Quote Originally Posted by djfranknitti
Pantera needs to figh t more fighters like Pavlik!

IMHO he can not fight! Spinks could beat the Pantera, with his hands down, running around the ring.

Pantera has one plan and that is to knock you out and once he sees he can't do that, he gets scared and has no plan b. When he drew first blood on Pavlik he thought the fight was over but Pavlik was strategic with his punches, pummeling Pantera's eyes. The man could not even see after the third round.

Also Pantera gives his punching power to much credit that leaves him open to jabs in the face, because he fights with his hands down. He also is clearly a home team fighter and does not yet know how to fight in other places other than florida and latin america. They man looked dejected that no one in memphis knew of him and that people were booing him, I have never seen a fighter look dejected because of what a fan thinks but that what was going on.

Like I said, unless he gets a new trainer that can teach him to keep his hands up and play defense, he will never be a world champion.

BTW, I went to the www.panteraboxing.com and saw some of his highlights and again, I am not impress, he fights only for the crowd, and that Allan Green fight was joke, Green had no business trying to fight Pantera with a 5-0 record, his limited experience doomed him for failure.

im not real sure what u mean about having limited experience on Green's part, i thought he had enough experience and was getting the job done actually, till he gassed. Anyone who has any defensive boxing ability and can survive the first 2 rounds will be able to expose Miranda Edison for what he is now, especially in the wake of his complete ass-whipping loss to Pavlik. The guy fights with his hands down like you said, he can't fight backing up for shit (which is a pretty damn basic boxing principle). I just cant see him going any further unless he get his ass in the gym and really starts learning the defensive part of the game and getting some discipline/focus lessons in there too. He didnt seem mentally there after the first round or so and by the last two, he had completely given up...so without pretty much restating everything you said, I agree. Pantera is a joke. And this guy said he could fight Kelly Pavlik and Jermaine Taylor in one night, too.