Quote Originally Posted by IamInuit View Post
Quote Originally Posted by p4pking View Post
I think Jones cutting the weight may be a little overplayed in hindsight, but even still; Huck didn't really change his muscle mass the same way in moving up and down. Roy skipping over cruiserweight obviously makes his feat a hell of a lot more difficult, and as crap as Ruiz was to watch, he was actually a much better Heavyweight than Povetkin. Marco Huck is tough but that's about all he is, the guy is terrible to watch and the level he and Povetkin fought at wasn't worthy of a FNF main event had it taken place in any other division, imo.
How so p4p?

I didn't mean to imply it didn't take a toll on him, more that it didn't as much as the punishment he took in itself. He hadn't looked the same force in a couple of fights before moving up to heavyweight(although he probably did against Woods right prior to), and I think he didn't expect the kind of fight Tarver had in him at that point. Moreso, in the rematch, right up until the KO he looked to be in much better form than he did for the entire first fight to me. Granted it's tough to say, but I think his physical decline was less abrupt than people make out, that's all. The point has been made to death here, but he relied so much on his reflexes and probably never had a great chin, I think he just couldn't adapt mentally once he was hittable.