I finally caught this fight yesterday and have to say I thoroughly enjoyed it. Hanshaw threw himself at Jones from the opening bell in the same manner Badi Ajamu did but unlike Ajamu whose attempts to actually win lasted less than three minutes Hanshaw mainted that pressure throughout virtually the whole fight.
Jones coped with the pressure well and was never hurt even though his rope a dope antics seemed foolhardy at times, certainly Peter Manfredo got stopped for far less.
Hanshaw was game but I have to be honest, the first I ever heard of him was a few months back when Jones Jr first announced his plans to fight him.
Until his fight with Jones I had never seen him fight, nor I guess had probably that many people on here.
So where does that place Jones' peformance?
Having never seen Hanshaw before and not recognising any names on his record I for one have no way of really assessing that performance.
What did you guys make of it? Was Hanshaw the dangerous undefeated cat that Jones would have us believe or was he a handpicked limited fighter chosen because of his exciting come forward style but lack of boxing craft, a similar opponent maybe to Vinny Maddalone, a gutsy but limited come forward brawler chosen for Evander Holyfield to destroy?
As I've said I really don't know so I'm asking this question to those of you better aquainted with Hanshaw.
Was Jones' win something of substance, a sign that he still has the tools or was he little more than a Badi Ajamu with slightly more ambition?
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