could terry norris have achieved more in his career?

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  1. IRONSENSE2002

    IRONSENSE2002 muslim and proud Full Member

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    norris for me is a hell of a fighter probably one of the most underrated fighters of the 1990s but do you feel he would have been known as a greater fighter had he fought julio cesar vasquez, pernell whitaker or chavez, had his career not been temporarily stalled by the santana DQs who the hell knows, i understand don king wanted to pitch chavez and terry together before the simmon brown fight. i just feel terry may have gone down as a great had more opportunities come along.
     
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  2. MAG1965

    MAG1965 Loyal Member banned

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    sure you put him in against Chavez he could have had a win against a legend. His win against Leonard was not really a win against a legend, bit was a win against a washed up guy who used to be a legend. The Chavez fight was talked about with Norris weighing in at 150. Never happened.
     
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  3. El Bujia

    El Bujia Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    If anything, he overachieved.
     
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  4. Joe Walker

    Joe Walker Guest

    vasquez, rossi to unify
    fights at 160 possibly with quincy taylor, mclellan (dangerous), or castro. the jackson rematch also surfaced.

    to be honest rossi and vasquez wouldnt of been major scalps had he beat them it would be for the titles only.

    also he was a small guy for the weight he was never struggling to make weight. 147 might of been a risky but possible move.



    great fighter and broke away from his brothers shadow quickly as anything. as el bujia he overachieved. he was a guy that5 leonard was supposed to beat, blocker moved up to reassert his career and got crushed.curry fight was a 50/50. with currys technique and poise which supposed to get the win but didn't happen. taylor was a big underdog just due to mel being such a small fighter for the weight even at 147 he looked out of his depths at points
     
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  5. lora

    lora Fighting Zapata Full Member

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    Like Gomez, McCallum and a number of other modern jr.division stars, he cheated himself by fighting at a weight with a relative lack of history.considerably moreso than those two actually.

    Sure he could have achieved a bit more regarding his status solely in "modern" 154 division terms, but wins over the likes of an aging past-prime Rosi, midget Chavez and Vasquez are never going to elevate you to a true great.Especially if you've also been hammered by Julian Jackson and humiliated by a faded Simon Brown.

    In theory Norris best chance at being remembered as an all-timer was to have a long successful reign at 147 or 160.I personally don't think he could have accomplished either, but it's moot as he never even tried.
     
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