Quote Originally Posted by TyBuff
Quote Originally Posted by Lyle

Spinks needed to take some warm up fights, he's not only had a long layoff he's moved up in weight and all of a sudden he has a title shot vs I think one of the most dangerous title holders in boxing (comparitively speaking in regards to the level of competition at the weight class)

I gotta agree with ya Lyle. Spinks isnt an elite fighter to begin with, then to go up in weight and right into a title fight might a little to far. He should have test the waters first with a tune up. Somebody said that people are saying Spinks has more pop at this weight. He might have but it still wont be 154 pop, he wasnt a banger at 147 and he wont be one at 154 either.
Your right on!
Karm is rock solid, Tall, awkward as hell, lots of energy, and solid chin! Russian solid ! Spinks is jumping into the pond without sticking his foot in the water first, that can be very dangerous. Quartey turned this fight down sometime back when he was scheduled to fight Forrest and Forrest got injured , Ike's people saw this Russian as very dangerous and not worth the risk even for the title shot. too many other fish in the water with a bigger name . without the kinda risk.