Best I Faced: Darrin Van Horn
Posted: 27 May 2022, 07:29
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BEST JAB
John Munduga: He had a really stiff jab, when we started fighting, I couldn’t get in on him because he had that long jab. I said, ‘I’ve got to do something else because I can’t let him keep hitting me with this jab.’ I threw everything at him and said, ‘Let’s get it on.’ I started banging on him and knocked him out in the seventh round.
BEST DEFENSE
Robert Hines: He was hard to hit so I just went in there and started slugging. He was pretty slick; I knew I’d have to go after him.
BEST HANDSPEED
Elio Diaz: He had a quick jab and his hands were really fast.
BEST FOOTWORK
Gianfranco Rosi: He was really difficult to fight because he was so awkward, that’s why it was so hard for me to keep up with him. He was real mobile, bobbing and weaving, real unpredictable, the punches and movement he had.
SMARTEST
Rosi: He knew he was awkward and he really used that against me and that’s how he beat me those two times. Nobody else befuddled me like Rosi did.
STRONGEST
Iran Barkley: Lindell Holmes and Iran Barkley were real strong. Barkley was walking around at 190 and I was walking around 155/ 160. It would be a toss-up between Barkley and Holmes. I’d side with Iran because he hit me with those punches, I just didn’t let Lindell hit me.
BEST CHIN
Barkley: He had a really good chin. He got beat by some people but the big fights he got in, like Thomas Hearns he was hanging in there, he didn’t get dropped, he [mostly] lost on points. He was a cruiserweight coming down to ’68.
BEST PUNCHER
Barkley: I’d have to say Barkley, he came in at me and started swinging. He was the only one who stopped me.
BEST BOXING SKILLS
Diaz: He had real good foot movement and he had good punches. He moved around and did not get hit. I started to notice, I said, ‘I can’t box this guy because he’s slicker than I am. I’m going to have to start banging with him and put him in one of those corners and try to beat him that way.’ That’s what I had to do. Elio Diaz was the slickest fighter I fought.
BEST OVERALL
Barkley: I want to say Barkley because he just winged right through me. He didn’t have the skills of Elio Diaz, he was out-boxing me. Barkley was out-banging me.
BEST JAB
John Munduga: He had a really stiff jab, when we started fighting, I couldn’t get in on him because he had that long jab. I said, ‘I’ve got to do something else because I can’t let him keep hitting me with this jab.’ I threw everything at him and said, ‘Let’s get it on.’ I started banging on him and knocked him out in the seventh round.
BEST DEFENSE
Robert Hines: He was hard to hit so I just went in there and started slugging. He was pretty slick; I knew I’d have to go after him.
BEST HANDSPEED
Elio Diaz: He had a quick jab and his hands were really fast.
BEST FOOTWORK
Gianfranco Rosi: He was really difficult to fight because he was so awkward, that’s why it was so hard for me to keep up with him. He was real mobile, bobbing and weaving, real unpredictable, the punches and movement he had.
SMARTEST
Rosi: He knew he was awkward and he really used that against me and that’s how he beat me those two times. Nobody else befuddled me like Rosi did.
STRONGEST
Iran Barkley: Lindell Holmes and Iran Barkley were real strong. Barkley was walking around at 190 and I was walking around 155/ 160. It would be a toss-up between Barkley and Holmes. I’d side with Iran because he hit me with those punches, I just didn’t let Lindell hit me.
BEST CHIN
Barkley: He had a really good chin. He got beat by some people but the big fights he got in, like Thomas Hearns he was hanging in there, he didn’t get dropped, he [mostly] lost on points. He was a cruiserweight coming down to ’68.
BEST PUNCHER
Barkley: I’d have to say Barkley, he came in at me and started swinging. He was the only one who stopped me.
BEST BOXING SKILLS
Diaz: He had real good foot movement and he had good punches. He moved around and did not get hit. I started to notice, I said, ‘I can’t box this guy because he’s slicker than I am. I’m going to have to start banging with him and put him in one of those corners and try to beat him that way.’ That’s what I had to do. Elio Diaz was the slickest fighter I fought.
BEST OVERALL
Barkley: I want to say Barkley because he just winged right through me. He didn’t have the skills of Elio Diaz, he was out-boxing me. Barkley was out-banging me.