Quote Originally Posted by greynotsoold View Post
Does anybody remember Ed Jones and, especially, Mark Gastineau? He thought that with a few months training and a few fights he'd be hw champ. Turned out the punk (not a word I use lightly) was afraid to get hit...Being athletic has little to do with prize fighting as they are two different things. Lewis wouldn't have a chance.
I'm aware of their failures. Hadn't really watched much of their fights, so looked up Gastineau, and he was a pretty poor boxer. Goddamn he was a big man with a huge reach tho ! Def threw arm punches, held his chin in the air, and really looked uncoordinated.

Alonzo Highsmith had him running away like a little girl.