OF CASUALS AND OVERPRAISING...

[TheLeprechaun]

He was around the same level as Monte Barrett, if I remember correctly. Decent, but nothing special.

Cheers Asterix. I remember hearing he became wealthy through business, could be wrong, but does anyone know why he quit the fight game? Injury?

Brain injury versus Jirov sadly.

He showed a ton of heart in that fight to be fair. But going life and death with Jirov said it all about his level.

From what I recall he had a massive following in NYC

[dirk2686]

It's a shame really , cos all this sort of stuff is starting to turn people off of the humble one .

It'll turn off people who are already the type who hope Wlad destroys him. The sort of people who have watched enough Martin/Molina fights to know he's not beaten anyone of much value so far.

But those sort of people make up a fraction of the boxing audience, and in a broader sense of what is generally good for the sport as a whole, having a major name boxer at that level who loads of people want to see is a positive.