Orlin Norris - A Great Cruiserweight?

Great nah, solid good champion yes. He was slick and small and thats why he could compete at heavy, but he couldnt crack an egg.

 

My Father always said to me he thought Orlin was better than Terry. Whatever thats worth. I think Orlin belongs way up there when he was in his prime in the early 1990s. Very underrated.

 

Has, has been mentioned a Great Cruiserweight is an oxymoron (Holyfield being the exception to prove the rule)

Norris did rebuild his career as a Cruiserweight no doubt, but I was there, that scary night on a Benn undercard, where Norris was flattened by Miller.

And no disrespect to my American colleagues, you expect Norris to be allowed to box in the USA again, but I think the sport in Britain suffered a big black eye when the BBB of C gave him a licence to box in Britain again.

It was like they (the BBB of C) spat on the graves of the fallen warriors of the 90s who gave their lives to this sport, so we could reflect and dramatically improve fighters safety.

 

Orlin Norris was ****ed over big time.... He was too big to make 190 with ease and he was too small at a weight of 208 to 212 pounds in the late 80s and early 1990s to be a serious force at heavyweight....... Plus, he was short like "Tua and Tyson," but had no punching power over 200 pounds.... All in all, Norris was a good boxer with skills, but he never settled into a division suited for him......

MR.BILL:bbb

P.S.

Last time I saw Norris fight he fought an 8 rd. draw with Jirov a few yrs ago.....:deal

 

Norris was very good. Perhaps an all time top 7 cursier weight. He was a decent heavy too.

 

Not really. He wouldn't even be in my top 10. Jirov, Gomez, Haye, Holy, Toney, Mormeck, Nelson, Bell--even Adamek and Cunningham, are better than Norris at Cruiser.

 

I thought he should have won a few of his earlier heavyweight bouts. He did however seem to be a average cruiserweight. I thing the weight loss hurt him. He had no strength by the time he fought Nate Miller. It was before the 200lb cruisers. He would do better not having to make 190 or 195.


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Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Norris fight Tony Tucker on the Hill-Hearns undercard?If it did occur I remember Norris getting robbed.

 

Great is surely the most overused word on this Forum.

 

Orlin was good but not great.

 

Don't forget his win over Greg Page too.

His problem was not only his power, but he had a very short reach. There were some guys he just couldn't beat because of it.