Calvin Brock back!

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Gets hit too often....not an accurate puncher.....his hands are too low

Better but not the best

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Originally Posted by Lyle

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Gets hit too often....not an accurate puncher.....his hands are too low

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Put up the first two rounds & then the last two...you see a different picture.

Thing is...he won the fight & outboxed argueably one of the better boxers of the last 8-9 years...he beat him twice when others couldn't.

You can't take that away from him.

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Originally Posted by Lyle

Better but not the best

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He did good enough to win...& he is improving. Never said that he was the best...but he's getting better & again...that's what counts.

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Originally Posted by SweetPea

Calvin Brock is your typical fringe contender. He will always beat the guys he should beat, but he'll never beat a top heavyweight, like Wlad or Peter. He just doesn't have the weapons to be a true heavyweight contender.

I don't expect the change in trainers to improve anything. I've always been of the opinion that Hall of Fame athletes make horrible trainers/coaches/managers. It's just impossible for them to relate to guys who can't do the things they could do.
Sure, Whitaker was a smart fighter, and there must be tricks of the trade that he could teach a fighter, but so much of what he did was things that you could never teach. I will be surprised if he is successful as a trainer.

I just read today that Gatti may start working with Whitaker as well. I think that one is pretty funny. A trainer who always focused 100% on defense, working with a fighter who only cares about offense.

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I think thats the general idea behind that one. To improve his defence. Bit too late now like.

Fact is Sam is still very raw and he needs correcting but then again there are a lot of flawed fighters out there he can take advantage of.

Wacko, he has improved but it's not to a level where he's head and shoulders above EVERYONE.


Calvin Brock does everything average and therefore he's dangerous for ANYONE to fight, even Sam Peter

He boxed better than Sam did vs Wladimir....now I know he didn't knock Wlad down but still he frustrated Wlad more. Sam just landed a couple hard punches and that's it