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Currently, who is the most protected fighter (e.g. someone like Sven Ottke)?
Chris John and Felix Sturm come to mind. Who else is out there?
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I don't know about protected, as it might be more a case of no available opposition beause of the Super Six but Lucian Bute has fought some pretty poor opposition for how highly rated he is.
Nonito Donaire was the same for the last few years although he did step up to fight Montiel and looked sensational. Back to easy fights again now though.
Both of these fighters fight in extrememly strong divisions though, with lot's of excellent competition so their fight resume's are surprisingly lacking.
Slightly down a level Alexander Povetkin has taken his sweet time to step up, and now with Holyfield apparently next he should feel pretty ashamed.
That said, given how easily everyone is being despatched by the brothers Klitschko it may be a smart move.
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JCC jr?
That's not a bad call at all.
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Cortez has protected Floyd. I guess he wins.
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JCC jr?
That's not a bad call at all.
He's got Manfredo next. I actually think Manfredo can beat him. I don't think he will get the decision if it goes the distance, and like with Alfonso Gomez against Canelo last weekend, he will be stopped at the slightest provacation so as not to derail the champ, but I'm thinking he will win clearly more rounds.
I'd love to see him pull the upset. I'll be rooting for him, and checking out his hot wife in the stands.
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I don't know about protected, as it might be more a case of no available opposition beause of the Super Six but Lucian Bute has fought some pretty poor opposition for how highly rated he is.
Nonito Donaire was the same for the last few years although he did step up to fight Montiel and looked sensational. Back to easy fights again now though.
Both of these fighters fight in extrememly strong divisions though, with lot's of excellent competition so their fight resume's are surprisingly lacking.
Slightly down a level Alexander Povetkin has taken his sweet time to step up, and now with Holyfield apparently next he should feel pretty ashamed.
That said, given how easily everyone is being despatched by the brothers Klitschko it may be a smart move.
I understand Povetkin dodged the Klitschko bullet, but he doesn't belong because he just faced Ruslan Chagaev who is a top heavyweight.
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Bilbo
I don't know about protected, as it might be more a case of no available opposition beause of the Super Six but Lucian Bute has fought some pretty poor opposition for how highly rated he is.
Nonito Donaire was the same for the last few years although he did step up to fight Montiel and looked sensational. Back to easy fights again now though.
Both of these fighters fight in extrememly strong divisions though, with lot's of excellent competition so their fight resume's are surprisingly lacking.
Slightly down a level Alexander Povetkin has taken his sweet time to step up, and now with Holyfield apparently next he should feel pretty ashamed.
That said, given how easily everyone is being despatched by the brothers Klitschko it may be a smart move.
I understand Povetkin dodged the Klitschko bullet, but he doesn't belong because he just faced Ruslan Chagaev who is a top heavyweight.
Chagaev 'was' a top heavyweight. He hasn't been in the top 10 for a while. He'd been struggling to even get a license the past few years because of his hepatitis scare. He'd also looked pretty poor in his outings since losing to Wlad, labouring to points wins over mediocre opposition.
Plus I thought he came close to beating Povetkin. Povetkin's stock dropped quite a bit for me after watching that fight.
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Bilbo
I don't know about protected, as it might be more a case of no available opposition beause of the Super Six but Lucian Bute has fought some pretty poor opposition for how highly rated he is.
Nonito Donaire was the same for the last few years although he did step up to fight Montiel and looked sensational. Back to easy fights again now though.
Both of these fighters fight in extrememly strong divisions though, with lot's of excellent competition so their fight resume's are surprisingly lacking.
Slightly down a level Alexander Povetkin has taken his sweet time to step up, and now with Holyfield apparently next he should feel pretty ashamed.
That said, given how easily everyone is being despatched by the brothers Klitschko it may be a smart move.
Donaire and Bute may not be fighting the types of challenges we would like to see top p4p guys face, but I wouldn't call them protected (as you pointed out in your post). What I'm talking about is a little bit different. For example, Donaire's next fight is against the top ranked junior bantamweight fighter in the world and I don't really see him as a case where he's not facing the people he should face. Also, Bute is facing Glen Johnson who is a top 10 super middleweight now.
Not the same as Chavez Jr., Chris John, or Felix Sturm who are seasoned professionals continuing to face club fighters.
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Bilbo
I don't know about protected, as it might be more a case of no available opposition beause of the Super Six but Lucian Bute has fought some pretty poor opposition for how highly rated he is.
