Quote Originally Posted by Taeth View Post
Sorry, but I agree to disagree Yuriorkis' style fits the pro style so well that he is in another league. Howard Davis was great at the amateurs because he was fast, patient, and smart, but he didn't have the right mentality to be a pro were as many of these cubans do... they are tough men who literally fight for their lives.
I don't disagree on Gamboa - I have posted numerous times on this board about him, and he is obviously something special. However, I am not so sure whether your remark actually applies to Cubans in general. These are great, great fighters with a remarkable training morale, but once they've defected, living as pro's in settings where they quite litereally does not have to 'fight for their lives _anymore_', well, some of them do just not seem cut for this experience. Prime examples of thus lack of self-discipline are Jorge Luis Gonzalez and to a certain point Juan Carlos Gomez. Odlanier Solis seem to have some weight issues as well, but obviously the jury is still out on him.