Quote Originally Posted by El Kabong View Post
Of course he's protecting his record. He won't leave the Philippines and the people he fights are God awful. Throw him to Gamboa and it would be 1 very quick night! Chris John is just very average to me, decent chin, decent stamina, but speed? Power? The guy is nothing flashy at all.

Thats a guy that i specifically had in mind, when gamboa had a couple of titles and they wanted big names with belts for him John had been mentioned as an opponent, but that never came off and Gamboa continues to look for big fights and even had his own alphabets stripped so its less of a big fight for Yuriorkis even though i think they could still do it..

Another point when i first posted is that Chris John isnt getting any younger, i wonder if he keeps fighting on these smaller shows against lesser comp he might keep his record in tact for now but imo he is or has been geniune world class where he can hang at the top level, but if he doesnt keep his competition high he might have trouble next time he runs into a big money fight against a live fighter, so in the end it could be his un doing