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Re: Cruiser weights that failed at heavyweight?
Posted: 23 May 2022, 21:55
by oogiebe
margaret thatcher wrote: ↑23 May 2022, 21:54
yes, alpy also had chris ahead on the cards vs vitali
did he say that?!

Re: Cruiser weights that failed at heavyweight?
Posted: 23 May 2022, 21:55
by Jeff_lacy_ko
No way he won like a round (byrd)
Re: Cruiser weights that failed at heavyweight?
Posted: 23 May 2022, 21:56
by margaret thatcher
oogiebe wrote: ↑23 May 2022, 21:55
margaret thatcher wrote: ↑23 May 2022, 21:54
yes, alpy also had chris ahead on the cards vs vitali
did he say that?!
yep, and apparently a 'friend' he was watching with also had bryd winning

Re: Cruiser weights that failed at heavyweight?
Posted: 23 May 2022, 21:58
by oogiebe
margaret thatcher wrote: ↑23 May 2022, 21:56
oogiebe wrote: ↑23 May 2022, 21:55
margaret thatcher wrote: ↑23 May 2022, 21:54
yes, alpy also had chris ahead on the cards vs vitali
did he say that?!
yep, and apparently a 'friend' he was watching with also had bryd winning
Byrd's of a feather as the saying goes.

Re: Cruiser weights that failed at heavyweight?
Posted: 24 May 2022, 04:24
by Ruthless-RKO
Re: Cruiser weights that failed at heavyweight?
Posted: 24 May 2022, 04:27
by margaret thatcher
bryd wasnt a cruiser nor did he fail at hw
it was in response to fres-mormeck
Re: Cruiser weights that failed at heavyweight?
Posted: 24 May 2022, 06:12
by sibbo
Glen Mccrory, turned pro at heavy with a string of wins before the wheels came off in spectacular fashion.... Dropped to cruiser, and went on a winning run, culminating in the IBF world title, moved back to heavyweight, and got crushed by Lennox.
Re: Cruiser weights that failed at heavyweight?
Posted: 24 May 2022, 13:04
by gilgamesh
I think his first 4 or 5 fights were at Middleweight.
Re: Cruiser weights that failed at heavyweight?
Posted: 24 May 2022, 13:07
by margaret thatcher
first 2 at lhw and then moved to heavy (what was then heavyweight, now would be cruiser)
Re: Cruiser weights that failed at heavyweight?
Posted: 28 May 2022, 00:29
by jezzamundo
I think guys who are successful moving up in weight arr the ones with superior speed and skills, who aren't reliant on being bigger, stronger and more powerful than their opponents.
Not a heavyweight, but Danny Green was a huge puncher and very durable at super middleweight and light heavyweight. Towards the end of his career he couldn't make 175lb anymore, but the jump to 200lb was a bridge too far for him - his power and chin weren't so special at that weight.