Re: Journeymen, do we need more?
Originally Posted by
THE THIRD MAN
N'dou has always been a journeyman, a good fighter who will give an up and comer a good workout or give a top fighter a solid 12 rounds like he did with Cotto. Just falls short of being a top 5 fighter.
Castillo will probably be doing the same after the Hatton fight!
The journeyman fighter will always be in demand for the fact that they are no easy pickings, trainers don't want their potential champions to KO everyone in 1 or 2 rounds, they need to get rounds behind them in preparation for future tough twelve rounders against the elite competition.
I think Cotto has been handled brilliantly in his career and has now got that experience by taking on good credentialed performers who have given him good fights.
totally agree third man!
2 eg; of good journey men are james tillis and mitch blood green. i dont mean to bring up tyson, cause he gets a lot of attention on this board but the tillis and green fights are exactly what he needed. he neederd to go 10 -12 rds with a good journey man for experience, it was basically a learning curve for the young tyson.
and i agree with VD! theres to many weak title holders, that if they were in any other era, they would not be champions ......eg; shannon briggs-ex-champ briggs is a journey-men at best
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