Nonito Donaire was the same for the last few years although he did step up to fight Montiel and looked sensational. Back to easy fights again now though.
Both of these fighters fight in extrememly strong divisions though, with lot's of excellent competition so their fight resume's are surprisingly lacking.
Slightly down a level Alexander Povetkin has taken his sweet time to step up, and now with Holyfield apparently next he should feel pretty ashamed.
That said, given how easily everyone is being despatched by the brothers Klitschko it may be a smart move.
I understand Povetkin dodged the Klitschko bullet, but he doesn't belong because he just faced Ruslan Chagaev who is a top heavyweight.
Chagaev 'was' a top heavyweight. He hasn't been in the top 10 for a while. He'd been struggling to even get a license the past few years because of his hepatitis scare. He'd also looked pretty poor in his outings since losing to Wlad, labouring to points wins over mediocre opposition.
Plus I thought he came close to beating Povetkin. Povetkin's stock dropped quite a bit for me after watching that fight.
I don't disagree with your last part, but as far as ranking goes, he was ranked in the top ten when he faced Povetkin. I don't believe the heavyweight Haye faced anyone as good as Chagaev prior to facing Wlad, but that's a different discussion and I don't mean to get off topic.
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Carl Froch
And if you think I'm serious, you don't understand sarcasm :P
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Bilbo
I don't know about protected, as it might be more a case of no available opposition beause of the Super Six but Lucian Bute has fought some pretty poor opposition for how highly rated he is.
Nonito Donaire was the same for the last few years although he did step up to fight Montiel and looked sensational. Back to easy fights again now though.
Both of these fighters fight in extrememly strong divisions though, with lot's of excellent competition so their fight resume's are surprisingly lacking.
Slightly down a level Alexander Povetkin has taken his sweet time to step up, and now with Holyfield apparently next he should feel pretty ashamed.
That said, given how easily everyone is being despatched by the brothers Klitschko it may be a smart move.
Donaire and Bute may not be fighting the types of challenges we would like to see top p4p guys face, but I wouldn't call them protected (as you pointed out in your post). What I'm talking about is a little bit different. For example, Donaire's next fight is against the top ranked junior bantamweight fighter in the world and I don't really see him as a case where he's not facing the people he should face. Also, Bute is facing Glen Johnson who is a top 10 super middleweight now.
Not the same as Chavez Jr., Chris John, or Felix Sturm who are seasoned professionals continuing to face club fighters.
Bute and Donaire have been world champs for several years though. Chavez Jr hasn't even had one defence yet. By comparison Bute's opposition is worse than Chavez's considering he's about 4. years ahead of him in career terms
Bute won his world title in 2007, 4 years ago. Look he's fought since then. It's risible.
Same with Donaire. From Darchinyan to Montiel he fought nobodies.
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Rantcatrat
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Bilbo
I don't know about protected, as it might be more a case of no available opposition beause of the Super Six but Lucian Bute has fought some pretty poor opposition for how highly rated he is.
Nonito Donaire was the same for the last few years although he did step up to fight Montiel and looked sensational. Back to easy fights again now though.
Both of these fighters fight in extrememly strong divisions though, with lot's of excellent competition so their fight resume's are surprisingly lacking.
Slightly down a level Alexander Povetkin has taken his sweet time to step up, and now with Holyfield apparently next he should feel pretty ashamed.
That said, given how easily everyone is being despatched by the brothers Klitschko it may be a smart move.
I understand Povetkin dodged the Klitschko bullet, but he doesn't belong because he just faced Ruslan Chagaev who is a top heavyweight.
Chagaev 'was' a top heavyweight. He hasn't been in the top 10 for a while. He'd been struggling to even get a license the past few years because of his hepatitis scare. He'd also looked pretty poor in his outings since losing to Wlad, labouring to points wins over mediocre opposition.
Plus I thought he came close to beating Povetkin. Povetkin's stock dropped quite a bit for me after watching that fight.
I don't disagree with your last part, but as far as ranking goes, he was ranked in the top ten when he faced Povetkin.
I don't believe the heavyweight Haye faced anyone as good as Chagaev prior to facing Wlad, but that's a different discussion and I don't mean to get off topic.
Yeah I just checked the Ring rankings and they have him at 9. I agree about David Haye.
