
Originally Posted by
JazMerkin
This is exactly how I feel. He was an excellent fighter in his prime, but I've seen people act like he never lost a round from going pro to the first Tarver fight.
Nunn would be difficult, I'd favour Jones, but you never know. Jones certainly knew what fighters to fight & not to. He always made sure that he never even went near negotiations with Frankie Liles, who reportedly more than had his number in the amateurs & I thought beat him in their box-off. I can really see that one being difficult for him in the pros.
I know the obvious thing that people say is that 'oh that's the amateurs it means nothing in the pros' or that Liles wasn't on the same level as a pro, but who would have thought that Vernon Forrest would decisively beat Shane Mosley twice if they hadn't fought.
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