Beterbiev vs Cockell

To which gentleman do you refer? Artur or McVey?

Yes they have. But Artur's went on to Obliterate former belt holders in his less than 10 pro fights

Certain guys - Golovkin Beterbiev and Lomachenko - are different class. These guys learned their trade in the am game, entered the pros, and showed a great chin and great punch power, to back up their ridiculous am credentials

Loma having won his first pro belt in his third pro fight, Beterbiev destroying 2 former belt holders with complete ease, and one fight away from a fight with Ward - who i guarantee you will retire before ever entering the ring with this 11 pro fight novice

 

It happened. Once if not twice

Lets hear from the man himself

Q: Oleksandr, you won most everything as an amateur, including the gold at the 2012 Olympics. Who would you say gave you your hardest fight as an amateur?

Oleksandr Usyk: “Well, all those fights, they all took place within the last couple of years or so, so it’s hard to say. Maybe, if I was pushed to say, it was Artur Beterbiev of Russia who gave me my roughest fight. He is very aggressive and he does hit very hard.

Artur gives an incredibly skilled far bigger HW than Marciano his toughest fight.... yet he can't stand up to Don Cockell

 

Audley Harrison.... who went on to prove he was a glass jawed coward

Now what has Artur went on and proven following his ridiculous am pedigree?

11 KOs in 11 fights, obliterating former belt holders with consummate ease

Regarded by many as the hardest punching am of all time

Yet these mean nothing to you as he's just an 11 fight pro

Maybe its time you opened your eyes up to the am game. Certain am Russians/Eastern Euros have risen to the top of the cream in no time at all, others have done so while being avoided like the plague

Thanks God the likes of Beterbiev, Kovalev and Usyk didnt have to fight a behemouth like Don Cockell along the way

 

Audley has a glass jaw

And very limited skills

So the same apply for GGG, Loma, Artur or Sergei?

You can no longer just say "am record = meh"

Esp in Loma's case - 396-1 - what the hell sort of a record is that?!?

If Loma entered with a jaw like Audley or Amir then fair enough, but he didnt

GGG - 345-5 - if he entered with an a glass jaw... no he entered with anything but

Artur - obliterating everyone brave enough to step up. Fighting HWs in his am run, and beating or giving hell to the best of them. His jaw is already well proven by fighting HWs

My point - since the emergence of the Russians/EE's you can no longer slight am pedigree the way certain posters on here do - they are destroying the best of pros who are brave enough to step up

I know this stings for a lot of you, but the entire scene has changed

GGG - comparisons to Hagler
Loma - comparisons to Pep
Beterbiev - comparisons to Marciano

But, for comedic value lets just stick to the OP.... yes Don Cockell would be far too much for an "unproven" comodity like Artur

 

It was down to his cowardly instincts and his glass jaw

Artur is the polar opposite