I don't think a number 9 ranked heavyweight is a big deal for a number 4 rated fighter though, considering it's his biggest step up. Povetkin started his career well, winning that mini heavyweight tournament, but he's gone backwards since then fighting subpar opponents. Chagaev was a step in the right direction, but a Holyfield fight borders on farcical.
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Martirosyan maybe? Mike Alvarado?
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Bilbo
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Rantcatrat
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Bilbo
I don't know about protected, as it might be more a case of no available opposition beause of the Super Six but Lucian Bute has fought some pretty poor opposition for how highly rated he is.
Nonito Donaire was the same for the last few years although he did step up to fight Montiel and looked sensational. Back to easy fights again now though.
Both of these fighters fight in extrememly strong divisions though, with lot's of excellent competition so their fight resume's are surprisingly lacking.
Slightly down a level Alexander Povetkin has taken his sweet time to step up, and now with Holyfield apparently next he should feel pretty ashamed.
That said, given how easily everyone is being despatched by the brothers Klitschko it may be a smart move.
I understand Povetkin dodged the Klitschko bullet, but he doesn't belong because he just faced Ruslan Chagaev who is a top heavyweight.
Chagaev 'was' a top heavyweight. He hasn't been in the top 10 for a while. He'd been struggling to even get a license the past few years because of his hepatitis scare. He'd also looked pretty poor in his outings since losing to Wlad, labouring to points wins over mediocre opposition.
Plus I thought he came close to beating Povetkin. Povetkin's stock dropped quite a bit for me after watching that fight.
I don't disagree with your last part, but as far as ranking goes, he was ranked in the top ten when he faced Povetkin.
I don't believe the heavyweight Haye faced anyone as good as Chagaev prior to facing Wlad, but that's a different discussion and I don't mean to get off topic.
Yeah I just checked the Ring rankings and they have him at 9. I agree about David Haye.
I don't think a number 9 ranked heavyweight is a big deal for a number 4 rated fighter though, considering it's his biggest step up. Povetkin started his career well, winning that mini heavyweight tournament, but he's gone backwards since then fighting subpar opponents. Chagaev was a step in the right direction, but a Holyfield fight borders on farcical.
I agree about Holyfield. Povetkin does have career wins over Chambers and Chagaev. If you look around at the top ten heavyweights, that's better than everyone out there other than the K-bros.
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Heavyweight David Rodriguez 35-0.
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Cortez has protected Floyd. I guess he wins.
The only person who needed to be 'protected' was Ortiz. At ALL times.
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Lucian bute.. He needs to be stripped. It's ludacrious.
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FinitoElDinamita
Lucian bute.. He needs to be stripped. It's ludacrious.
I don't think you can call a fighter protected when he's faced Sakio Bika, Librado Andrade, and Glen Johnson. None of those guys are a walk in the park.
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Lucian bute.. He needs to be stripped. It's ludacrious.
I don't think you can call a fighter protected when he's faced Sakio Bika, Librado Andrade, and Glen Johnson. None of those guys are a walk in the park.
They are for a supposed top tier world champion! Andrade was an ok contender who had already had his ass handed to him by Kessler. Bika is another perrienal challenger, already beaten by Calzaghe, and has always lost when he's stepped up to the top level.
Johnson, he hasn't fought yet, but again he's a relatively low risk guy coming off a staggering 5 failed world title attempts in a row.
Considering Bute was the Ring champion at 168 before the Super Six got past the knockout stage his record looks about the same as Felix Sturm's.
Basically he's been fighting guys the other guys in the division have already beat up. You can add Miranda and Magee to that list too.
Now, the Super Six tying up many of he best opponents has clearly affected him, and it may be lack of options rather than being over protected, but his resume isn't great. It's about the same as Jeff Lacy's was prior to fighting Calzaghe.
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FinitoElDinamita
Lucian bute.. He needs to be stripped. It's ludacrious.
I don't think you can call a fighter protected when he's faced Sakio Bika, Librado Andrade, and Glen Johnson. None of those guys are a walk in the park.
They are for a supposed top tier world champion! Andrade was an ok contender who had already had his ass handed to him by Kessler. Bika is another perrienal challenger, already beaten by Calzaghe, and has always lost when he's stepped up to the top level.
Johnson, he hasn't fought yet, but again he's a relatively low risk guy coming off a staggering 5 failed world title attempts in a row.
Considering Bute was the Ring champion at 168 before the Super Six got past the knockout stage his record looks about the same as Felix Sturm's.
