a full fight.

To answer Super_Lightweight's question, yes, it was "Cowboy" Dale Brown that Bell got a bit of a gift decision against last year. Really Brown could have a lot more consistent in his effort, but on a round-by-round scoring basis he probably should have won the fight.

[Stealthic]

Mormeck's power is overrated, that's all I have to say about that. He's a big, intimidating dude who doesn't hit nearly as hard as you'd expect him too.

[scap]

****...Mormeck is French.

[jack_the_rippuh]

Guillermo Jones would have got Mormeck out of there earlier..