who were the ko losses to as there not obvious on his record , his record makes it look like hes not been "knocked out" since Joe Mesi in 2003 , his other losses since ----loaded_gloves wrote:I have watched in him for years. The 2-2 record is basically irrelevant, the two guys who could fight destroyed him and the two tomato cans he beat.
In his day I would pick TOS to beat Perez, Austin and Meehan handily but he is old and finished. The last two KO losses were horrific.
Wladimir Klitschko - technical decision - 2004
Chris Byrd - unanimous decision - 2005
Kali Meehan - Retired 6th round of 12 - 2007
Ray Austin - TKO rd 4 of 12 - 2009
Not discrediting what your saying just asking the question - im assuming from that list that Ray Austin must have been one of them despite it saying TKO not KO and then im a bit puzzled from there on , im going to see if i can find out on youtube in the meantime
in that same time period (since the Joe mesi loss) his wins have been as follows for those interested
Kendrick Releford TKO 9 - 2004
Elieser Castillo - MD 12 - 2004
Oliver McCall - UD - 2004
Derrick Jefferson -TKO 2- 2005
Mike Mollo - TKO 4 - 2006
Maurice Wheeler - KO 3 - 2007
Cerrone Fox - TKO 2 - 2008
Carl Davis - TKO 5 - 2009
Michael Marrone - KO 7 -2010
In my view theres nothing wrong with him fighting Perez on PAPER at least , hes got some good names on his record so can hang with someone like Perez and at the same time if Perez was to win he should in theory give him a good working test , but thats all in theory and boxing isnt always as the script says
Edit
Ive Just watched both the Knockouts
To be fair they were both very very good shots that would have put many of the worlds best down , so difficult to say if his resistance has gone , but they would have definately done some damage .