Quote Originally Posted by hitmandonny
Well at his age it's not unusual at all for chin to improve. Supplementary to that therer is a limited amount of training he can do. In my personal opinion the knockout loss in question may see him branded as chinny unnecessarily. He wasn't knocked out by a journeyman, he was knocked out by a psyched, prepared and extremely motivated Ponce de Leon, who has proven himself time and again as a big puncher.
So I feel Bautista may feel the same branding Iron Lewis felt after the McAll and Rahman losses.
I wish Bautista luck, he seems like a nice young guy and he can punch himself so perhaps that loss could be the best thing ever to happen to him. I still rate him a lot higher than fellow super bantam Bernard Dunne who suffered an identical fate around the same time.
Actually,it was his fight before the Ponce fight which lead to people calling him chinny. I can't remember the name of the fighter but he Bautista wobbled. I dont think it's over for Boom Boom,no way,but I do think he needs to come up slowly,bide him time.