Basically he's been fighting guys the other guys in the division have already beat up. You can add Miranda and Magee to that list too.
Now, the Super Six tying up many of he best opponents has clearly affected him, and it may be lack of options rather than being over protected, but his resume isn't great. It's about the same as Jeff Lacy's was prior to fighting Calzaghe.
And it's better than Ward's was prior to the Super Six...
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Bilbo
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FinitoElDinamita
Lucian bute.. He needs to be stripped. It's ludacrious.
I don't think you can call a fighter protected when he's faced Sakio Bika, Librado Andrade, and Glen Johnson. None of those guys are a walk in the park.
They are for a supposed top tier world champion! Andrade was an ok contender who had already had his ass handed to him by Kessler. Bika is another perrienal challenger, already beaten by Calzaghe, and has always lost when he's stepped up to the top level.
Johnson, he hasn't fought yet, but again he's a relatively low risk guy coming off a staggering 5 failed world title attempts in a row.
Considering Bute was the Ring champion at 168 before the Super Six got past the knockout stage his record looks about the same as Felix Sturm's.
Basically he's been fighting guys the other guys in the division have already beat up. You can add Miranda and Magee to that list too.
Now, the Super Six tying up many of he best opponents has clearly affected him, and it may be lack of options rather than being over protected, but his resume isn't great. It's about the same as Jeff Lacy's was prior to fighting Calzaghe.
The difference though with what I'm saying is that Bute faced Andrade, Bika and will be facing Johnson. All of whom are perenial top ten fighters at 168. Because he's faced every single person worth fighting outside the S6, I don't think you can say he is being protected. I'll put it this way. What available opponent that Bute hasn't fought do you wish he had fought? For people like Sturm, Chavez Jr., and Chris John, there's at least three or four fighters for each that they haven't faced, but should have.
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Lucian bute.. He needs to be stripped. It's ludacrious.
I don't think you can call a fighter protected when he's faced Sakio Bika, Librado Andrade, and Glen Johnson. None of those guys are a walk in the park.
For a guy who's been a so called champion for nearly 4 years, his resume is a joke and it's not acceptable..
HIs fans would defend his lack of competition by bring up the Super6 but the fact is, he won his title at the end of 07 and the super6 started nearly 2 years later so what was he doing for those 2 years when many top fighters were available? You mean to tell me that he had no choice but to face mandatories for all those years? that's some bullshit.. Lucian Bute is a classic example of a pampered hometown fighter who fights overmatched opponents in his backyard.. He has huge fanbase in canada and sells alot of tickets so he's content on making big bucks in his backyward against nobodies..
So he beat Sakio Bika and Andrade.... and??? they are C level fighters and when you're a champion, you should be fighting guys who are alot better than that..
Lucian Bute has not beaten ONE elite fighter and that's ridiculous.. Might as well throw away that belt..
He's the epitome of a paper champion.. Im not saying that he's not a good fighter because he obviously is.. I like his style but the dude needs to fight someone already.. This bum tour must come to and end...
Glenn Johnson?? OK i guess that's slighter better than the bikas and the Joppys but c'mon.... We all know Johnson is coming in as another handpicked opponent.. It's a gimmie fight..
Just wake me up when Bute gets into an evenly matched up bout..
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Humberto Soto - I even like the guy, but it seems he hasn't fought a top name as long as i can remember..
His biggest named opponents:
Antillon - Close bout, but still there is better fights out there...
David Diaz - Nothing to write home about
Joan Guzman - This was back in 2007
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generalbulldog
JCC jr?
That was the name that immediately sprang to mind when I saw the title of the thread.
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Lucian bute.. He needs to be stripped. It's ludacrious.
I don't think you can call a fighter protected when he's faced Sakio Bika, Librado Andrade, and Glen Johnson. None of those guys are a walk in the park.
They are for a supposed top tier world champion! Andrade was an ok contender who had already had his ass handed to him by Kessler. Bika is another perrienal challenger, already beaten by Calzaghe, and has always lost when he's stepped up to the top level.
Johnson, he hasn't fought yet, but again he's a relatively low risk guy coming off a staggering 5 failed world title attempts in a row.
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Bute was the Ring champion at 168 before the Super Six got past the knockout stage his record looks about the same as Felix Sturm's.
Basically he's been fighting guys the other guys in the division have already beat up. You can add Miranda and Magee to that list too.
