Thank You Gerry

[:::PSL:::]

Thanks for all the awesome fights. You're a true Yoda of boxing.



http://fanvsfan.com/articles/gerry-pena ... -class-act

Gerry exits in blaze of fury

Peñalosa stops Kietmangmee in 4 in Last Hurrah

Penalosa leads RP pugs’ sweep

Btw...

Milmascaras,

This is a Penalosa appreciation thread. We don't need your anti-Pinoy comments here.

So if you don't have anything nice to say about the person who contributed so much in boxing, then kindly GTFO of this thread.

[Spicoli]

I remember him being featured on USA Tuesday night fights years ago and had never seen or heard of him....it was like finding a hidden gem of boxing ability. Pleasure to watch and just wanted to see more.

[ElTerribleMorales]

one of the grittiest fighters in a long time who just doesn't seem to get the credit he deserves, the way he was able to revive his career is just amazing, his career highlight was his KO win over Gonzalez, but IMO he was robbed against both Ponce De Leon and Morel, he had a cast iron chin and his fight against Lopez tells you all you need to know about his heart, the guy was a true warrior

[milmascaras1]

didn't see the morel/penalosa fight so i can't comment on that but come on morales, do you really, really believe he was robbed against de leon? dude, the guy didn't throw any punches. how can you get robbed if you're out thrown and out punched 5-1? come on now dude, maybe the near shutout scores weren't fair but penalosa DID NOT deserve to beat de leon. and another thing, while de leon didn't land a lot of hard shots, at least he landed a lot of jabs and definitely outworked penalosa by a mile. like i said in my previous comments, gerry's style was his own undoing because he was a safety first, low output fighter with a very boring style.

[ElTerribleMorales]

didn't see the morel/penalosa fight so i can't comment on that but come on morales, do you really, really believe he was robbed against de leon? dude, the guy didn't throw any punches. how can you get robbed if you're out thrown and out punched 5-1? come on now dude, maybe the near shutout scores weren't fair but penalosa DID NOT deserve to beat de leon. and another thing, while de leon didn't land a lot of hard shots, at least he landed a lot of jabs and definitely outworked penalosa by a mile. like i said in my previous comments, gerry's style was his own undoing because he was a safety first, low output fighter with a very boring style.

if De Leon's last name was Johnson we wouldn't be having this discussion, Penalosa landed the harder more effective punches and even managed to hurt De Leon, competitive fight where IMO Penalosa won it, oh just in case you don't understand what IMO is, it's in MY OPINION

[OumaFan]

Penalosa beat Ponce, no doubt in my mind. Its not all about just throwing punches, landing clean hard punches is supposed to be fairly important.

[Spicoli]

Gerry boxed the piss outta Ponce. For christ sakes man.

[skel1983]

Good for him, great fighter and good for the sport, I remember Roach advising him to quit a couple of years back saying he is worried for his health in later life, but he was sad to see him not take his advice and carry on, but he had a good career.

[KananKrus]

As good as he is inside the ring, he is even better outside of it. Gerry Penalosa is a great character and a great individual and definitely a credit to the sport of boxing. In your own way, you have enriched the sport of boxing.

Thanks Gerry Penalosa for all the years of dedication that you've given the sport... you are a great champ!

[miron_lang]

Veteran fighters are fed to the young up and coming stars. But Gerry was able to at least get the respect of JuanMa who at latter rounds asked his corner "Are we winning?"
despite the fact that he out landed Penalosa all throughout. What made him thinking was due to penalosa landing some shots of his own. JuanMa was on a 3 fight 1st round KO streak. he landed everything on Gerry but Gerry kept on coming.

The fight againts Injo Cho and Tokuyama are worse than DeLeon, Morrel. If you could win on a judge's scorecard in Korea that means you've won the fight.

2 Division Champion just like his brother Dodie boy. He could have achieved more if he had added a seek and destroy style and better work rate.

He was trained by Freddie Roach before Manny met Freddie and he was a Champion at a time Luisito Espinosa was still holding the Featherweight title w/c Luisito defended 7 times.


Thanks Gerry!

[Spicoli]

What happened to muchmascaras

[ElTerribleMorales]

What happened to muchmascaras

guess he finally got himself banned again, all i gotta say is, OH HAPPY DAAAAY!

[Spicoli]

What happened to muchmascaras

guess he finally got himself banned again, all i gotta say is, OH HAPPY DAAAAY!

If at first you don't succeed.....flush tiwce

[KananKrus]

Excerpts from Dan Rafael Blog, ESPN Boxing:

"Best of luck to the Philippines' Gerry Penalosa in retirement. Following a fourth-round knockout in his home country against Yodsaenkeng Kietmangmee on Sunday, Penalosa, 38, announced his retirement. Penalosa (55-8-2, 37 KOs) won two world titles at junior bantamweight and bantamweight in a distinguished 21-year pro career and he has one of the greatest chins I've ever seen. The only time he was ever stopped in his 65-fight career came in fight No. 63, when trainer Freddie Roach pulled him out of a junior featherweight title fight after the ninth round against young gun Juan Manuel Lopez. Although it was a humane stoppage by Roach, I dare say Penalosa would have made it to the final bell. He lost some controversial decisions during his heyday, but it doesn't change the fact that Penalosa was a damn good fighter and a little guy with a huge heart".

Full text:
Boxing Hall of Fame ballot light on newcomers - ESPN

[Mar]

gerry definatly deserves our thank you's and respect. First man to show that juan ma was human.....