In hindsight you were probably referring to deMori's prospective opponent 'Dangerless' Damon and his 52 seconds of world title fight experience, and if you watch the vid very closely Damon does appear to land one punch before being put on ***** street >>> [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4WAUxUT4-g[/ame]
I'll give it go, surprise surprise Damon Reed, if this fight comes off (just lost a close friend after New Years) has been to Perth, seen what Mark has to offer and obviously thinks he can beat Mark. Maybe I'm wrong but would any fighter, train for 3 months then travel to the other side of the world if he didn't think he could beat Mark? It's not like it's someone that lives a couple of hours away and thinks, 'Why not, I'll give it crack?' It's a pretty major commitment IMO, therefore anyone that has seen Mark up close and then thinks he can win is dangerous. Regardless of that debacle of a World Title fight, Reed has also been in with some decent names, who must have thought he had enough skill to deserve a fight against them and also decent enough to have won twice as many fights as he has lost. From a business stand point, Reed offers, durability, the willingness to travel to Aust, can legally fight in Aust and for someone who wants to fight in the US (Mark) the ability to then mention Mark's name in the US, when HW's are needed on a card in the US, therefore increasing the likely hood of Mark getting a fight in the US. When your ultimate goal is to fight in the US, fighting guys that are unknown in the US compared to guys that yes have lost but fought, Toney, Briggs etc and therefore are known and actually live over there, makes perfect business/professional sense to me. Everyone seems to want to see Mark fight an Aussie, then please name me one that offers everything above that Reed does, besides Meehan and Leapai? This is Mark's second fight in 2.5 years, coming off elbow surgery and he's fighting someone who thinks he can kick Mark's ass. It's not as if he's having a trilogy against Oscar Talemaira or something.
When I read that I was simply going to x2 the **** Off comment above. But instead I'll try to be objective in explaining why it doesn't stand up >>> Damon Reed, if this fight comes off (just lost a close friend after New Years) has been to Perth, seen what Mark has to offer and obviously thinks he can beat Mark. Maybe I'm wrong but would any fighter, train for 3 months then travel to the other side of the world if he didn't think he could beat Mark? It's not like it's someone that lives a couple of hours away and thinks, 'Why not, I'll give it crack?' It's a pretty major commitment IMO, therefore anyone that has seen Mark up close and then thinks he can win is dangerous. Sorry, but that bit above is pretty laughable. The guy's a fighter. Fighters like traveling just like everybody else. While he remains a fighter of course he'll believe he can beat people like Mark deMori. Particularly when he looks at Mark's padded, part-time record. Regardless of that debacle of a World Title fight, Reed has also been in with some decent names, who must have thought he had enough skill to deserve a fight against them and also decent enough to have won twice as many fights as he has lost. Reed is at the point of his career where he's seen by the likes of Rahman, Toney & Wilder as a reliable loser, as demonstrated by his recent record of 5 losses in his past 7 fights. He's only won 2 fights in the past 4.5 years. From a business stand point, Reed offers, durability, the willingness to travel to Aust, can legally fight in Aust and for someone who wants to fight in the US (Mark) the ability to then mention Mark's name in the US, when HW's are needed on a card in the US, therefore increasing the likely hood of Mark getting a fight in the US. Durability? Are you serious? Reed has been stopped in 4 of his past 7 fights! Forget durability. Think reliable loser. He does have USA after his name though. When your ultimate goal is to fight in the US, fighting guys that are unknown in the US compared to guys that yes have lost but fought, Toney, Briggs etc and therefore are known and actually live over there, makes perfect business/professional sense to me. Grant you that part. Everyone seems to want to see Mark fight an Aussie, then please name me one that offers everything above that Reed does, besides Meehan and Leapai? Let's cut the bull**** and deal in facts. Mark deMori has made a career out of fighting 2 distinct types of opponent. The first type are fighters with no wins to their name. He has fought 8 opponents who when he met them had not won a single fight. More recently he has dined out on opponents who have suffered at least 2 stoppages in their past 3 fights. In fact amazingly, and disturbingly, 8 of his last 9 opponent fit that criteria. I don't know Mark deMori personally. But his record reads unmistakably of an opportunistic cherry-picker who fights only novices or hand picked recently damaged opponents.
Buster007 why is it when anyone offers condtructive critism on MDM u get upset and call then hater. No one hates Mark that is what u and Mark want to produce publicity. U must be close to him or have vested interest in him to see the wood thru the forest. U are a hemorrhoid in MDM's butt as u are so far up him and ur being taken for a big ride
Appreciate hearing your view Spider, a little more constructive than a '**** off' but then maybe not suited to this forum. One you didn't give your opinion on was 'Name an Aussie HW that would do more for Mark's career having a win against ?' Just curious if you think a fight against a Kirby, Browne etc would be of any benefit for Mark (except for keeping the Eastside crew happy)? And I see a lot of your points, but disagree with them. All this 'fighters that have been stopped' talk to me in the HW division is a little irrelevant. I haven't checked the stats but would be willing to bet that 75% of HW fights fought over 8 rounds or up would end in stoppages? To me thats why in the HW division anytime you fight someone that has had a couple of losses of course they are going to have been stopped. This doesn't happen in the lighter divisions as much. Agree Mark has fought his share of debutants but they way he was being managed when he was based on the east coast probably left a bit to be desired (my opinion only).