Now, the Super Six tying up many of he best opponents has clearly affected him, and it may be lack of options rather than being over protected, but his resume isn't great. It's about the same as Jeff Lacy's was prior to fighting Calzaghe.
Bute was never the Ring Champion!
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Does Zsolt Erdei still have a cruiserweight title or did he retire or lose ???
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If we're talking currently, then surely Manny Pacquiao?
Sure his opposition hasn't been terrible but he has other forms of protection such as "catchweights" and fighting leftovers.
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Carl Froch
And if you think I'm serious, you don't understand sarcasm :P
youre giving sarcasm a bad name
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Lucian bute.. He needs to be stripped. It's ludacrious.
I don't think you can call a fighter protected when he's faced Sakio Bika, Librado Andrade, and Glen Johnson. None of those guys are a walk in the park.
For a guy who's been a so called champion for nearly 4 years, his resume is a joke and it's not acceptable..
HIs fans would defend his lack of competition by bring up the Super6 but the fact is, he won his title at the end of 07 and the super6 started nearly 2 years later so what was he doing for those 2 years when many top fighters were available? You mean to tell me that he had no choice but to face mandatories for all those years? that's some bullshit.. Lucian Bute is a classic example of a pampered hometown fighter who fights overmatched opponents in his backyard.. He has huge fanbase in canada and sells alot of tickets so he's content on making big bucks in his backyward against nobodies..
So he beat Sakio Bika and Andrade.... and??? they are C level fighters and when you're a champion, you should be fighting guys who are alot better than that..
Lucian Bute has not beaten ONE elite fighter and that's ridiculous.. Might as well throw away that belt..
He's the epitome of a paper champion.. Im not saying that he's not a good fighter because he obviously is.. I like his style but the dude needs to fight someone already.. This bum tour must come to and end...
Glenn Johnson?? OK i guess that's slighter better than the bikas and the Joppys but c'mon.... We all know Johnson is coming in as another handpicked opponent.. It's a gimmie fight..
Just wake me up when Bute gets into an evenly matched up bout..
Who were the fighters that Bute didn't face that you wanted to see him face?
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Humberto Soto - I even like the guy, but it seems he hasn't fought a top name as long as i can remember..
His biggest named opponents:
Antillon - Close bout, but still there is better fights out there...
David Diaz - Nothing to write home about
Joan Guzman - This was back in 2007
This is a good call. Soto hasn't faced anyone super tough and there are plenty of good match-ups around his weight.
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I think Cotto has been since he lost to Pac Man, easy win for the title, easy defence with mayorga. Ok Margarito is hard but this is on the back of 2 big defeats.
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Chris John and Felix Sturm come to mind. Who else is out there?
U can't b serious . Is fighting Juarez in d U.S and being denied of d decision is what u call protected ? or when Sturm had to give his title to DLH so DLH would have had some excuse for a claim (besides money) for d "Ring Mgazine"/lineal/whatever world middleweight title when he challenged Hopkins ?
Anyway , 4 me , d current most protected fighter in d world is Povetkin , but there r many more extremely protected fighters , and 1 would b surprised 2 know that protecting a fighter is an old tradition as d sport itself .
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Rantcatrat
Chris John and Felix Sturm come to mind. Who else is out there?
U can't b serious . Is fighting Juarez in d U.S and being denied of d decision is what u call protected ? or when Sturm had to give his title to DLH so DLH would have had some excuse for a claim (besides money) for d "Ring Mgazine"/lineal/whatever world middleweight title when he challenged Hopkins ?
Anyway , 4 me , d current most protected fighter in d world is Povetkin , but there r many more extremely protected fighters , and 1 would b surprised 2 know that protecting a fighter is an old tradition as d sport itself .
The operative word was "currently." Chris John is in a division with many top fighters and he's faced 0. His best win in recent years was Rocky Juarez. For a longstanding champion, enough said.
Felix Sturm fought ODLH in 2005, he missed fights with AA, Pavlik, now Martinez. He has avoided many, many challenges.
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Chavez jnr ,this guy is more protected than a baby.:rolleyes:.
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Chavez jnr ,this guy is more protected than a baby.:rolleyes:.
Haha.:) The truth in more ways than one.
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generalbulldog
JCC jr?
That was the name that immediately sprang to mind when I saw the title of the thread.
Me too!
But I think Hulk might be on to something :)
