prime vs. prime both are of the same age , debuted in the same year and Griffin even started at a higher weight. spoiler vs counterpuncher , a superb classic stylistic match . How did this never happened ? even in 2008-2010 , but even prior to.
You underrate Griffin's chin . His lost to Jones was due to Jones' team intentional management to prevent him from preparing properly for the fight - no warming for Griffin. Griffin went to to toe with James Toney in close quarters and it was a relatively fine shape Toney at the beginning of his 175 campaign , just more 7 lbs available for him. Griffin was never close to getting stopped by Toney. Griffin also lost to Tarver over the distance and was robbed against Eric Harding flooring the man whom later floored Chad Dawson and was probably robbed himself. I doubt anyone gets hurt in this fight , especially not Griffin .
Neither Toney nor Tarver were big punchers. How do you establish a weight for this fight? Griffin was a LH Byrd was a skeleton when he tried to fight at cruiser.
Don't think Byrd is a bigger puncher than Toney, I don't think Byrd was a feather duster because of his size, he was just a natural feather duster
so griffin getting knocked out in a round was because of roy jones management didn't roy not have time to train too?
yeah i know i've heard people hating roy jones but jeez never heard this excuse before although it isn't as bad as montells own excuse "roy beat me in the 1st cause he was scared to let the fight go on" i read him saying something like this in an interview