Angelo Dundee 1983 - Rocky Marciano vs Renaldo Snipes.

Snipes was a lousy fighter by world-class standards. People have been duped by over-rating Holmes.

 

I agree with you. Got a robbery against Coetzee and went on to do nothing more than drop an off balance Holmes, beat an early Berbick, and just about lose to everybody else who was world class. What were his best wins other than Trevor? Floyd Cummings? Johnny Du Plooy?

 

Sounds more like Dundee than Dundee!

 

Snipes was very unlucky not to get the nod over Witherspoon that's a standout performance considering what Witherspoon did in his next fight vs Holmes.

 

You reckon it was a robbery? Maybe I should go rewatch it.

 

I've only seen it once I didn't actually score it but my impression was that Snipes was unlucky not to get the nod.

Would I say it was a robbery ? No. But definitely controversial and I think Snipes probably has a better argument to winning it than Witherspoon.

 

I'll consider checking it out sometime.

 

Snipes was a talented, well-schooled, fighter who was unlucky in the scoring against Witherspoon and Berbick, beat Coetzee, Muhammad and Jumbo Cummings, and came within a hair's breadth of beating Holmes. He was a definite quantity in the division.

 

The only real fighter who beat Snipes convincingly without hassle was a prime Greg Page who was in red hot form at that time.

Other than the Page fight pretty much every other fight Snipes lost barring the Holmes fight was a close decison loss. Snipes had very good legs/movement good stamina with an awkward herky jerky style and a good chin not an easy guy to contend with.

 

I watched Snipes fight Biggs awhile ago at this point Snipes was a bit past his prime and Biggs was on the up and up as the rising young contender.

Biggs won the decision but boy did Snipes push him all the way in a very close fight. I don't think many Heavyweights would have an easy time with a in form Snipes. Hes awkward game as hell and his legs/movement is actually really underrated.

It actually says alot about Greg Page that he beat him as handily as he did because no one else did in the 80s including Holmes who was almost knocked out.