Classic Vinny Paz KO

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Vinny was a good guy, hard worker and fan pleaser with a big heart. That being said, whenever I start to get down on fighters of today I just remind myself that Vinny was a two weight titlist. He was never the man in any weightclass he was in, and won both titles against the most vulnerable champs available, but he was still a multi-weight titlist. Crazy. They should have never let him in the ring with Roy, and Roy should've never set foot in the ring with Paz. I'm pretty sure Roy could get a close decision vs. Paz if he wasn't allowed to use his hands at all.

Yeah I think it worked that way in any era, if promoters saw that you had the potential to put asses in seats, whether it be with exciting fights or a colourful personality (both of which Paz had), they would make the road a little easier for the cash cow.

Roger Mayweather made him look like a bum, really.

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Paz was the quintessential over achiever for his actual all around ability. He never belonged in the same arena let alone ring with Jones in the first place. That was embarrassing, for both. All fire in the belly and guts on a razor and fought through more adversity and injury than most guys stomach today but when he faced top scale, was often cut to ribbons.

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Paz was the quintessential over achiever for his actual all around ability. He never belonged in the same arena let alone ring with Jones in the first place. That was embarrassing, for both. All fire in the belly and guts on a razor and fought through more adversity and injury than most guys stomach today but when he faced top scale, was often cut to ribbons.

Yeah you gotta love guys like Paz, not a great fighter but added much more excitement to boxing than most great fighters do.

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Sweet haha, love that punch.. He did the bolo as if it was coming as an upper then just wung it up top, the guy must have not seen it at all, and Paz obviously had legit power at that weight.

I don't know that you can take that much about Roy Jones from the Pazienza fight, which was really such a joke of a matchup. Of course Roy looked awesome, but did he ever fight another opponent who was so outmatched yet so aggressive? A phenomenal athlete in his prime at 168 fighting a blown up brawer lightweight who was coming off of serious injuries and two wars with Roberto Duran, in 1995!

It would be like Andre Ward fighting Brandon Rios or something, you'd damn well hope he'd look devastating.

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Sweet haha, love that punch.. He did the bolo as if it was coming as an upper then just wung it up top, the guy must have not seen it at all, and Paz obviously had legit power at that weight.

I don't know that you can take that much about Roy Jones from the Pazienza fight, which was really such a joke of a matchup. Of course Roy looked awesome, but did he ever fight another opponent who was so outmatched yet so aggressive? A phenomenal athlete in his prime at 168 fighting a blown up brawer lightweight who was coming off of serious injuries and two wars with Roberto Duran, in 1995!

It would be like Andre Ward fighting Brandon Rios or something, you'd damn well hope he'd look devastating.

I'm impressed moreso with the speed and fluidity, and the different angles he threw from, especially the knockdown and KO sequence, not the fact of just beating Paz who obviously was just back from breaking his neck and was never a great fighter to begin with. I've never seen anyone with his kind of dexterity and mechanics, and that goes for Floyd, SRL, SRR, whoever.

It would be impressive to me to even see him just hit the heavy bag with those punches (and Paz was little more than a heavy bag haha, in one round he didn't land a punch hahah)