was Leonard the favorite when he fought Terry Norris???

I thought it was quite funny him calling out Whitaker after he had been a pro for all of one year. I thought it was funny how he was getting his ass handed to him by an amatuer Whitaker too during the halcyon days of his career.

I also find it funny that Whitaker apparently met Camacho in person at Vegas and asked him to fight him and Camacho wasn't interested.

Can't remember who told me that last one but I have heard it. I'll put it in the ReadyRedrooser basket together with his claim that he read in some boxing magazine now forgotten that Camacho was beating the **** out of Whitaker and how it had to be stopped by Whitaker's people - as unconfirmed.

:good

 

i could understand your point if Hector came out cautious in the Edwards fight but that's not how it happened. What was the first thing Hector did to Boza? he came out and in a flash he decked him with fusilade to fast for the eye to follow. So that proves he wasn't cautious. Why he went so defensive after that is a mystery to me. Hector is just a basket case sometimes but it was not out of fear that he went defnsive.

 

I'm claiming that if the Rosario fight is any evidence to go by, if Camacho got hit hard enough, he lost all interest in trying to fight and went into survival mode. What have you got to counter that? Tell me about some fights where he got nailed and then fought back ferociously.

 

I love how Chacon is getting excused here. He was supposed to be a badass that's not scared of anybody and he was the super featherweight champ, yet shits his pants and vacates his belt. Then goes on to fight Ray Mancini?

 

I actually read the opposite that in summer 1985 Hector abused Pernell to the point that his corner stepped in to save Pernell. how do you explain that?

This pretty much proves to me that even so great a fighter as Pernell would have been helpless against the greased lightning attack of Camacho. And Hector was also a master of dirty fighting.

 

Maybe it had something to do with Boza's pressure. I mean, even in the Ramirez fight, where he totally outclassed Ramirez, he still turned the fight into a bit of a stinker in the second half by simply moving out of harms way at every opportunity and throwing out the odd jab. I don't think Hector likes standing his ground and fighting on the inside. He liked to avoid punishment and win safely if he could.

 

Yeah but just because they have power it doesnt mean they will connect. Another thing, its unlikely that they will stop Camacho, so uh yeah, they would have to win more than 6 rounds, which isnt going to happen when pendleton, bramble and paull all get soundly outboxed.

Ramirez was voted as one of the best punchers of all time by ring magazine, when did he connect on hector?

 

Hector fought that way cuz he didnt want to risk getting kod like Rosario did.

 

I'm trying to remember about Chacon to be honest. Actually i think ya wrong, again. Chacon dropped his title and moved up to fight Mancini for decent money and a shot at a title in yet another division. Camacho had no great victory whatsoever at this stage, tho he was very hot property. I highly doubt Chacon was worried about Camacho to the extent of going up, lets be honest. At this stage he would have beat Bobby pretty comfortably tho.

 

And what would you do meeting SRL, bounce a couple of stiff one two's off his chin? :bbb

 

You must have forgot cuz Camacho trashed him for not fighting him, he kept calling him a coward, *****, no balls pansy, etc.

 

I like Leonard, i just said Norris would be a bad matchup, god.

 

Hell, tell me when he fought ferociously full stop

 

Magazine title, year and month please i might well have it :good

 

That's because Hector was a big noting trash talking wannabe at the time. He also knew Chacon was so far past his used by date it wasn't funny.