Doug DeWitt On Who Hit The Hardest

Q: You were known for your great chin, who hit it the hardest?

A: Benn hit me pretty hard, Hearns, of course, and also Hilton. And believe it or not, Lenny LaPaglia, who was not known for a hard shot, he hit me real hard. Those fights and those losses aren't what bothered me the most though. For some reason, I was never given a fair judgement on the scorecards of judges. I got robbed a whole lot. Of my five draws, all of them were really wins. So my record isn't right, in that I won a lot more fights than it says officially. I had kind of a rough ride in my career, really. But, hey, Boxing's a tough sport.

 

Jose Quinones seemed to hit him the hardest.

 

He was given a fair career. I don't know what he is talking about. He was a solid contender and won the WBO title at middleweight I think against Hilton. What was so unfair?

 

I would guess that it would have to be between Hearns and Benn

 

He did have a granite chin. The Quinones one punch ko loss was an abberation.

 

He said Benn in the post-fight conference.

Don Lee was a banger, highlight reel kayos

 

Or Hilton

 

Or Lee

 

DeWitt had a great chin.
The Quinones KO was just a great punch.

 

Yep a one-off fluke.

 

Tommy couldn’t dent Doug. That was a very competitive fight.

Tony Thornton was another banger. DeWitt fought all the hitters.

 

Not a fluke. Just a great punch.

 

You can still argue a fluke when you consider Quinones wasn’t in DeWitt’s league or close and wasn’t considered any kind of puncher.

 

i thought Quinones and La Paglia were noted punchers, albeit at a lower level than Dewitt operated at

 

• How the hell, DeWitt actually managed to keep going as long as he did, against Benn, I'll never know.
• Benn threw shots in there that Doug took full on, and that was back when Nige was at his scary middleweight best.