Quote Originally Posted by mikeeod View Post
Vince Phillips prospered due to 140 being a weight class. He was blown out by Ike Quartey in 3 rounds at 147, dropped down to 140 and ended up stopping the great Kostya Tszyu. He was a very big 140 pounder and needed that size and punch advantage to be dominant/effective with his style.
Vince was as hard luck as they come and some of it he had himself to blame for. But man what a great battler with a granite head and quality skills when his head was clear and the flesh held up. The Quartey fight was just an absolute buzzsaw but all credit to Ike for being Ike. Looking lackluster and taking a return vs a southpaw Ellis was just dumb. Cool Vince came back from the edge of life more than a few times, beat his demons. Had that jackhammer right hand at its best with Tszyu!