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How hard of a puncher was Jeff Sims?
Posted: 07 Aug 2007, 20:02
by Taylor
Was he a puncher like Shavers or Foreman or do you rate him lower?
Would he have been a top 10 heavyweight if he fought nowadays?
Posted: 07 Aug 2007, 20:05
by joe kurtz
No & no IMHO.
He had good power along the lines of perhaps a Witherspoon or so, but nothing extraordinary. Plus his own punch resistance was less than stellar.
Posted: 07 Aug 2007, 20:13
by Taylor
O.K
Posted: 10 Aug 2007, 18:14
by RazorKO
Simms was a devastating puncher, watch his fight with Biggs where he hits Biggs so hard on the shoulder he broke his collar-bone.
He also had Shavers virtually knocked out in the first round.
Posted: 10 Aug 2007, 18:54
by Taylor
Damm.I gotta get that video
Posted: 10 Aug 2007, 22:14
by joe kurtz
RazorKO wrote:Simms was a devastating puncher, watch his fight with Biggs where he hits Biggs so hard on the shoulder he broke his collar-bone.
He also had Shavers virtually knocked out in the first round.
Yeah, but the old shopworn Shavers survived that first round knockdown & came back to KO Sims in the fifth. So, wasn't all that or he'd have kept the aged fighter on the deck or finished him.
Like I said, he could definitely punch, but he was no Shavers or Foreman or Tyson or Tua, but more like a Witherspoon or a Lyle type of banger. Which is plenty good, but not amoung the elite.