How good is Richel Hersisia's chin?

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 03 Feb 2004, 13:41

We all know big Audley's chin is a bit suspect after the Mark Krence and Matthew Ellis wobbles. I just wondered if anyone knows how good (or bad) Richel's whiskers are?
He was floored against Vazquez in winning the title. Was that a heavy knockdown? There was also some drama in an eight-rounder he had with a Polish fighter last year apparently.
Any help greatly appreciated.

Dutch Windmill · Post by **Dutch Windmill** » 03 Feb 2004, 14:03

Sorry I didn't reply earlier top your PM Bennie, I kind of forgot about it.

Ok, this is gonna be kind of painful, feels a bit like i'm a traitor
I think Richel suffers from what I call the "Michael Grant-effect", hard to explain in English but sometimes I felt like he went down not from the effect of a punch but because he couldn't deal with adversity.

I would say the knockdown against Vazquez was pretty heavy, I'm not sure but I thought there was not too much time left in the round. And Richel was somewhat lucky to survive.

Also there's the knockdown against the (underestimated though) Pole Bartnik. I feel that he's just not a natural fighter, I mean he hasn't got the right instincts.

You could say he showed heart in the Vazquez fight, than again, Vazquez with his bodybuilding physique(former middle) was exhausted by the 4th and was only fighting for 30 seconds every round and than on. Later he looked for a obvious way out when he put up a great show after a low blow. After some words about not getting his money(from Hersisia's trainer Louati and a guy I did not know) he suddenly got up, funny shit.
Anyway my point is that Vazquez didn't offer much resistance after the knockdown.

In short I would say his punch resistance might be somewhat below average, but it's more the "fighters instinct" i'm concerned about.

shakermaker · Post by **shakermaker** » 03 Feb 2004, 16:39

how have the Dutch press taken this fight windmill? Big news for their man getting a chance with Audley?

Dutch Windmill · Post by **Dutch Windmill** » 03 Feb 2004, 16:44

Dutch press, boxing? nehhh. Footie occupies the top-250 of sports here
I estimate approx 10.000 people in Holland know who Audley Harrison is. And maybe 20.000 who know Hersisia

If you google on harrison-hersisa in dutch you get two(2!) results, both pointing to the excellent site of forum poster pvdh62

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 03 Feb 2004, 17:35

Thanks for the excellent posts, Dutch.

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 04 Feb 2004, 07:58

From Dutch's post it sounds like it's going to be another early night for Big Aud.

Dutch Windmill · Post by **Dutch Windmill** » 29 Feb 2004, 18:38

There were some speculations about Hersisia's amateur record, it was reported to be 25-0 23KO, which suprised me, cause I had never heard of him before he turned pro

The truth about Hersisia's amateur record
Novices: 4 wins 1 loss
C-Class 5 wins 3 losses
B-Class 1 win 0 losses
Total 10-4

National championship participations:
95' Superheavy, lost in 1st round

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 01 Mar 2004, 20:34

Dutch Windmill wrote: National championship participations:
95' Superheavy, lost in 1st round

I think Big Aud has done his homework here.