Yep, saw the whole fight. Allan Green explained the whole incident quite well in the post fight interview. He got caught with a big left hook, was seriously stunned and took several other huge punches before going down. A lesser man would have been finished right there but Green got back his composure, survived the round and kept landing his jab and left hook to the body. Green's left hook is a tremendous punch and he has a full range of weapons. He's not that fast on his feet though, certainly not as fast as another man of similar build, Michael Nunn.
You know what's funny? Before Teddy Atlas and Joe Tessitore went over and briefly checked in with Michael Moorer I said to myself "wow. This Allen Green looks sort of like a cross between a right-handed Michael Moorer (when he was a light heavy) and Michael Nunn." Actually, style-wise he's more like Moorer. Probably few readers remember Moorer when he was a light heavy. He was 1 of the best I ever saw, a tall, power-punching southpaw with a stalking, jabbing and short-punching style. Moorer should have stayed at light heavy, since he could never quite take the punches of the bigger, stronger heavies. In my opinion, with the right discipline, Moorer could have been the greatest light heavy of all time if he had kept his weight in check, a faster, more athletic version of Bob Foster.


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