Quote Originally Posted by Bilbo
Quote Originally Posted by amat
I'm a big Julio fan but he has fallen off even from the last time they fought. He almost got TKO'd by Vitali Kopitko last fight and he couldn't stop a left hand to save his life.

Julio is one of the most exciting fighters out there and I don't rate Woods very highly but I would reason to doubt that this goes the distance. Gonzalez looked terrible his last go round. Although against Delisle he had a very high work rate and fought well against Delisle who just kept his head down and charged forward. But against Kopitko it was just one shot at a time.

I've never understood why Gonzalez chooses to do his work on the inside, a guy as big as him it just doesn't make sense. Although, how does Woods handle shots to the body? As easy as he is to hit Gonzalez still has serious power especially to the body. Johnson never really went to the body in the fight of theirs I saw and neither did Gonzalez the first go round. That's the only bit I've seen from Woods.
Woods really isn't anything special. He should have lost to Johnson when they had their rubber match last year, hell he lost all 3 to Johnson in my opinion.

Julio Gonzalez and Rico Hoye are about as far as his skill will ever take him.

I'd still fancy Roy Jones to beat him in a rematch even now.
I gotta disagree here, I really like Woods and for me he just seems to get better with each fight. With his improvements and Jones' decline I'd fancy Woods in a rematch. Hopefully that fight happens because assuming Woods does win then the division is right open for him, with Jones out of the way, Johnson already beaten and Tarver (who I think has alwas been overrated) looking poor recently whos to stop Clinton from dominating the light heavys for a while?