If he were to finally step his ass up in competition and get the ball rolling, could he be a big player in today's heavyweight division? Here is a quick article I wrote on him in about 5 min: http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=21142&more=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-ZZcQUz7Ww&feature=related
The division is wide open! Thats how fat middleweights , trialhorses from the 90s, pudgy Russians, obesity patients and ancient former champs are in contention. Any decent big guy could make a noise. I heard he looked good last night, but I didn't see it. He sure never impressed me before.
Never. He's a regional attraction, and he'd get hammered if he ever faced even a top 30 heavyweight. He's slow, he gets hit WAY too easily (and has been rocked by nobodies a number of times) and he's very wild whenever he throws a power punch. He's about on par with Vinny Maddalone. Frankly, he's probably not even the second best Mexican-American heavyweight. I'd pick Quezada to beat him head to head.
D-Rod isn't going to step up. I've talked to him numerous times and he told me that he really has no desire to go up and win a world title. He's a local guy.
I've been saying this for years...Nino is the real deal. He has one punch Ko power in both hands and is fast enough to catch any heavyweight sleeping. He needs to sign on with a good promoter though...he's not getting any younger.
I've seen him fight live several time and even though he laid out whatever chump was in front of him, he looked like his timing was off and very hittable. I don't see him as a future champ.
I see. To be honest I never thought of him as Championship material either, but I could see him getting into the top 15-20 or slightly better with the right trainer and match making.
I've seen a little bit of Rodriguez and I was very unimpressed. I haven't seen him since the Dyer fight but I doubt he's done much improving since. He would be embarrassed by any top ten fighter and would lose to anyone in the top 20-25 as well. He's doing the right thing by taking on weak compeition and building his record. Maybe he'll land a decent payday against someone because of his nice record.
He ain't stepping up and doing ****. Which is ridiculous. What do you gain by going 50-0 being a local guy making chump change? Step up and test yourself. BE A ****ING MAN, A PRO BOXER!