Quote Originally Posted by p4pking
Yea he's a true brawler.. but nowhere near the elite of any division.. SMW is one of the weakest divisions ever in terms of the number of ATGS to grace it.. but he would not be anywhere close... He was never even close to a world class contender at middle or SMW, he was world class as a lightweight, but just barely and mostly just a GAtti type brawler. He lost to any boxer he ever fought at any weight class and Roy Jones beat him up mercilessly in his only title shot at SMW. I remember there was a round where Paz didn't land one punch . I dont know why you would think he is a top SMW at all, his best weight was lightweight.
Pazienza would have killed Gatti imo... he had good handspeed, and amazingly he actually hit harder as he went up in weight... or at least it seemed amazing to me that in proportion to the weight class his power increased... thats unusual... Anyways he was smaller than Roy, and Roy was using his jab that night... hard combo to beat... not to mention thats one of Roy's finest performances in his entire career.