'Superman' St Clair

When he was recently fighting up at Junior Middleweight i think we all knew his time was up.

 

I thought the exact same mate. One minute he was in fox regularly looking spectacular with JL. Then after his title win and lose he seemed to fade quickly. He never took any bad punishment because of his fast feet and head movement.

I think the Willie kickett fight was the begining of the end even though it was close. He may have had enough

 

atsch

What do you mean "what happened to him". He got old thats what happened to him. He is now completely washed up and has just been fighting for pay cheques and stupid weight classes to put a notch on other fighters records.

Tomorrow you will probably start a thread "What ever happened to Mike Tyson".

Make a bit more effort and use some thought with your next thread and people might consider taking you seriously on here.:hi:

 

Gotta agree here. Its no secret what happened to gairy. atsch

 

calm down. it was a legit question. id been wondering the same thing just never bothered to put it to the board

 

I think he only fought Waters as a favour because the card was about to fall to pieces...Pretty sure he is a trainer now.

He had a career he can be very proud of.

 

And you accuse others of not knowing the sport?

fighters who rely on refexes and slickness find themselves doing it tough when those attributes leave them. It happens. In actual fact, those are the fighters who get more exposed, as they rely on it so much. Gairy was never a puncher, power is the last thing to leave a fighter. So your point about being surprised about gairy losing his slickness and reflexes is

Oh, it probably didnt help that gairy ballooned up in weight and fought as high as 154. Thats after winning titles and having his best years as a featherweight. See what happens is....when
you put on that much weight and you are a little guy...the speed, reflexes and slickness is compromised. Imagine that?

Oh btw...gairy was getting on a bit. He's 37 yrs old now. He fought amcouple of years ago...getting old after a long career in the fight game sometimes means
you lose speed of feet and hand and the reflexes arent what they use to be.

Yep, no doubt gairys demise was a real head shaker. Its got boxing folk baffled. atsch

 

he had a sick d game.

 

yeah brah :good

 

Ok, let me break it down further for the dummy.

When gairy won a world title, he was 32 yrs old and had about 43 fights. Were you you expecting him to go on a long run as ibf champion?

So the fact he went from belt holder to losing it in sth africa to klassen at his next fight was no
surprise. At that point, its reasonable/ expected that gairy was at the end of the road. Guess what happens next... 9/10 times Fighters lose interest, take fights on short notice to pay bills, their skills/ reflexes die, they go up in weight just to get matched. They half ass it in the gym. They lose to average fighters. You know boxing but you dont know this? If you do....why the heck did you start a thread on it?

And...You heard the term " fighters get old overnight". Its used in boxing because its TRUE. Fighters that rely on reflexes are hit hardest.

Nothing about gairys career is surprising. In fact, its the complete opposite.

Worst thread of 2012. :good

 

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