Quote Originally Posted by Memphis View Post
I've only ever seen Thompson fight Wlad so maybe Im being a bit harsh, but for him to Say Audley has the physical tools but not the mental game was a bit rich IMO. Pot and Kettle?
Memphis Tony Thompson is very good, the only knock against him is that he doesn't have any power. He did a number on Domonick Guinn, he beat Timur Ibragimov failry easy, he has stopped Luan Krasniqi, Chaz Witherspoon, and Owen Beck. Too bad Thompson was just a sparring partner, he's hands down the best heavyweight a certain title holder has set foot in the ring with. Thompson is far and away better than Harrison because although Thompson lacks big 1 punch power, he's busy, he has great defense, and he's always using the jab and controlling distance. As for the mental part, look who he was up against when he was having trouble and eventually got KO'd and he still did relatively well.

There were talks right after Thompson's loss that he'd fight Arreola as he too was just coming off of a loss. IMO it would have been a bad move for Cris as Tony is the perfect fighter to trouble him.