Chris John: End of an Era

[BlackSnakeMamba]

Good Riddance. The guy is one of the most protected boxers of all time. Marquez beat him in 2004. It sucks that he wasted his prime fighting in Indonesia.

Props to that South African for beating him, and making him quit on his stool.

[BennyST]

The fight besides JMM which most American "fans" normally remember is the one against Juarez. John came to the challengers backyard of Texas to face a man who had only lost to Soto and MAB, giving MAB one of his toughest fights ever in the process. When I watched the fight I had only one clear winner, Chris John, WBA champion of the world. He out boxed Juarez for large parts of the bout and managed to hurt him too. Juarez as always put up a great fight and showed he could fight but it was clear John was superior. The draw is as home town as a decision can be. I think the fight disgusted John and unbiased, true fans of the sport. No wonder John refused to ever travel to the US ever again...well apart from once

Before John drew with Juarez, Rocky also fought Marquez and got schooled, losing basically every round.