Tommy Bell v Dave 'Boy' Green

Sharpness doesn't really come into it when the other fellow's jab is with his forehead.

 

They are both lovely guys. Dave is a wealthy guy and never turns down a request to do charity functions, especially for kid's charities.

 

Dave Boy was a gamer and he had game … but my goodness when he got knocked out it was always like he was shot by a sniper — like complete and total neuromuscular system collapse. Like someone just turned off the switch.

 

He was finished before he got the title chance against Leonard and shouldn't have been in the ring with him.
That was a brutal ending

 

Yeah they are.
I always like hearing about former foes being on friendly terms.

 

The Palomino fight was a similar ‘gunshot’ ending.

Hansen wasn’t as dramatic but after Jurgen kind of took a knee on Dave Boy’s barrage in the second, he got up and completely dominated Green from that point — kind of shocking how that fight turned on the guy getting knocked down taking over soon as he got up. And Green showed no ability to recover after Hansen got him in trouble.

 

IMO, the severity of the KO a fighter may experience indicates where further he may be going with the career. After Mike Weaver cleaved him with that left hook, John Tate was as shaky as they come. Pipino Cuevas could be hit with a baseball bat and still come at you like nothing happened until the Tommy Hearns right hand in the 2nd round. This was a cerebral effect that left these fighters - who all had immense jaws - scrambled. The same could be said for Bramble against Rosario, O'Grady after Ganigan, Curry after McCallum and Fenech after the rematch with Nelson. Look how the careers dove-tailed after these KOs. John Stracey and Piedvache hit Dave Green with everything without a flinch. And so did Palomino after 10 rounds. But after that perfect left hook in the 11th, Boy Green was left wobbly the remainder of his career. I mean, come on, Jorgen Hansen? Please.

 

I think there’s some truth in what you say but it’s certainly not universal. Duran after Hearns for instance.

 

This is absolutely true. There is no boilerplate stamp that can state that a bad knockout can ruin a fighter. If that was the case Emile Griffith and Jose Gonzalez would never have recovered from the bad Rubin Carter and Dick Tiger KOs respectively. They carried on going the distance with some of the hardest-punching and best fighters of their era with no effect. The only way to ascertain this is the aftermath of the KO. How they reacted. In the case of Cuevas, one would know there was something wrong with Pipino when he got dropped by the relatively light punching Roger Stafford, or the formerly rock-jawed Jeff Fenech getting stopped in 2 by Phil Holliday of all people. But, no two fighters are alike.

 

Just like to say how much i am enjoying everyone`s comments on this thread.Thanks guys

 

Reg Gutteridge who knew a lot more about boxing than I ever will thought the fight with Hansen was just routine even if he did warn about the Dane's right hand.