Quote Originally Posted by Beanflicker View Post
Those guys were shot? Lopez was only 27 or 28 when they fought, only 9 years into his career, and of course was the champ, that's hardly what I'd call shot. Gomez was only 25 or 26 and undefeated!

Fair enough to Azumah being young and inexperienced, certainly he was, but he was only 2 years away from becoming world champ himself too, so no slouch.
Lopez wasn't shot. But he was after the Sanchez fights. His style was made for Sanchez. Gomez was a wrecking machine. One of the best ever. Sanchez wrecked the wrecking machine