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Victories over
5 of the top 115 Transnational currently ranked boxers.
4 of the top 115 Ring Magazine currently ranked boxers
4 of the top 115 ESPN currently ranked boxers
3 of the top ten 115 currently ranked Boxrec boxers.

Underrated resume. Who else comes close? Usyk would have 4 if Gassiev stayed active.

Love Roman, great career, great resurgence, and shows how to be a fun aggressive fighter while still having oodles of skills

It's as good a resume as one can have in those weight classes.

You could make a strong case that he's one of the all time greatest at 112 and under, and he ain't too shabby at 115 either.

gilgamesh wrote: ↑29 Oct 2020, 20:10 It's as good a resume as one can have in those weight classes.

You could make a strong case that he's one of the all time greatest at 112 and under, and he ain't too shabby at 115 either.

he's one of the all-time greatest from 105-115, period.

Probably unknown for most of casual fans, but his resume is excelent. Wondering is he is still at his prime at age of 33, but probably not. Maybe he will square off with Estrada one more time ?

Counter-puncher wrote: ↑30 Oct 2020, 06:04

gilgamesh wrote: ↑29 Oct 2020, 20:10 It's as good a resume as one can have in those weight classes.

You could make a strong case that he's one of the all time greatest at 112 and under, and he ain't too shabby at 115 either.

he's one of the all-time greatest from 105-115, period.

He's damn good at 115, but he was better under that.

Can't see him beating the likes of a Khaosai Galaxy at 115.

Cent0089 wrote: ↑30 Oct 2020, 06:13 Probably unknown for most of casual fans, but his resume is excelent. Wondering is he is still at his prime at age of 33, but probably not. Maybe he will square off with Estrada one more time ?

No

He's had quite a number of fights, and these littlest guys tend to have age catch up with 'em faster.

I have a theory on why that is that makes sense.

Heavyweights often can compete at the highest level these days well into their late 30's, early 40's in some cases right? I'd say that's because of the old adage "Power is the last thing to go" most Heavyweights aren't all that fast in the first place, so losing a smidgen of speed doesn't effect you as bad there.

At 126 and under these guys are all lightning fast for the most part at the upper level. Once you start to lose that speed, you're a step behind every time you fight.

You lose that kinda fast twitch speed faster than you lose most anything else as an athlete.

I think that's why you seldom see Fighters in those weight classes compete at the advanced age of the bigger guys.

Cent0089 wrote: ↑30 Oct 2020, 06:13 Probably unknown for most of casual fans, but his resume is excelent. Wondering is he is still at his prime at age of 33, but probably not. Maybe he will square off with Estrada one more time ?

HBO gave him a good platform at their dying stages..

gilgamesh wrote: ↑30 Oct 2020, 17:18

I have a theory on why that is that makes sense.

Heavyweights often can compete at the highest level these days well into their late 30's, early 40's in some cases right? I'd say that's because of the old adage "Power is the last thing to go" most Heavyweights aren't all that fast in the first place, so losing a smidgen of speed doesn't effect you as bad there.

At 126 and under these guys are all lightning fast for the most part at the upper level. Once you start to lose that speed, you're a step behind every time you fight.

You lose that kinda fast twitch speed faster than you lose most anything else as an athlete.

I think that's why you seldom see Fighters in those weight classes compete at the advanced age of the bigger guys.

i think that's likely got a lot to do with it in many cases